Behind the camera
The movie’s entire budget was about this much.
What is around $60,000?
The movie takes place in this town.
What is Burkittsville?
She’s the film student leading the project.
Who is Heather Donahue?
The movie popularized this filmmaking style.
What is found footage?
The movie was promoted mainly through this new technology in 1999.
What is the internet (or a website)?
The film was shot mostly in this U.S. state.
What is Maryland?
The three main characters are making a documentary about this.
What is the Blair Witch legend?
He’s the sound guy who becomes increasingly frustrated.
Who is Mike (Michael Williams)?
Most of the movie’s sound comes from this source.
What are the actors’ cameras or microphones?
The filmmakers created fake ones of these to make it seem real.
What are missing persons reports or police documents?
The actors were given these each day instead of a full script to keep the reactions natural.
What are daily notes or outlines?
The group gets lost in these woods.
What are the Black Hills Forest?
He’s the cameraman who disappears first.
Who is Josh (Joshua Leonard)?
The movie’s shaky camera helped make it feel this way.
What is realistic or authentic?
The movie made about this much money worldwide.
What is over $200 million?
The directors used this technique to create authentic fear from the cast.
What is manipulating their environment or scaring them at night?
This happens to the characters’ map.
What is it goes missing (or is thrown away)?
Heather leaves behind this personal item that makes her memorable.
What is her video diary or her camera?
The lack of this cinematic element helped make it scarier.
What is the lack of a visible monster or witch?
The Blair Witch became one of the earliest examples of this kind of marketing.
What is viral marketing?
This duo directed The Blair Witch Project.
Who are Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez?
The final scene takes place in this eerie location.
What is an abandoned house or the Rustin Parr house?
This character is seen standing in the corner during the ending.
Who is Mike?
The film was so convincing that some people believed this.
What is that it was real/found footage of real deaths?
The movie inspired many later horror films that used this same style.
What is the found footage genre (like Paranormal Activity)?