Running Sequence

Blogged by Anya

After watching our trailer so far, we noticed that the 'running sequence' is not as effective as we had hoped. We feel that we could reshoot it a different way to add more tension and pace to the trailer.

In order to get this right, I watched running sequences from a selection of different films.
One film we found that included an successful running section was in McFly's film Nowhere Left to Run (Julian Gibbs,2010). The short film is not a typical horror film but the way the running sequence was filmed created a suspense effectively.

You can see small clips of this running sequence in the trailer:


I saw that pace and tension were created through tracking shots, close ups and fast cuts. The tracking shots shake a little as if filmed on a hand held camera and this helps to add suspense and the close ups and fast cuts help to add pace to the section. The pace seems very fast although the footage has been slowed done because the trees and other obstructions as in between the camera and actors. This makes the footage look slightly disjointed although cuts have not been used and this helps to add tension.

We hope to use similar techniques when we re shoot our running sequence.