Blair Witch Project Outline

C. Credits

1. Burkittsville, Maryland
a. Heather Donahue and Joshua Leonard collect their filming equipment and pick up Michael Williams, and explain their plans to film a documentary about local myth the Blair Witch
b. The three filmmakers interview a few locals who express their knowledge about a man who had turned himself into the police after kidnapping seven children and killing them in his basement under the coercion of the Blair Witch during the 1940's.
c. The filmmakers encounter another local named Mary Brown who met the Blair Witch in the woods and had described her as a woman with thick dense black fur.

2. Black Hills Forest-Day 1
a. Josh, Michael and Heather venture into the woods and question Heather's credibility after suspiscion of being lost in the woods and meet a pair of fisherman who tell a tale about five individuals who hiked to Coffin Rock and were gruesomely murdered
b. The filmmakers make camp in the woods after searching for signs of the Blair Witch and brief panic of being lost

3. Black Hills Forest-Day 2
a. The filmmakers explore more the woods with little certainty of their location and stumble upon what appears to be a ancient burial location. One of the crew members stumbles upon a pile of rocks and Heather replaces one of the rocks that had fallen off the pile to remedy the stone pile.
b. The filmmakers have an argument about being lost in the woods, and Heather becomes a prime target.
c. The filmmakers make camp and hear odd sounds in the woods but cannot locate the sound or identify it.

4. Black Hills-Day3
a. Disturbed by the sounds in the night, and rushed for time the filmmakers decide to locate their vehicle and return home but unsuccessfully become lost in the woods again.
b. The filmmakers make camp.
c. The filmmakers hear strange sounds in the woods again but cannot locate or identify the sound.

5. Black Hills-Day 4
a. Three piles of rocks are found outside their tents.
b. Heather acknowledges that the map is missing. Michael later admits that he threw the map into the river in frustration of being lost.
c. The filmmakers discover a series of figurines created from sticks and bark suspended from trees suggestive of vodoism
d. The filmmakers make camp and hear indistinguishable sounds in the night, feel strange movement against their tent and in panic flee the camp for safety only to return a few hours later to discover that their tent had been raided and Joshua's pack of items were covered in a jelly-like residue while Heather and Michael's packs were untouched.

6. Black Hills-Day 5
a. The filmmakers wander aimlessly through the woods
b. They make camp

7. Black Hills-Day 6
a. Heather and Michael awake to find Joshua missing.
b. Heather and Michael look for Joshua but decide to to continue into the woods to hopefully find the location of their vehicle and then get help in locating Joshua
c. After making camp that night they hear sounds that appear to be similar to Joshua's voice screaming for help but isn't completely discernable

8. Black Hills-Day 7
a. Heather uncovers a pack of sticks tied with cloth with torn pieces of bloodied fabric and what appears to be partial remains of an individual
b. Heather and Michael wander in the woods and make camp.
c. They hear what appears to be Joshua's screams and follow the sound to a vacant house
d. Heather lags behind Michael as they race through the house following Joshua's cries which lead them to the basement. Michael is the first to reach the basement in which his video camera is knocked to the ground and all movement or sound from him ceases.
e. Heather races down to the basement in pursuit of Michael screaming his name and finds him facing into a corner.
f. Heather's screams stop when her camera is knocked to the floor.

E. End Credits