Blair Witch Project
Released in 1999, The Blair Witch Project created a stir with an innovative viral ad campaign. Below are the original storyboards, which cost slightly more than the finished film.
Just The Facts
- The original film reportedly cost $35,000 to make and generated revenues that have exceeded $248 million, a profit margin that only a shoe company wouldn't envy.
- The film was made to simulate a home video, as though it was unscripted and shot by amateurs using an inexpensive hand-held camera; this effect was cleverly achieved by having it shot unscripted by amateurs using an inexpensive hand-held camera.
- Although the unsteady camera work gave some in the audience headaches, it did succeed in making others nauseous.
- The viral ad campaign led many to believe that they were watching actual footage shot by young people who, tragically, were never found. Most viewers, however, believed that there was nothing tragic about that at all.
The Sequel
There was no sequel. Really, that never happened. Just like Captain Kirk wasn't crushed by that falling bridge, the Harlem Globetrotters didn't visit Gilligan's Island, and the Fonz never strapped on those water skis, there was no movie called The Blair Witch Project 2, and not only that but la la la I can't hear you I can't hear you.
hahaha good topic, surprised it wasn't done long ago
ReplyI dont care what anyone says, this movie scared the F outa me. I did see it in a differnt light than most did. I saw the first viewing in a tiny theature with only like 30 seats in it, and was attacked by reporters as I went in. so I went in thinking this to be completely real. make fun of me all you want, even though I later found out it was fake, that was an awsome experiance
ReplyYou won't be able to tell from the article, but I liked the movie. Enough to buy the DVD. I think it's a story about people getting lost in the woods, getting hypothermic, and because their heads were filled with ghost stories they read great, terrifying meaning into a bunch of random, ambiguous stuff. Which is disturbing. My heart sank when they came upon the same log over the creek after hiking for hours.
I regard the movie as more psych experiment and test of critical thinking ability than supernatural horror flick, though.
Oh I agree, it was definatly a play on your mind. I was so into the movie and story line that I didnt notice the little things that showed it was fake. like the girls hair never got dirty or frizzy, hell they never got dirty at all. I loved it, great artical though, should have pointed that out in my last post, I laughed more than once so you get an A