Blair Witch Evaluation

  In class, we watched The Blair Witch Project. This is a low budget film about a group of friends going to a supposed haunted witch spot in the middle of the woods and end up with a series of supernatural events and deaths. The film is a 'Found footage' film, which is filmed as if they actors were recording on a camera, to support the idea of it being real. This was a well crafted film which had many interesting shot types as it was filmed as almost point of view the whole time.
I think the film could have been improved in terms of aesthetics by including edited versions of the horror aspects, but that does run a risk of making the film look less like it was filmed on a VCR.
Overall i believe the film was well done and a big success to those who enjoy horror, thriller or found footage films.

Film Evaluation

Our film was about a spy going to collect a gun and a USB drive from a dead body. he then takes the USB to the spy boss, who reveals that it was all a scam and ends with guns pointed at each other. For the opening scene, we used a zooming out shot of the college building. this then cross-fades into a shot of the spy walking down the corridor. Throughout the entire film is a soundtrack, that relates to the 'spy' theme. the very end of the film contains an over the shoulder shot from both perspectives with the guns pointed at each other. To end the film, the screen goes black and a gunshot can be heard, leaving you wondering who was the shooter. We used all of the scenes from the guidelines, and a few more.the Tone of the film is dark, as it is a spy genre. In terms of what went well, i think that all of the shot types matched each scene setting with quality, especially the fade outs and the full body shot of the spy walking down the corridor.
In terms of improvements, i noticed some of the shots were a bit 'grainy'. although this is an easy fix, it is still something i believe i should be aware of in the future.