applied to Blair Witch

I do not believe that either quotation is truer than the other. As soon as I read both, I could see how they directly applied to The Blair Witch Project. Although they may differ, I believe the movie was attempting to capture many things. In making it appear that the actors were not really actors but real people, the filmmakers led the audience to believe that the aura of who they saw on the screen truly was the aura of the actors. In reality, we do not know who these people are. Their true aura is most likely not what they lead us to believe through the portrayal of the characters from the movie. In the end, the viewer really feels that they know the true person they saw in the film.

The second quote captures the true essence of the movie. The entire concept was that this small film crew was going out to film a very real documentary. Not only that, but the so calle dfootage you were watching was said to be what was found. However, what I noticed myself about the difference be=tween the cameraman and the painter is that the painter may be able to manipulate and reproduce and image, you know it is only an image. The filmaker holds much more power. People are more apt to believe something is real if a filmaker shows it to them rather than a painter. The Blair Witch project was not real, but their goal was to make people think it was.

The style used in Tokyo Story and that of classic continuity based films differ greatly. Both create a certain feel which creates different effects. Continuity editing makes sense. The cuts are strategically lines up so that they flow with one another. It is very easy for a viewer to watch this style of editing. Also, since this is the form of editing most frequently used, it creates a sense of normality when people see it. It feels real becasue it is what people know. The style used in Tokyo Story is different than what we as viewers are accustomed to seeing. It does not use a structure that necessarily makes sense aesthetically. It does not create the same sense of realism that continuity editing does, but it still has its own form of realism.
The cuts did not always make sense to me, but I understand that there was a reason behind every shot and every placement of the shots. I believe that the style of editing reflected the content in a way. The content of the film greatly revolved around how things were changing in Japan at the time. There was a lot going on that many members of the older generations could not relate to. These people did not feel that this new culture was something they could recognize. At the same time this style of editing was something that viewers could not recognize. This created a form of realism in that new and slightly confusing had almost become reality.