The Blair Witch Project is a film which has set the boundaries for a new genre of film, for example, Paranormal Activity directed by Oren Peli. The handheld camera only confirms the realistic feeling of fear that the audience begin to feel in the cinema. As our movie is based on teenagers having a 'fun' trip camping which turns horribly wrong this movie trailer is very 'current' and the values which are decipted from the group of teenagers is something that we would like to create and bring in into our own media coursework.
The Blair Witch Project is a movie which has been viewed by a wide range of audiences from adolescents to adults and therefore does not have a set audience, which could be argued to be hard to acheive in the modern day world of cinema and film. This is an original film which I believe is achieveable on a low-set budget. However, trying to make a movie trailer based on hand held shots is risky and we may find that actually the shots do not look as good as if we were using a tripod and using long shots and medium close ups etc. Therefore I feel when we film our first draft, to use both handheld shots as well as camera shots such as long shot or close up.
The message at the beginning of the trailer, decipting that the movie is a real life story is also a method which can be seen in many major movies in the Box Office e.g. the Last Exorcism. The black and white lighting is effective as the audience feels as if they are physically in the dark as well as 'being in the dark' about the information in which we are given about the presence of an evil spirit. The realism that is created by the black and white lighting and hand held camera shots acts as if the audience is filming the documentary with them, and thus, builds up the suspense.
