A Chase through Future Memories

As an introduction into film we began with discussing various areas within film such as the story, sound and image, editing, rules such as 180 degree, 30 degree, and more. These subjects were interesting to learn about as I have previously studied film but not as in-depth. The Chase Sequence was the area we looked into as the main task was to create a chase sequence which was to be 1 minute in length. This was very exciting as a chase in any film is the mind blowing sequence you wait for to occur. We began by viewing various chase sequences to gain ideas and inspiration for when creating our own, we began by viewing The French Connection (1971). This was a great piece to watch as this portrayed the classic car chase with the handheld camera enabling you as the viewer to feel within the scene, especially with the diegetic sound. Another sequence we were shown was from an episode in the American Television series Louie (2010). This chase was hilarious as this sequence was so expected and had a great twist, I was able to throughly enjoy watching the chase unfold. The final chase was from New York Stories (1989), I didn't enjoy this sequence at all as in all honesty, it creeped me out. It was the typical romantic chase which all I felt was bore when viewing. With viewing these chase sequences I was able to have a clear understanding into how the consequence of actions impact the results of a chase. After viewing the chase sequences I had thought about the various chases I have seen in many films, many chases take place within one of my favourite film trilogies Back to the Future (1985). One of them being a skateboard chase which takes place between the main protagonist Marty Mcfly and antagonist Biff Tannen, in which Marty gets away on a skateboard, which hasn't been invented yet - this chase sequence was brilliant.