Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Film- First atempt- Through Fallen Eyes
Me and Bryony decided to edit seperately.
I decided to refilm most of mine:)
my NEW plan and looking at the film -BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
Me and Bryony have decided to take a different route so I decided to go back to my first plan. The story I made up and the ideas of you seeing it from the protagonists point of view. Like the trail of thought in the opening of "Twilight."
The idea of being followed.
FACT FILE of The Blair Witch Project
The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American horror film; the narrative is presented as a documentary pieced together from amateur footage, filmed in real time. The film was produced by the Haxan Films production company. The film relates the story of three young student filmmakers (Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, and Michael C. Williams) who hike into the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland to film a documentary about a local legend known as the Blair Witch, and subsequently go missing. The viewer is told that the three were never found, although their video and sound equipment (along with most of the footage they shot) was discovered a year later. This "recovered footage" is presented as the film the viewer is watching.
A studio production film based on the theme of The Blair Witch Project was released on October 27, 2000 entitled Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2. Another sequel was planned for the following year, but did not materialize. On September 2, 2009, it was announced that co-directors Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick were pitching the sequel.
The Blair Witch Project grossed $248,639,099 worldwide, compared to its final budget which ranged between $500,000 and $750,000.
Rotten Tomatoes provides links to 127 reviews for the film, with 85% of these reviews being favorable.Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film four stars, calling it "an extraordinarily effective horror film"
The Blair Witch Project is thought to be the first widely released film marketed primarily on the Internet. A sequel, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, was released in the autumn of 2000, but was poorly received by most critics.A third installment announced that same year did not materialize.
The Blair Witch Project was given a Global Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay and won the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award. Conversely, the film was nominated for the 1999 Razzie Award for Worst Picture. In 2008, Entertainment Weekly named The Blair Witch Project one of the "The 100 best films from 1983 to 2008", ranking it at #99. In 2006, Chicago Film Critics Association listed it as one of the "Top 100 Scariest Movies", ranking it #12
The idea of being followed.
FACT FILE of The Blair Witch Project
The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 American horror film; the narrative is presented as a documentary pieced together from amateur footage, filmed in real time. The film was produced by the Haxan Films production company. The film relates the story of three young student filmmakers (Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, and Michael C. Williams) who hike into the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland to film a documentary about a local legend known as the Blair Witch, and subsequently go missing. The viewer is told that the three were never found, although their video and sound equipment (along with most of the footage they shot) was discovered a year later. This "recovered footage" is presented as the film the viewer is watching.
A studio production film based on the theme of The Blair Witch Project was released on October 27, 2000 entitled Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2. Another sequel was planned for the following year, but did not materialize. On September 2, 2009, it was announced that co-directors Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick were pitching the sequel.
| Directed by | Daniel Myrick Eduardo Sánchez |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Robin Cowie Gregg Hale |
| Written by | Daniel Myrick Eduardo Sánchez |
| Starring | Heather Donahue Joshua Leonard Michael C. Williams |
| Music by | Antonio Cora |
| Cinematography | Neal Fredericks |
| Editing by | Daniel Myrick Eduardo Sánchez |
| Studio | Haxan Films |
| Distributed by | Artisan Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | January 25, 1999 July 16, 1999 July 30, 1999 |
| Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $22,000 |
| Gross revenue | $248,639,099 |
| Followed by | Book of Shadows |
The Blair Witch Project grossed $248,639,099 worldwide, compared to its final budget which ranged between $500,000 and $750,000.
Rotten Tomatoes provides links to 127 reviews for the film, with 85% of these reviews being favorable.Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film four stars, calling it "an extraordinarily effective horror film"
The Blair Witch Project is thought to be the first widely released film marketed primarily on the Internet. A sequel, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, was released in the autumn of 2000, but was poorly received by most critics.A third installment announced that same year did not materialize.
The Blair Witch Project was given a Global Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay and won the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award. Conversely, the film was nominated for the 1999 Razzie Award for Worst Picture. In 2008, Entertainment Weekly named The Blair Witch Project one of the "The 100 best films from 1983 to 2008", ranking it at #99. In 2006, Chicago Film Critics Association listed it as one of the "Top 100 Scariest Movies", ranking it #12
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
PLANNING. For the Media Film
Filming
I worked with Bryony.
Time- Victorian times.
Place- Dead mans alley
Queens Lane
PLANNING:
FIRST IDEAS:
Brainstorm.... STORY!!!!!!
PLANNING: PLACE:
In the Victorian times people who were criminals eg. Thieves were punished by the firing squad. Thieves and other criminals were lined up against the wall, blindfolded and tired up. The firing squad were a group of men who's job was to shoot and kill them.
We changed our first initial idea because we found out that dead mans walk was the place where criminals were shot by the firing squad and killed for their crimes they had committed. There bodies where then carried away in a wheelbarrow to be buried.
We chose Dead Mans walk not only because of the history we found out about the firing squad but also the other history that we found out about the place having references to the war...
(SAY HISTORY OF DEAD MANS WALK)
We decided not to film in the graveyard due to the graveyard being very public. We didn't want to offend anyone and in the evenings town is busy and people are trying to get home from work and we came up with the conclusion it would be fairly difficult to film under these circumstances and didn't want to upset anyone.
So our choice of place was set to be filmed down Dead Mans Walk.
The complications of filming here was that we could only film up to dusk due to the council closing early. Also we wanted to film at night which became a problem, then we thought we could film early as it opens at 7, but it is quite light at this time, which we didn't expect so in the end we have decided to film early in the morning but we can edit the lighting when we have done the filming.
Another problem is that Dead Mans Walk is a really beautiful place when the weathers nice, so filming is difficult when many people like to take a walk as they accidentally get into the shot, not knowing. We did try and avoid this and re took alot of shots but it was very difficult.
TIME:
We decided to change the timing instead if the film being set in the 21st century, we decided to change the year.
To Victorian times.
We thought this would be a good idea because the buildings near dead mans walk were made in 1800s and thought it looked more realistic to the year then the 21st century.
STORY:
The story is about a young Victorian women, who is walking home through dead mans walk and she sees a ghost/spirit. One who was killed by the firing squad. She knew them.
She tries to get away by running and that's the opening piece of our film.
I worked with Bryony.
Time- Victorian times.
Place- Dead mans alley
Queens Lane
PLANNING:
FIRST IDEAS:
Brainstorm.... STORY!!!!!!
PLANNING: PLACE:
In the Victorian times people who were criminals eg. Thieves were punished by the firing squad. Thieves and other criminals were lined up against the wall, blindfolded and tired up. The firing squad were a group of men who's job was to shoot and kill them.
We changed our first initial idea because we found out that dead mans walk was the place where criminals were shot by the firing squad and killed for their crimes they had committed. There bodies where then carried away in a wheelbarrow to be buried.
We chose Dead Mans walk not only because of the history we found out about the firing squad but also the other history that we found out about the place having references to the war...
(SAY HISTORY OF DEAD MANS WALK)
We decided not to film in the graveyard due to the graveyard being very public. We didn't want to offend anyone and in the evenings town is busy and people are trying to get home from work and we came up with the conclusion it would be fairly difficult to film under these circumstances and didn't want to upset anyone.
So our choice of place was set to be filmed down Dead Mans Walk.
The complications of filming here was that we could only film up to dusk due to the council closing early. Also we wanted to film at night which became a problem, then we thought we could film early as it opens at 7, but it is quite light at this time, which we didn't expect so in the end we have decided to film early in the morning but we can edit the lighting when we have done the filming.
Another problem is that Dead Mans Walk is a really beautiful place when the weathers nice, so filming is difficult when many people like to take a walk as they accidentally get into the shot, not knowing. We did try and avoid this and re took alot of shots but it was very difficult.
TIME:
We decided to change the timing instead if the film being set in the 21st century, we decided to change the year.
To Victorian times.
We thought this would be a good idea because the buildings near dead mans walk were made in 1800s and thought it looked more realistic to the year then the 21st century.
STORY:
The story is about a young Victorian women, who is walking home through dead mans walk and she sees a ghost/spirit. One who was killed by the firing squad. She knew them.
She tries to get away by running and that's the opening piece of our film.
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