Task

As part of our research we were asked to make a re-

make of a trailer of our choice. We chose to do „The

Blair Witch Project‟. We looked at what we thought

were the most effective aspects of the trailer in terms

of engaging the audience and giving them a taste of

the horrors to come.

What we wanted to

achieve

The aspects we found were important to emulate were the setting of the trailer which we felt set a profound tone for the rest of the trailer in terms of creating a spooky atmosphere.

Also the fast pace of the edits which were used to build up tension. This is as technique used in many film trailers and not just in the horror genre.

Other parts of the trailer which we found to be important were the conventional horror sound effects and the music that helps build up the tension.

We also felt the some of the cinematography of the trailer was very effective such as the hand held tracking shots of the protagonists running through the forests and also the effect of it being a homemade movie and it all being filmed from a hand-cam.

Comparing

After we made the trailer we decided to compare the

real trailer to our one that we made. These are the

comparisons and similarities that we found.

Original Trailer

The real trailer used quick cuts so they can build up tension and also try and intrigue as well as scare the audience enough to come and see the full film.

Similar conventions were used in the real trailer to our trailer but were more in detailed and higher budgeted.

Titles were used in the original trailer of „The Blair Witch Project‟ to show that it was a film that was going to be a documentary style because found footage pretends to be real.

Our Trailer

We did not include all the scenes that were in the original trailer sequence.

We did although use the quick cuts in the editing just like the original trailer.

We did not use all the same dialogue as used in the film but tried to keep it relatively the same.

We stuck to the conventions of horror such as filming in a forest, using screaming sound effects, also tried to keep the characters from the movie trailer the same and try to not add or subtract any of them.

We used a hand-cam as like the one used in the trailer to create the effect of it being a “real” self-made film.

Shots to Compare

Screenshots to Compare

Screenshots to Compare

Evaluation of the re-make

To evaluate I feel as if our trailer, with the limited

resources and knowledge that we managed include

all the key conventions used in the original trailer.

Although we did not do all the shots and copy word

for word all the dialogue in the film, we kept to the

most important shots that help to convey the horror.