blair witch project an analytical essay
The Blair Witch Project is a mock documentary on three film students: Heather, Mike and Shaun, who go out and shoot their own documentary on the Blair Witch. This Blair Witch apparently haunts a forest in Burkittsville Maryland and these students are going to find out firsthand if this rumor is true. Unfortunately this rumor turns out to be fact and all three characters are eventually hunted and killed by the Blair witch. The scene which I have chosen to analyze is a short ten second scene near the very end of the movie. In this scene we see a close up of Mike, from a diagonal angle. Mike is rocking back and forth and then yawns. This scene is key point were the viewer realizes that there is no hope for MIke and Heather. The woods are just too vast for the
The fact that the straps are so big and that they wrap around Mike can show how he is completely engulfed by this pressure, just like he is surrounded by the trees. The trees not only surround Mike in every direction but in this scene they are shot diagonally. The yawn gives Mike the innocent look that only a child possesses so the viewer is led to think that Mike is a mere child in comparison to the forest. The backpack and trees completely overpower Mike, causing him to feel helpless and miniscule, like a child. Besides the burden it can also represent all the pressure he is under at this particular point. ) The rocking can also depict an autistic person. In most scenarios children rock themselves when they are nervous. Mike has no sense of judgment left and cannot correctly perceive what is going on around him. This is definitely not natural, normal and not something that a completely sane person would see. At the very end Mike and Heather are murdered by the "Blair Witch". The second image chosen is Mike rocking back and forth, followed by the yawn. In this scene, Mike is wearing his backpack that is bigger than him indicating the the burden he has to carry. They have no power over what is going on and what is going to happen. (seeing as how Mike and Heather are lost and confused. They, like children do not know where they are going and lose themselves very quickly as the story proceeds.
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