My best friend was OBSESSED with Blair With Project, we even made our own shitty version in windows movie maker xD Funny thing is, she was so inspired by that and other horror movies that she ended up going to school for SFX makeup. Now she works on TV shows and movies, she actually just worked on her big movie! She did the practical SFX for the new Candyman movie!
I remember when Blair Witch Project was released. After I watched with friends, I couldn't sleep that night in their house out in the woods. And when we woke up, we found dusty old decrepit decaying leather baby shoes sitting in the driveway behind the car. I never went back to my friend's house after that.
I left my work uniform on the clothesline outside before I went to the movie and was too scared to go out and get it. Next day I had to go to work in damp clothes, not as spooky as your story....OR IS IT?
This hit before Amnesia made me realize that stuff on a screen can't hurt you :). Solid film. Cannibal holocaust is still the goat and certain scenes still make me feel ill to watch despite having seen way worse stuff since then.
I've been a Blaire Witch fan for so long and I've delved into every facet a billion times... But never did I realize what was going on with the audio between cameras.. Absolutely incredible.
The detail of Mike facing the corner gets me every time. It’s like, kind of stereotypical, but at the same time it’s done with so little fanfare that it’s still so effective.
Really enjoyed you calling crickets "hippy hoppers", way better name for them in my opinion. I even think I will steal it, if anyone asks ill let them know where I got it from as compensation.
I never pay attention to views, likes, or subs when I first go into a video, so I was absolutely SHOCKED to see that with this quality of a video, and someone who is genuinely entertaining, isn't at over 800k already ?? Gonna be so cool watching you grow
I like found footage, because of the lack of a spoon fed linear story. You have to piece together what is going on, and you are usually left to use our own imagination to create the scenarios and the end is up to you to ponder the implications. Sometimes that's more horrific
the fact that you got me so interested in 1998 internet that i forgot i was watching a video about the blair witch project... man you are good, wish you the best.
I was 7 when this movie came out. A lot of people actually thought it was real. It was SOOOOO hyped. People were so mad when they found out it was all fake 🤣
Amazing video, man. I have to rewatch The Blair Witch Project now, that sound design is genius. I love how they not only realistically used the materials the characters had at their disposal instead of taking shortcuts, but they even used it to their advantage to create such a powerful effect. Wonderful filmmaking.
Man, I literally stumbled upon this video this morning, and here I am at 11 pm, at least 75 episodes deep into the ten tapes, watching livestreams and all 🤯🤯 freaking genius, please I need to see the livestream with J and it's not on the archive!! 😭🙏
Hey! I'm uploading as many videos as I can almost daily, but youtube has a limit at 15 videos a day, sometimes 30. I recommend staying patient and not continuing until its up on the archive! Thank you so much for watching both this and also seeking out 10 tapes!
Yes! Thank you! I've been saying this for the past 20 years, and you did much better job articulating it than I would have. Thanks for this video and the other great content. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with next.
I saw your video about final destination and now i'm going through your backlog. that 45 seconds of blair witch has never left my mind since it came out when i was a kid. nothing else in that movie got me quite like the screams so far away and getting closer and closer. seing it as a kid, you dont really understand why the sound is suddenly so far away, but it really scared me and left an imprint. good to know it stuck to another persons brain. thank you for the video.
This was very entertaining with an amazing analysis of the movie. I loved the way you described the feeling of being lost and "robbed of half of our senses" to illustrate why the ending scene was so impactful. Thank you for the video!
unsure how this video stumbled into my recommended but im so glad it did :D as someone who also loves the found footage subcategory of horror, i've always admired blair witch for popularising the genre. yet somehow my horror nerd self never thought about how the sound design affected this movie so this was super insightful :0 hope you analyse other movies in the future bc this was great content
I have no idea either as this is my first video and I didn't expect much traction, but I'm stoked to hear its getting recommended to people so thank you for letting me know! And thank you for watching!
Hey, holy shit were talking materiality and unfiction. Hell yeah. This is one of the best video essays I've seen in our sphere. I'll be recommending this to friends.
About your outro: I have been binging your videos for the last couple days and I absolutely LOVE your humor and style! Please don't stop, you're takes are well thought out and beautifully crafted, and your quick humor is so terribly dumb in the most hilarious way possible! It warms my heart to see you here, starting a whole new thing, and to see how far you've come in the past year! Definitely subscribed, I should probably get on your patreon..
I'm a film student and I had to make a final essay for sound design class comparing two movies, I chose The Blair witch project and The shinning as I truly love both of them. My essay had the exact train of thought as your video and I loved your work here. Specially the music from Hit and run lol
Blair Witch, the requel, is one of the most underrated horror movies of all time. It has some of the best sound design I‘ve ever seen in any movie, it‘s genuinely scary, and it creates the forest at night atmosphere like I‘ve never seen before.
Absolutely love your point about the audio and what happens in the final couple of minutes- I have always been obsessed with that!! And yes, I bet most people don’t realize what’s going on with the audio- but when you do, it hits just at a visceral level! Awesome video!! 🎉
Saw this in the theater when it was released. The sound was indeed creepy as hell. Especially the rock cracking sounds. It didn’t sound like rocks, and it sounded like it came from behind you, and felt like it was actually in the theater with you, I even looked behind me. The fact I remember that moment in the theater this many years later is testament to how well the sound was done.
I just found your channel and while I'm slowly making my way through videos, seeing the joy with which you talk about a film that I truly love makes me so happy.
this was awesome man, great stuff. i really dig how you picked apart the tech side of it and think you nailed it. such a crazy simple but emotionally complex way to cut that scene.
Honestly Blair Witch is one of my faves as well as the found footage genre, which I feel you should do more videos on, and this video pointed out a detail that I never thought of. It just shows the dedication that went into the film and the creativity behind it.
Saw this in the theater when it first came out. I was right on the cusp of when the false claims of it being a real documentary were found out. I had a suspicion that it might be fictional going into the theatre, but wasn't sure. Even though I was 20, it scared me so badly that I couldn't sleep that night. Like...not at all. That's the only time a film ever truly scared me like that.
This movie was a formative experience for me as a little kid who lived maybe thirty minutes from where it was filmed… especially not having the wherewithal to know it was fake at my age!
It took me so long to watch this movie. Honestly, even if you know the gist of the movie, actually watching it is the only way you can "get it," and yeah, the sound is a huge part of that experience.
Whoa, this is amazing. I did not expect to laugh or learn this much while searching for a Blair Witch audio essay. The first 5 minutes were more entertaining than 85% of UA-cam content. Thanks my guy
I just watched the entirety of the 10 tapes archive as well as night minds videos on it in which he shared this youtube channel. Loving the content so far! I never noticed the audio or how their cameras worked that way. Was super interesting.
Alright but having to put together what crickets were in my head there for a second was goddamn hilarious. Actually, most of the humour in this video immediately made me laugh. I'm looking forward to binging out the rest of these videos for my shift. Very glad NM directed us here.
i absolutely adore found footage films, and the blair witch project is what started that for me. absolutely fantastic video also i love horse. i would die for horse
wonderful video, I still remember how scared I was the first time I saw the movie, i had never seen an analysis of this movie the way you did, i love the format and editing, keep it up, I will recommend the video to my friends, greetings from Mx!
For my Mom and Dad's honeymoon, they went to a cottage up in the woods. And they rented Blair Witch Project to watch that night. My Mom was so terrified she begged my Dad to keep checking the doors and windows to make sure they were locked.
Horse! ❤ I loved this film when it came out (even though it terrified me also!), and it was one of the reasons I studied film at college. You getting into the detail of the sound design was fascinating, thank you.
Really enjoying your videos! I love the passion you have for things. There's a video I've been wanting to make about a scene that hits me like this one hit you. This has really inspired me to maybe get around to making that video someday.
Here for 10 Tapes (I came from the Tik Tok, I never used it untill I saw your series in Night Mind) staying for your humor and interesting topics!! (But mostly the moustache)
I’ve really been worried about Michael lately. I honestly don’t know what to do. He spends all night staring at the wall, not moving or saying anything. I got him a Tomagachi last week but I haven’t seen it around in a few days. You don’t think..? He wouldn’t.. I mean, right? I dunno, great video though.
Just a few months after seeing Blair Witch in a theater, as a 29 year old, I was at an event on a big scout camp site and had to walk through about 100 yards of unlighted forest, well after sundown, to get to my car. As I made that walk, my brain suddenly informed me that I was indeed about to be grabbed and murdered, like in the movie. Fun times. And of course it was right, dagnabbit, and I am now a ghost.
But they do get louder! We can hear how she gets closer and closer to where Mike dropped the camcorder. Even if we visually can't recognize where she is (due to field of view, high contrast, confusing house layout etc) we know when she's getting closer through hearing her voice get louder and clearer
As a 32 year old who was way ahead of the curve and used the internet as a 7 year old in 1998, I can assure you, almost no one knew about The Blaire Witch because of the internet 😂
Watching videos about this film is always so jarring to me because I grew up in and still live in Frederick county Maryland lol. Like, how does Jeffiot know where I live 🫨
New to your channel and just now got around to watching the first video on it. Didn't realize you've been sipping THAT SAME FUCKING DRINK FOR A YEAR WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO FINISH IT??
True story: before this was announced as a movie or released theatrically, the producers circulated some VHS copies around college campuses purporting it to be a true story. THIS is how i saw it, i believe in the fall of ‘97. I’ve never been so scared of a movie or maybe of anything. The whole walk back across campus, my friend and i were trying to pick logical holes in it because we were both so shaken up.
The music playing at around 15:00, I immediately recognized it as a mod file I listened to back in the 90's., maybe as part of a scene demo. Can anyone help out with what it's called?
"You've got to check out the commentary track for fucking Fight Club, dude!" I feel personally attacked and I'm glad I grew from that annoying ass teen into a functioning adult.
The paint program open on the screen with the gaps in the scribbles being filled in was INSANELY too hyper specifically accurate
My best friend was OBSESSED with Blair With Project, we even made our own shitty version in windows movie maker xD Funny thing is, she was so inspired by that and other horror movies that she ended up going to school for SFX makeup. Now she works on TV shows and movies, she actually just worked on her big movie! She did the practical SFX for the new Candyman movie!
I remember when Blair Witch Project was released. After I watched with friends, I couldn't sleep that night in their house out in the woods. And when we woke up, we found dusty old decrepit decaying leather baby shoes sitting in the driveway behind the car. I never went back to my friend's house after that.
I left my work uniform on the clothesline outside before I went to the movie and was too scared to go out and get it. Next day I had to go to work in damp clothes, not as spooky as your story....OR IS IT?
@@ladyowl8732the demons pissed on your clothes
This hit before Amnesia made me realize that stuff on a screen can't hurt you :). Solid film. Cannibal holocaust is still the goat and certain scenes still make me feel ill to watch despite having seen way worse stuff since then.
Watching the Blair Witch Project for the first time in a house out in the woods is diabolical
I've been a Blaire Witch fan for so long and I've delved into every facet a billion times... But never did I realize what was going on with the audio between cameras.. Absolutely incredible.
Can't express enough how happy I am to see someone else who actually really likes it
I remember convincing my little brother it was all real, and that this was the final moments of these 3 people.
This was really common to do at the time. I graduated in 1997 and I think everyone I knew in college thought it was real
It's the most effective ending to any horror movie ever, imo. All these years later and it still sends chills up my spine.
The detail of Mike facing the corner gets me every time. It’s like, kind of stereotypical, but at the same time it’s done with so little fanfare that it’s still so effective.
Really enjoyed you calling crickets "hippy hoppers", way better name for them in my opinion. I even think I will steal it, if anyone asks ill let them know where I got it from as compensation.
I never pay attention to views, likes, or subs when I first go into a video, so I was absolutely SHOCKED to see that with this quality of a video, and someone who is genuinely entertaining, isn't at over 800k already ?? Gonna be so cool watching you grow
Yeah, I thought he had like 600k or something. Glad to find this channel!
Dang, that's really kind! Thanks a lot, hope you stick around!
I like found footage, because of the lack of a spoon fed linear story. You have to piece together what is going on, and you are usually left to use our own imagination to create the scenarios and the end is up to you to ponder the implications. Sometimes that's more horrific
the fact that you got me so interested in 1998 internet that i forgot i was watching a video about the blair witch project... man you are good, wish you the best.
Thank you so much, that really means a lot.
You have more personality than most of the video essay channels that I have watched. UA-cam recommendations fucking worked for the first time.
that is extremely kind, thank you. but there are so many good video essay channels, so keep digging!
I was 7 when this movie came out. A lot of people actually thought it was real. It was SOOOOO hyped. People were so mad when they found out it was all fake 🤣
Amazing video, man. I have to rewatch The Blair Witch Project now, that sound design is genius. I love how they not only realistically used the materials the characters had at their disposal instead of taking shortcuts, but they even used it to their advantage to create such a powerful effect. Wonderful filmmaking.
I gotta say my habit of watching videos about horror movies I can never watch really backfired when the screaming audio repeating freaked me out lmao
You are hands down the funniest Swede I've ever seen. And I've seen over 10 of them!
thanks but I don't know man, that bergman guy has been killing it lately
great analysis, the ending always stuck with me after all these years but this articulates really well why it had such impact
The nostalgia spiral you took me through in the beginning😩...
Man, coming here after discovering you through 10 Tapes was a trip. Amazing.
Man, I literally stumbled upon this video this morning, and here I am at 11 pm, at least 75 episodes deep into the ten tapes, watching livestreams and all 🤯🤯 freaking genius, please I need to see the livestream with J and it's not on the archive!! 😭🙏
Hey!
I'm uploading as many videos as I can almost daily, but youtube has a limit at 15 videos a day, sometimes 30. I recommend staying patient and not continuing until its up on the archive!
Thank you so much for watching both this and also seeking out 10 tapes!
Yes! Thank you! I've been saying this for the past 20 years, and you did much better job articulating it than I would have. Thanks for this video and the other great content. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with next.
glad to hear it! thanks so much for watching!
I saw your video about final destination and now i'm going through your backlog. that 45 seconds of blair witch has never left my mind since it came out when i was a kid. nothing else in that movie got me quite like the screams so far away and getting closer and closer. seing it as a kid, you dont really understand why the sound is suddenly so far away, but it really scared me and left an imprint. good to know it stuck to another persons brain. thank you for the video.
This was very entertaining with an amazing analysis of the movie. I loved the way you described the feeling of being lost and "robbed of half of our senses" to illustrate why the ending scene was so impactful. Thank you for the video!
I really appreciate that! Thank you so much for watching!
unsure how this video stumbled into my recommended but im so glad it did :D as someone who also loves the found footage subcategory of horror, i've always admired blair witch for popularising the genre. yet somehow my horror nerd self never thought about how the sound design affected this movie so this was super insightful :0 hope you analyse other movies in the future bc this was great content
I have no idea either as this is my first video and I didn't expect much traction, but I'm stoked to hear its getting recommended to people so thank you for letting me know! And thank you for watching!
Hey, holy shit were talking materiality and unfiction. Hell yeah. This is one of the best video essays I've seen in our sphere. I'll be recommending this to friends.
That is so kind. Thank you
About your outro: I have been binging your videos for the last couple days and I absolutely LOVE your humor and style! Please don't stop, you're takes are well thought out and beautifully crafted, and your quick humor is so terribly dumb in the most hilarious way possible! It warms my heart to see you here, starting a whole new thing, and to see how far you've come in the past year! Definitely subscribed, I should probably get on your patreon..
I'm a film student and I had to make a final essay for sound design class comparing two movies, I chose The Blair witch project and The shinning as I truly love both of them. My essay had the exact train of thought as your video and I loved your work here. Specially the music from Hit and run lol
Hey, cool! Never heard anyone else talk about that. Also good catch on the music :)
What a great start! Can't wait to see what else comes out of this channel!
this popped up on my recommended page and I feel like i struck gold! looking forward to future uploads
new fave creator, great work!
Blair Witch, the requel, is one of the most underrated horror movies of all time. It has some of the best sound design I‘ve ever seen in any movie, it‘s genuinely scary, and it creates the forest at night atmosphere like I‘ve never seen before.
Absolutely love your point about the audio and what happens in the final couple of minutes- I have always been obsessed with that!! And yes, I bet most people don’t realize what’s going on with the audio- but when you do, it hits just at a visceral level! Awesome video!! 🎉
Love how you always have your tea
Saw this in the theater when it was released. The sound was indeed creepy as hell. Especially the rock cracking sounds. It didn’t sound like rocks, and it sounded like it came from behind you, and felt like it was actually in the theater with you, I even looked behind me.
The fact I remember that moment in the theater this many years later is testament to how well the sound was done.
I just found your channel and while I'm slowly making my way through videos, seeing the joy with which you talk about a film that I truly love makes me so happy.
blair witch is one of those movies that affected me more than i ever expected, thanks for sharing another explanation to how it did that
this was awesome man, great stuff. i really dig how you picked apart the tech side of it and think you nailed it. such a crazy simple but emotionally complex way to cut that scene.
I was 8 when the movie came out, and I remember thinking from the marketing that it was real
Honestly Blair Witch is one of my faves as well as the found footage genre, which I feel you should do more videos on, and this video pointed out a detail that I never thought of. It just shows the dedication that went into the film and the creativity behind it.
Great movie.
Those screams still creeps me out to this day.
I’m feeling watched as you play that sound back during ur monologue.
Saw this in the theater when it first came out. I was right on the cusp of when the false claims of it being a real documentary were found out. I had a suspicion that it might be fictional going into the theatre, but wasn't sure.
Even though I was 20, it scared me so badly that I couldn't sleep that night. Like...not at all. That's the only time a film ever truly scared me like that.
"Never trust a man with a mustache." Preach brother.
Oh god. The ghosts of my lost neopets still haunt me.
This movie was a formative experience for me as a little kid who lived maybe thirty minutes from where it was filmed… especially not having the wherewithal to know it was fake at my age!
tamagootchiees 😭😭😭
Certified banger and a perspective I didn't think about when I first saw this movie ages ago.
It took me so long to watch this movie. Honestly, even if you know the gist of the movie, actually watching it is the only way you can "get it," and yeah, the sound is a huge part of that experience.
Loved your explanation of this audio mechanic. I'll be checking out your other videos next!
Jeffiot, ur the absolute best my man. Please do more movie stuff. I absolutely love it all!
Loved this video, so glad i found your channel and can't wait to see more!
That's very kind, thank you so much! More to come :)
"tama-gooch-ee" was unexpected lmao
Whoa, this is amazing.
I did not expect to laugh or learn this much while searching for a Blair Witch audio essay.
The first 5 minutes were more entertaining than 85% of UA-cam content. Thanks my guy
Here before your channel and video blows up 🤘🏼
This is a fair representation of the culture of 1998. Thank you, that is all.
I just watched the entirety of the 10 tapes archive as well as night minds videos on it in which he shared this youtube channel. Loving the content so far! I never noticed the audio or how their cameras worked that way. Was super interesting.
i've lived in frederick maryland for 4 years and somehow didn't know blair witch was filmed/took place here!
Adding this video to my dating profile as a perfect representation of my niche obsessions
great video, i can't wait to see the next one! you're so entertaining. you've earned my sub, good sire
Thank you so much! Working hard on the next one as we speak :)
Alright but having to put together what crickets were in my head there for a second was goddamn hilarious.
Actually, most of the humour in this video immediately made me laugh. I'm looking forward to binging out the rest of these videos for my shift. Very glad NM directed us here.
Second language problems has a tendency to bring out unintended humour for me! Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
The Blair Witch Which Blart Paul Mall Cart Cop paradox as they call it
Just stumbled across this channel. Good content man, and a solid, respectable mustache as well. That's a sub, 100%
Thanks amigo, really appreciate it!
we were paralyzed with fear as 12 year old girls. we loved the earth elements used for the sound or "music"
i absolutely adore found footage films, and the blair witch project is what started that for me. absolutely fantastic video
also i love horse. i would die for horse
wonderful video, I still remember how scared I was the first time I saw the movie, i had never seen an analysis of this movie the way you did, i love the format and editing, keep it up, I will recommend the video to my friends, greetings from Mx!
Love this video! Can't wait to see what else your channel brings, new sub!
Tack, Christian! Appreciate it.
For my Mom and Dad's honeymoon, they went to a cottage up in the woods. And they rented Blair Witch Project to watch that night. My Mom was so terrified she begged my Dad to keep checking the doors and windows to make sure they were locked.
Horse! ❤ I loved this film when it came out (even though it terrified me also!), and it was one of the reasons I studied film at college. You getting into the detail of the sound design was fascinating, thank you.
I miss 1998. Although I've been using the internet since 1988.
This was an awesome video!!!
Obsessed with the dance break 2:00 😍
Yo! I just came from NM's part 3 about you! I love your work and this video was really fun! I can't wait to see what else you'll talk about!
thank you so much! please feel free to stick around on the channel, I'm hoping to create youtube content more actively going forward :)
Really enjoying your videos! I love the passion you have for things. There's a video I've been wanting to make about a scene that hits me like this one hit you. This has really inspired me to maybe get around to making that video someday.
Here for 10 Tapes (I came from the Tik Tok, I never used it untill I saw your series in Night Mind) staying for your humor and interesting topics!! (But mostly the moustache)
Ahh, Windows 98.... Zoo Tycoon, After Dark Games, Marble Drop, Doodlemation. My child self spent so much time on these
The hippy hoppers. I vote to rename crickets to hippy hoppers
your cat has the same name as my wifi thats so cute of us
Well this was fun! I look forward to more!!
The commentary track for Fight Club was lit.
Awesome video! :3
I’ve really been worried about Michael lately. I honestly don’t know what to do. He spends all night staring at the wall, not moving or saying anything. I got him a Tomagachi last week but I haven’t seen it around in a few days. You don’t think..? He wouldn’t.. I mean, right? I dunno, great video though.
thank you for telling me this,,, i will speak to him,,, maybe it just a phase ( hopefully . . . )
//jeff
Hey, 1998, that was my birthyear.
Just a few months after seeing Blair Witch in a theater, as a 29 year old, I was at an event on a big scout camp site and had to walk through about 100 yards of unlighted forest, well after sundown, to get to my car. As I made that walk, my brain suddenly informed me that I was indeed about to be grabbed and murdered, like in the movie. Fun times. And of course it was right, dagnabbit, and I am now a ghost.
I will admit it never occurred to me that her screams never got any louder. That is terrifying.
But they do get louder! We can hear how she gets closer and closer to where Mike dropped the camcorder. Even if we visually can't recognize where she is (due to field of view, high contrast, confusing house layout etc) we know when she's getting closer through hearing her voice get louder and clearer
As a 32 year old who was way ahead of the curve and used the internet as a 7 year old in 1998, I can assure you, almost no one knew about The Blaire Witch because of the internet 😂
As someone known as Michael, thanks for the Neopets guilt trip. At least someone noticed me.
Watching videos about this film is always so jarring to me because I grew up in and still live in Frederick county Maryland lol. Like, how does Jeffiot know where I live 🫨
2:09 cool touch showing the vineyard first then the green hill
Great eye for details :)
What a Cool video 😋😋😋😎
Hey, thanks!
oh hey radal
New to your channel and just now got around to watching the first video on it. Didn't realize you've been sipping THAT SAME FUCKING DRINK FOR A YEAR WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO FINISH IT??
True story: before this was announced as a movie or released theatrically, the producers circulated some VHS copies around college campuses purporting it to be a true story. THIS is how i saw it, i believe in the fall of ‘97. I’ve never been so scared of a movie or maybe of anything. The whole walk back across campus, my friend and i were trying to pick logical holes in it because we were both so shaken up.
The music playing at around 15:00, I immediately recognized it as a mod file I listened to back in the 90's., maybe as part of a scene demo. Can anyone help out with what it's called?
Sidewinder - ORbital flower
Featured on the soundtrack for dx-ball2
Thanks a lot! Gotta relive those memories.
is that simpsons hit and run music at like 3 minutes in or just some royalty free music they also used in the game 😂
I love your channel
This movie terrified my young ass, think i was like 8 when i saw it
Great video!
98 was wild
10:33 you're not alone there.
Hei dude keep it up with the Chanel
Thank you for the interesting video internet man
ALL HAIL HORSE
"You've got to check out the commentary track for fucking Fight Club, dude!"
I feel personally attacked and I'm glad I grew from that annoying ass teen into a functioning adult.