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.