test footage.mov

Before we filmed the final footage we needed to see how dark we could make the videos we took. This meant going out and taking some test footage that we could work with. After playing around with colours and filters we produced the video above. It was not as dark as we would have hoped but it did look like night time. The main issue we had was the fact that the sky remained the lightest area which we needed to be the darkest. This was an issue which we addressed in our final filming.

Location scouting

For the outside scenes in the trailer we needed to search for the right location. One of the places that we looked at was a small area of trees down the road from my house. This location was not brilliant as there were not many trees and was a bit too green. The trees were also too close together, however it was a good location for testing out the model wicker man and different shots. Some images of these locations are shown below.

Prop Testing

One of the props used in the Blair Witch Project trailer is a wicker/ stick man which is seen to be hanging from a tree. I tried making one of these using sticks tied together with green string. We did encounter problems however with the model we made as it was quite large and therefore we had to film it from further away, again meaning that we had to try and place it high up in trees which was just not possible. Taking this into account we decided to carry on filming with this model just to get an idea as to what it looked like. All of the images we took of this model was in the same location which did not really have the right type of trees (this was not a major problem as you would not be able to tell this unless looking closely). The lighting and positioning of the trees were also not quite right which is something we need to consider when doing the actual filming. Another issue that arised was that it was quite hard to see the stick man against the trees and leaves in the background. We tried solving this by placing it more in clearings so the figure is against more of a plain background.

Storyboard with Script

Props, casting and locations

The presentation below shows the ideas we have had for a cast list, locations and props in order to recreate the Blair Witch Project trailer.

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Shot List

The presentation below shows the shot list for the Blair Witch Project and which shots are in each scene.

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