The Blair Witch Project example of conventions

The following clip is from The Blair Witch Project. This clip is a great example of a found footage/Mockumentary film. You can tell that this is a Mockumentary film as it features typical conventions of these types of films. The lighting in this clip helps convince the audience that the film is factual as the light is provided by a torch making the scene more realistic as the characters are filming and staying in the woods. There is no music or underscore used in this scene which makes it more convincing that the footage has been found and hasn't been planned or edited.
The camera work in the scene is typical in found footage films. The framing isn't very good as half of the character's face is cut out, it is also filmed from a strange angle that makes it look like the person has just switched the camera on and is holding it up really close to their face. This type of framing makes the scene look realistic and unplanned due to the lack of thought put into it.

Although the scene looks like no effort has been put into creating it this is not the case at all. The conventions used in this clip are perfect for the genre and are extremely effective at convincing the audience the film is a true story. Myself and Laura will have to make sure we used these types of conventions in our film to try to convince the audience the story line is true, resulting in a successful Documentary type film.