Before starting the A2 media work, our preliminary task was to create a chase scene so that we could get used to working with the cameras. I worked with Cory, Taylor and Natasha to create a comical chase scene to the song 'Eye of the Tiger'. The idea was that it would look like a motivational chase, preparing Natasha for marathon.
Myself and Cory primarily filmed, whilst Taylor and Natasha ran in the scene. They also had the chance to film in order to get used to the camera themselves by including point of view shots as they ran. We used a camera and a tripod at different levels and angles around different areas of the school to create our shots. We used various locations, such as different staircases around the school and an outdoors area with a bridge etc. We filmed over the course of two days and planned to use the same locations and costuming so that the scene had continuity, however, on the second day of filming, Natasha and Taylor were in the wrong clothes so it does not have the continuity that we had planned.
Once we captured enough footage to create the chase scene, we moved the footage from the camera to a Mac and used iMovie to edit it together and include music. We made the scene more comical by increasing the speed of certain shots and then slowing down other shots. For example, at the end when Natasha falls, we copied to footage about six times and sped them up, we then gradually zoomed in on each one as she fell. We then faded to music out at the end.
