Blair Witch Project (1999)– Mise en Scene

The opening scene of the last four minutes of the Blair Witch Project shows the actors entering a vacant house.

* The viewers eye is first attracted to the night vision shot used on the camera, and the constant moving of the video camera in every which direction.

* The footage is shot using a low lighting key enabling  the audience to feel the haunting effects of the empty house.

* The footage is shot using both the minimum and maximum zoom capabilities. At times the actors are shot  up close while walking around the house looking for their friend, and the rest of the time you are viewing many different angles and viewpoints as the actors are running with the camera in hand exploring the house.

*There is a very loose frame for the characters to move around the large empty house, they are never seen standing still in one shot throughout the entire scene.

* There is a bunch of visual information packed in this scene as you are looking at the details in each room of the house, noticing the run down and empty feeling of it.