As Whannell and Wan shared with Bloody Disgusting, before the film was set in an industrial bathroom, they had the idea of having the two guys trapped in an elevator and the movie being shot from the viewpoint of the security cameras. When Wan came to Whannell with the basis of the film, two guys stuck in a room with a dead body and no recollection as to how they got there, Whannell went to work. That inspiration is what led to the beginnings of Saw. Seeing The Blair Witch Project helped them realize that they could use just a camera and what limited resources they had. During that time, independent and low-budget films were becoming more popular, and because of their various jobs and low funds, they didn't have extensive resources to make a blockbuster film off the bat. In an interview with Bloody Disgusting, Wan and Whannell shared that they found the inspiration to make a film after watching The Blair Witch Project back in 1999. The two of them eventually ended up living together, struggling to get by even post-grad school, and decided to put their money together to make a short film for a project they believed in. In an interview with The AV Club, Whannell said that Wan showed a short film in one of their classes entitled "Zombie Apocalypse" that most of the other students scoffed at since being interested in horror was mainstream, and film school students felt they were better than being interested in horror. It all started when Leigh Whannell and Wan struck up a friendship during their time at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology for their shared love of horror.
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