'I Know What You Did Last Summer' chase sequence

The chase sequence leading up to Helen's death in 'I know What You Did Last Summer' was quite inspirational as it contained many similar ideas to those featured in our group's opening sequence.



This chase sequence was quite inspirational since there was quite a variety of distances and levels. I think that this chase sequence was quite inspiring when we were trying to think of the different types of shots for our own chase sequence. I think the rack focus shots were particularly inspiring, though unfortunately we couldn't manage to actually do this properly. Other shots that I thought were inspirational were: the low level close-up of feet running/walking out of frame and the aerial shot of the killer walking towards the shop. We tried out both of these types of shots, but only used the low-level feet close up in our opening sequence. This is because there wasn't really anywhere that the aerial shot of the villain would fit in properly.



Comparing our opening sequence to this chase sequence


Similarities

• Costumes
  In both 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' and our chase sequence, the victim was wearing a fairly short strappy dress and the villain was dressed in all black. But, our victim's dress was white.
• Location
  Whilst the actual locations were different, both locations were deserted to emphasise the victim's isolation.
• Shot types
  In both chase sequences, there were quite a variety of different shots - with lots of different levels and distances.
• Sound
  Our chase sequence and the chase sequence in 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' used both diegetic and non-diegetic sound. Diegetic sound is used to add to the realism of the chase sequence and non-diegetic sound is used to add to the tension of the scene.
• Editing techniques
  Both chase sequences used straight cuts with fairly short takes. This helps to create and maintain a fast pace throughout the chase sequence.

Differences

• Non-diegetic sound
  In our chase sequence, the music was a lot more prominent than in the 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' sequence. I think that maybe the music used in 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' was more successful, since it wasn't quite as noticeable and blended in more with the scene.
• Enigma
  Enigma is more important in the chase sequence in 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'. Our chase sequence wasn't really all that enigmatic, because although the audience never sees the villain close-up, he is still a lot more recognisable than the villain in 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'. But this is probably a lot to do with the main focus of the film. So, in 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' the main focus is finding out who the villain is, whereas in our film the main focus would be the villain and his new victim.
• End of the chase
  At the end of the chase, our victim gets caught whereas the victim in 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' manages to escape (for now). This is because our victim was the conventional first thriller victim who gets killed, whereas the victim in 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' was a much more important/key character.
• Time of day
  Our chase sequence takes place during early morning/daytime whereas the chase in 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' takes place at night.