Monday, 3 December 2012

Blair Witch 2 Deconstruction


This post links to a previous post about using a forest as a location.


Walking Through the Woods

  • Tight framing used within the two shot to show the vast nature of the woods, and therefore the possible lack of escape. Captures the background within the shot.
  • Hear them both talking to eachother, but you can also hear digetic sound of the animals and the leaves crunching on the ground as they tread on them.
  • Continuity from one event (unloading the car) to them walking along in the forest, shows that time has moved forward and they've been walking for a while.
  • Carry oversized rucksacks on their back, showing they are not going as a day trip. The forest appears dead and deprived, as not much green is used.


Filming
  • Shakey close ups are seen with tight framing, emphasising the fact that the person filming belongs to the group,
  • Which also links to the sound that can be heard on filming as it's a voice over.
  • Cutaways are used to link the real filming, and the filming that is being percieved in the video, this interupts the storyline and switches back to a reality.
  • Markings on the stones link to the story and have a meaning within the story, the clothes that they wear are quite preppy connoting that they are a group of older teenagers.
Tree Appearance
  • Low angle shot used as if you as a viewer are also looking up at the tree. Tree is centralised in the shot showing it's importance.
  • Creepy music beging to play as non diegetic sound to create tension, links to the tension that is being created by one of the main proganists questioning the trees appearance.
  • Jump cut from person to person to view their responses and there is an eyeline match between them looking at the tree before we as a viewer also see the tree.
  • Tree in the centre is shown as very big when they all look up. Lighting changes to the viewer can tell that normal filming has resumed.









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