COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Creating tension and suspense: A discussion of chasing and tailing scenes in film
Creator:
Feng, Weibo
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Film and Television
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Film and Television
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
"The tailing and chasing scene has always been an important element in commercial
film. A successful tailing/chasing scene not only moves the story along but also can
express multiple emotions—excitement, tension, fear, piquancy, and suspense—to the
audience. In these scenes, the director and photographer can deliver a sense of
attraction by setting appropriate shot design. Meanwhile, the way an editor decides to
arrange the rhythm and the pace and manipulate a scene to guide the audience's
attention does matter a lot. This thesis examines the history of tailing and chasing
scenes and discusses the types and functions using samples in film. Moreover, I will
analyze the tailing and chasing scene in my thesis film 'Mirrors' to illustrate what I’ve
learned from those films and what should be improved in it."
film. A successful tailing/chasing scene not only moves the story along but also can
express multiple emotions—excitement, tension, fear, piquancy, and suspense—to the
audience. In these scenes, the director and photographer can deliver a sense of
attraction by setting appropriate shot design. Meanwhile, the way an editor decides to
arrange the rhythm and the pace and manipulate a scene to guide the audience's
attention does matter a lot. This thesis examines the history of tailing and chasing
scenes and discusses the types and functions using samples in film. Moreover, I will
analyze the tailing and chasing scene in my thesis film 'Mirrors' to illustrate what I’ve
learned from those films and what should be improved in it."
Abstract:
Includes the science fiction film short "Mirrors" / written and directed by Rena Yao ; produced by Richard Thomas ; edited by Weibo Feng. A secret agent who failed in his last assignment is given a new mission that, if he succeeds, will provide him with a drug to save his dying wife. His task is to kill a non-human man who is the product of an unsuccessful experiment to create a "mirror" of an identical human. But to choose wrongly will mean the death of both. Then he finds a man he believes to be his own mirror -- and kills him.
Abstract:
Keywords: tailing/chasing scene, editing, technique, tension
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2018-08
Format:
1 text file (thesis) : PDF, 31 pages, illustrations (chiefly color) + 1 film (14 min.) : WMV, sound, color