The Chase

Over break Chris and I both worked on the chase scene. I edited a cut that got us half way through the chase. It took a while figuring out what shot to use of Jim busting out of the house and then running into the woods. I wasn't sure if we should use the shot where the camera is situated at the woods line and Jim runs toward the camera and then passes it, moving out of frame and into the woods. Or, if we should use the shot where the camera follows behind Jim and runs with him into the woods. I messed around with some different options and decided on using the shot where we run with him into the woods, mostly because it helps with the sense of urgency as the camera bobbles around because it is moving hand held. Then, we cut to the LS pan of Jim running which is our opening shot of the film. This is proceeded with the fast paced running sequence that is used in the introduction of the film to cue in the audience that it was Phil that Jim was running from in the intro. I then added a few more quick running clips, and then I got stuck as to where to go from here. I wasn't sure how to cut into the visual of Phil running after Jim. I decided to give it a breather and be done with editing for the day. I wanted Chris to look at it and give his input and ideas, and then go from there.