Production Film Chase Sequence - The Pursuit

The Pursuit 

The plot of the short sequenced film is portrayed as a chase sequence that includes one protagonist and two antagonists. The two antagonists chase the protagonist through different obstacles. One antagonist uses a gun through the chase and attempts to murder the protagonist various times. The end sequence ends with the protagonist running into a dead end and gets court by the two antagonists and beat up. The protagonist then ends up getting a bullet in his head.

Equipment used:

2x Sony HDV
2x Tripods

Props
Plastic Hand gun (Revolver)

Production

Production

Equipment used in the short film

2x Sony HDV

We used the Sony HDV cameras to receive good quality film . This camera is also good for moving around because it is portable.

2x Tripods

We used these tripods to keep the camera steady and to get a good angle. The tripod can be very handy because you can extend the height of the view, by extending the legs.

When using the Tripods I place the tripod on the location that is set in the film I use it to keep the camera to be able to get a good shot.

2x Camera Tapes

We use the tape to capture all of our footage that we filmed on the Sony HDV. The tape is imported into the camera and is designed to capture the film footage that you have just taken.

1x Firewire cable for Video Cameras

Firewire is used for capturing the film footage onto the computer, in my case the imac.

Documentary Production

Documentary Production

History of Stalybridge

Pre-Production

I first found the idea for my documentary; which was the history of my home town, "Stalybridge".

Once I had put all my research together, I created a presentation on 'Prezi'.

Here's the link.
http://prezi.com/v_cb8-foucpu/the-history-of-stalybridge/#

After creating the presentation of my idea, I then started to create a storyboard.
I also created a script during pre-production for a voice over/presenter.

Storyboard

Voice over Script

DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT

Stalybridge is a vast growing town since the industrial revolution. Stalybridge has developed into a well-known town in greater Manchester, mainly because of its unique history over the past centuries.

The town wasn’t always called Stalybridge the original name was ‘Staley’. After the town locals built the first bridge, in 1707 they decided to name the town Stalybridge.

Stalybridge became a main attraction to introduce the Industrial Revolution, due to all of the cotton farms spread across the region.

Once the Industrial Revolution was introduced in Stalybridge, it brought all of the civilians together to work at the mills.

The houses that the citizens lived were called ‘Back to back’ houses. This then created communities all around Stalybridge, and one of those communities became famous from the poem written by Samuel Laycock.

Stalybridge became famous in the early 1900’s, by a well-known song Artist named Jack Judge.

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Once I had finished the script and the development of the storyboard, I made a start on Recce Sheets; Risk assessments / Call sheet / Placements of locations on where to film.

This was to prepare for filming and have all the planning organised. Theses were the key points that I had covered.

• Health & Saftey
• Location spotting
• Shooting information
• Lighting information
• Sound information
• Power information
• Possible Hazards     

Call sheet includes:

• Producer/Director/Location Manager
• Cast call / Crew call
• Shoot Date/Lunch/Wrap
• Address/Time arrive/ Time Depart of Location
• Transport
• Scene/Time/Set

Producer: Jack Alexander Dale / James Fletcher
Director: Jack Alexander Dale
Location Manager: Jack Alexander Dale

This is the Call sheet I used for planning the Documentary

This is the Risk Assessment for planning the Documentary

This is the Recce information sheet I used for planning the Documentary

This was the location spotting I created and used for filming, these points represent the placements of the camera shooting.

During Pre-Production I also found Factual images of the Town's factual building. The images I found were out of a old fashion Stalybridge magazine that shows all of the old buildings.

These are some of the Factual images I've used for the Documentary.

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Filming

When filming I went a head, with the following planning's that I had made for the documentary.

I filmed in the locations that I had placed in the planning. I also added more footage for seqences and extra footage. 

During filming I used a Nikon D3200 camera & a standard bipod.

Filming Time Table

Day	Date	Filming	Lunch	Depart
Friday	17th	Cut Aways	12:00	15:30
Tuesday	21st	Cut Aways	12:00	15:30
Friday	24th	Cut Aways	12:00	15:30
Tuesday	28th	Cut Aways	12:00	12:15
Thursday	30th	Interview	-	-

Crew

Jack Alexander Dale
James Fletcher



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Post Production

During Post Production I needed to import the film footage into the editing software, the editing software I used was 'Final Cut'. When editing I first needed to render the footage and then started to cut.

I cut out the important footage that I needed including; Cut aways & Interviews. After cutting I then created files (Bins) for the footage so I know where the types of footage are.

After storing the key footages I then started to put together the story of the documentary using the storyboard. After creating the story of the documentary I then started to import music into the documentary, I used three songs in the documentary.

1. Moby - God Moving Over the Face of the Waters
2. Jack Judge - It's Along Way to Tipperary
3. Bob Dylan - The Times They're a Changing

After importing the music, I edited bits of the documentary to make it run smooth including; Music barriers (volmue) and film footage.

Once I had finished the editing I then imported the Voice over which was based of the script I wrote.

I then transported the footage of the documentary into Quick Time.

Here's My Documentary on The History of Stalybridge.

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