From Bullitt to Baby Driver, Hollywood’s car chases have certainly evolved over the past 100 years. Here to tell us more is the team behind Insider, who explored the art of the chase in their latest 10-minute YouTube video. Let’s take a look at the video and its main talking points below: 1924 – Sherlock Jr. Hollywood has developed many ways to make car chase scenes more visceral to audiences, from modifying cars to placing cameras right in the seat of the action. In a chase scene on 1924’s Sherlock Jr., however, it was a simple trick that created an epic effect. In this scene, director and star Buster Keaton seems to almost get hit by a train. To create this illusion without modern VFX, filmmakers simply shot the sequence with the train backing away from the road crossing – then reversed the film so it looked like it was coming right at Keaton. Buster Keaton in Sherlock Jr. 1968 – Bullitt For this Steve McQueen movie, filmmakers were able to use smaller, lighter, more durable cameras like the Arriflex 35mm. Using the Arriflex meant Bullitt could be shot on location in real streets rather than on studio sets. It also meant audiences could be taken inside the car for the first time, as cameras could be mounted on the hood and sides of each vehicle. Car scenes shot on studio sets involved less realistic rear projection backgrounds. 1971 – The French Connection For this film, angles from mounted...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 23 March, 2021