Livvy and Sam chase scene

My chase sequence evaluation

The brief :  For this sequence we had to create a simple chase sequence with a twist that involves some basic cinematic trickery. The sequence had to be around 2-3 minutes long and must include

• A person being chased through doors 
• Entrances which are not doors and one ‘ eccentric’ portal
• Must cut back and forth between chaser and chased. 

We had to plan the story board before we filmed it. 

Planning : In our group we had to plan the storyline to our chase film.  The group came together and spoke about different ideas of portals that we could use in our film, e.g - Going under a table in the dining room and coming out of a cardboard box in the hall way.  We also looked at different youtube clips to get ideas of portals ( Rizzle kicks hit ‘ get down with the trumpets’ used a good technique of falling onto something but ending up on something else). Many ideas we had we couldn't use due to using equipment that we couldn’t use. 

Filming : The filming went well although we had a lack of time. We managed to get the clips and portals that we wanted into it and we enjoyed using many different filming techniques towards it. We had to change the location for many of our planned scenes since the weather wasn’t as we had hoped for it to be. There was constant rain which meant that some of our outside scenes had to be taken indoors somewhere. We had to retake many of our clips to get an accurate and better quality film. We all took part in filming at least one piece of the overall sequence and helping with different filming ideas. 

Editing : Me and Sam Sherwood paired up to complete the editing for our chase sequence. Sam did most of the ‘hands on’ editing whilst I gave ideas on where to cut and edit. We added music to the scene to bring more interest into the film from the viewers.  

Conclusion : If we were to do this task again, then I would change a few things, such as having smoother cuts into the portals and storyline. I feel like our groups story line was quite weak  and could of had a better ending to it. All together i think our chase sequence went well but we should of spent more time filming another scene for our ending so that the film made more sense.