Blair Witch was one our first choices for our horror film trailers. Besides the psychological element, Blair Witch is a good movie to base our trailer round because in the trailer, viewers can't see whats chasing the students. Horror is about the unknown, and that people are afraid of the unknown, which therefore made the Blair Witch movie, a good one to base ours on. The only difference we see is the type of narrative, for we confirmed that third person was a better idea (since it has the advantage of creating various camera shots and POV shots, particularly of the antagonist.)
The style because of it being from a POV style is typical and jerky. Because it is supposedly found footage, there is no special effects, no real editing and no music as all the sounds are diegetic as it has been filmed from a POV perspective. The editing will be very similar to our trailer for the camera will be quite jerky to emphasize the horror and chaos. The music and sound however will be different for we will add eery and suspenseful music and sound to highlight the horror of the film. Due to the fact there are no special effects in this film, unlike Blair Witch there will be special effects in our trailer but at a bare minimum due to the fact that we are thinking of using night vision around the antagonist to further scare the audience.
The plot is all about three students trying to find out about more of the local Blair Witch legend and go to the nearby woods to find it. However supernatural events plague them and eventually they all go missing. Then a year later, their footage was found in a bag under a 100 year abandoned house.
The characters are also quite relevant to our characters as ours will be middle class go getters like these three students. The theme will also be very similar due to the fact that the students have no idea whatsoever why they're getting chased and hunted down by an unknown antagonist which will be the same theme in our trailer.
Here is a screenshot of the trailer explaining the film to the audience
This is a screenshot from the actual film itself. Note there is no special effects as it is supposedly all found footage.
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