Within the film's storyline there were 2 handheld camera's and the entire movie is seen through these 2 camera's. One is black and white and one is colour - at the end this helps us to distinguish who's POV we are looking at. So the camera shows pretty much all distances and angles and is always very shakey.
Iconography
Mise-en-Scene - The majority of the film is set in a large forest which is quite creepy and it's autumn so most of the trees are bare, predominant colours are brown and orange. The dress codes are just old jeans and flannel shirts as they are spending the weekend camping. The lighting is all totally ambient i believe because the film was supposed to look amateur and was very low budget (another reason why it is inspiring), it is shot half in daylight and half at night time - sometimes the screen is completely black for a few minutes.
Particular images associated with the film are the figure shapes make with twigs which are hung from the trees, and piles of rocks, bundles of twigs and tiny hand prints all over the walls in the final house.
Sound
There is no music as the film was set up to be real, the diegetic sound is one of the things which makes it so scary. There is screaming, heavy breathing, footsteps, twigs beneath feet and a strange noise which awakens them in the night almost like stones being thrown together.
Themes
Exploration, Supernatural, Kidnapping, Murder/Torture, Being Lost, Isolation, Decline of Sanity, Legends/Stories, The Truth, Seeking of the Truth, Naivety
We found The Blair Witch Project as a whole quite inspirational as it's camerwork, iconography and diegetic sound are all incredibly similiar to ours, but it's opening sequence is quite boring as it just establishes background to the story (i.e. nothing interesting happens).
Alix
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