Chase Sequence

The concept for this piece was birthed when I passed through the Tanner Building garage a few weeks back. I was immediately struck by how perfect it would be for a short film, and for a myriad of reasons. Firstly, parking garages are kind of inherently spooky places, especially when they're underground. Since they're full of shadows, they evoke the childhood fear of the dark in us, which is, frankly, a fear that I have never completely shaken. While the shadows proved to be a bit of a challenge as far as lighting the scene goes, I also knew they would be good dramatically. I don't pretend this piece has some sort of great complicated subtext, although it does play on some of my own small personal fears of the unknown. Rather, it was primarily intended as a stylistic exercise, and in that sense, I feel it was mostly successful. As an experiment in one-take moviemaking, it was a challenge to nail, but it was still a lot of fun to make. I tried to incorporate different concepts of staging and composition, particularly with dynamic close-ups and movement within the frame. As for how successful it is, well, I suppose you guys will be the judges of that.