The Blair witch project title sequence analysis

The title sequence of the Blair witch project is one of great interest to me, it is not conventional of a horror movie, or any movie title sequence, it does not have flashy glamorous writing, big bold pictures or loud attention grabbing music, it is a sort of documentary style, setting the scene for the rest of the film, which is also filmed as thought it were a documentary. it opens with no non-diegetic or digetic sound whatsoever, just a black screen with white writing over the top that reads "the blair witch project", followed by another black screen with white writing, which says, "in October 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville Maryland while shooting a documentary...a year later their footage was found." then the film begins with a blurry POV camera shot, and the filmmakers talking about how tot work it. the bareness of this title sequence, in my opinion is simplicity at its best, an uncomplicated but highly effective title sequence, a concept i would like to attempt to mimic in my own film.

The Blair witch project title sequence