How to Shoot a Car Chase Scene [Mad Max Fury Road Analysis]

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5 жыл бұрын

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In today’s video, we’re going to show you how to plan and film the best car chase scene. Car chase scenes in movies are a staple, and we thought we’d use one of the best car chase examples from the last decade - Mad Max: Fury Road.
Filming a great car chase takes more than just story beats and elaborate stunts. That’s easy enough to say, but what makes this chase scene from Mad Max: Fury Road one of the best car chase scenes ever?
Answer: They used filmmaking techniques to their full potential.
Screen direction, 180-degree rule, basic camera movement, and the rule of thirds all need to be paid attention to if you want to make sure that your viewer will track and comprehend the events taking place.
That’s what George Miller does in Mad Max: Fury Road, and it is why that film is absolutely one of the greatest cinematic achievements ever made. His team got a ton of footage and then laced it all together through direction and editing.
In this video on car chases from Mad Max: Fury Road, we’ll go over:
Shot selection in high energy sequences
Screen direction and how to reorient the camera
Stable footage used during a particularly kinetic sequence
When you finish, you will see how a great director like George Miller plans out his car chase scenes, and how you can apply those lessons to your own film.
The end result: You will be able to build amazing car chase scenes that also tell a story.
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@StudioBinder 5 жыл бұрын

What's your favorite car chase scene (and why)? Let us know! 👇👇

@myOToole 5 жыл бұрын

Drive had great car chase scenes with each one being shot a little differently. Would love to see a breakdown...

@waynesoule8459 4 жыл бұрын

Bullitt and Ronin

@balloonwind2863 4 жыл бұрын

Terminator 2, in my opinion, has two of the greatest chase scenes: the storm drain chase, and the final helicopter / truck chase.

@markant9534 4 жыл бұрын

Bullit, McQueen just looks so cool and I liked the city he was driving in the scenery was great.

@prabhanjanma1473 4 жыл бұрын

Death proof is the best.

@ryandoherty4479 5 жыл бұрын

Wow...this is the best combination of brains, style, and cajones I have ever seen. Thank you graciously for your knowledge.

@StudioBinder 5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@JasonSaikaly4 5 жыл бұрын

Mad Max: Fury Road its all about car chase

@StudioBinder 5 жыл бұрын

This is true. Have any other favorite car chase scenes?

@JasonSaikaly4 5 жыл бұрын

@@StudioBinder yes, I love also the Fast & Furious (all of them) car chase scene

@markant9534 4 жыл бұрын

@@StudioBinder Fury road was like a serious Smokey and the bandit.

@Nobody-qy3vd 5 жыл бұрын

Can you guys do an episode on Baby driver Its got some of the best chase scenes in recent cinema

@kristicifci5389 4 жыл бұрын

Baby driver

@thecarrotmonster8827 3 жыл бұрын

That doesn't say very much tho does it? Drive would of maybe be the only other one I could think of

@shiranuiaensland1442 4 жыл бұрын

We need more analysis on Hong Kong action directors like Jackie Chan, Yuen Woo-ping, and John Woo.

@markp8438 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video it perfectly articulated the distinct feeling I remember having watching the film for the first time - That despite there always being so much going on I was never darting my eyes around to find where I should be looking, it was completely natural and effortless which allowed me to just relax and take it in. This movie has set a benchmark for action movies that will be incredibly difficult to top.

@djherlockandfriends9973 4 жыл бұрын

Like Mad Max, this analysis is a work of art! :)

@chrislee343 5 жыл бұрын

Really cool/informative video. Not like Transformers where you're disoriented the entire time. Mad Max actually makes sense of all the chaos. Thx Studiobinder!!

@StudioBinder 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. 🤙

@dan_hitchman007 5 жыл бұрын

Michael Bay and those like him are terrible at filming and cutting action scenes. There's no style, just a jumbled mess that gets hidden with every cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut.

@chrislee343 5 жыл бұрын

@@dan_hitchman007 yes, agreed!

@luqmanography 5 жыл бұрын

best breakdown 💞💞💞

@StudioBinder 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@DuncanSmith 5 жыл бұрын

Really great video, one of your most interesting so far 👊🏻

@StudioBinder 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! What should we cover next?

@DuncanSmith 5 жыл бұрын

StudioBinder I’ve been thinking a lot about how camera work is a part of telling the story. In First Man the entire film is handheld until one shot where the astronauts enter the moon lander and it switches to steadycam for the rest of the movie. It’s a really brilliant film from a technical standpoint

@kohutracing 4 жыл бұрын

Great analysis! 👏🏾

@StudioBinder 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

@Hoxtalicious 5 жыл бұрын

I'm loving these "autopsies" of movie scenes, I really hope you do more! I do have a dumb question though, what d'you mean by "shooting on sticks"?

@JordanThomasmedia 5 жыл бұрын

Sticks = Tripod

@Hoxtalicious 5 жыл бұрын

@@JordanThomasmedia Ty

@dragonskunkstudio7582 5 жыл бұрын

I'm about to make such an action scene in my animation for my channel. The hero has to escort an expensive vehicle that was recovered from the enemy. She has to fight killer drones and hover tanks. The vehicle she's in gets shot but she still goes as the multi-wheeled vehicles separates into unibikes, it's gonna be a blast!

@StudioBinder 5 жыл бұрын

That sounds epic, let us know how it goes!

@dragonskunkstudio7582 5 жыл бұрын

@@StudioBinder I will. It's animation so it cost next to nothing but it does take a lot time.

@anoojkumar6347 5 жыл бұрын

It's really appreciable for your tutorial. An enthusiastic film buff from Kerala, India.🤟🏼😍

@richiejames3598 5 жыл бұрын

Machanne!!Nummayum malayalayaaa!! 😘😘

@StudioBinder 5 жыл бұрын

Anytime, glad you enjoyed it!

@siham7010 5 жыл бұрын

Anooj Kumar... I heard that india is killing Kashmiris..... so depressed... from Sweden...

@anoojkumar6347 5 жыл бұрын

India is not killing our own citizen. But kill terrorists who threat to the human being.🤟🏼

@isabelaoliveira9270 2 жыл бұрын

I simply love this movie. George Miller direction is Oscar worthy

@uberelch 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you thank you thank you! This video is so eye opening on so many levels! Do you have any advice on standardizing descriptions of ”in shot” movement? I think the kinetic energy that Miller talks about in the beginning of this video is paramount, yet I struggle with short and precise descriptions of screen direction and everything else related to what movement is actually happening in a scene, in a similar manner to “handheld”, “pan right”, etc. Any advice or pointers would be most welcome!

@oxrockproductions 5 жыл бұрын

Are you trying to describe these movements in a screenplay? In storyboards? In discussions with your DP or actors? What's the context?

@uberelch 5 жыл бұрын

Doh! Thanks Arnon! In shotlists and when logging material

@uberelch 5 жыл бұрын

...so both when planning out shoots (documentary, ads and the occassional music video) and when editing and trawling through my archives wishing I could find a shot with ”more energy”.

@adamgladwin8067 3 жыл бұрын

kinda wanted to see about the equipment and rigs used more than the camera movement etc.

@adarshvbnbtt 5 жыл бұрын

Wots the music used during the end of the video..?

@vegardpedersen 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks! :-) I have a question, when you talked about the sircle with an x inside, is that "the point oof focus"? Like the next shot should be where your eyes are on the shot before?

@oxrockproductions 5 жыл бұрын

That's the idea - In a fast-paced scene, keep the viewer's attention closer to the center of the frame.

@rajshekhar4200 5 жыл бұрын

is this management tool free for learning purposes?

@binukv13 5 жыл бұрын

1st view😍

@StudioBinder 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for being the first!

@JVAM Жыл бұрын

Is this the same voice as the character The Narrator from The Boys - Diabolical?

@austinhorath8729 5 жыл бұрын

Death proof 👌🏻

@markant9534 4 жыл бұрын

The only good thing in that movie.

@mahdishokri8648 3 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍

@gavrill00 3 жыл бұрын

I think the chase scene in the french connection wins

@dagoelius 4 жыл бұрын

Blues Brothers Transporter (opening bank robbery getaway) Bad Boys II (freeway chase) Cobra Ronin The Dark Knight

@hajak7081 5 жыл бұрын

so i have to be a philosopher to make this kind of shots ?

@oxrockproductions 5 жыл бұрын

Sort of, yes... or you have to have an instinct for them. But if you have the instinct and not the reasoning, it's much harder to communicate with your team what you're trying to achieve. I believe that the greatest filmmakers have a combination of instinct and philosophical reasoning. The instinct allows them to 'feel out' what will work and what won't, and the reasoning helps them turn their instinct into a system. Sidney Lumet's "Making Movies" describes this process quite well - creative choices have both a gut-feeling component and a "film grammar" component. If you can bring these two worlds together, you can achieve great filmmaking. Filmmakers with instinct who don't also think through their choices tend to work better in "flashy" formats - music videos, "art films", certain types of commercials, etc. where the purpose is to evoke an abstract mood, rather than to tell a story. When those filmmakers get to make movies, those movies tend to be very flashy, but have a certain 'emptiness' to them that's ultimately unsatisfying. They work better as wall art than as narrative cinema. Filmmakers with a philosophical bent who don't also have an instinct for emotional narrative tend to make precise, calculated films - sometimes these are films that "film studies" students love to write papers about. These films might be interesting to deconstruct academically, but they don't have the resonance to reach a wide audience. They rarely "entertain". But of course, I'm very biased, with a double-major in film studies and philosophy...

@hajak7081 5 жыл бұрын

@@oxrockproductions that's so true .and i think visualising the scene and imagining it all happen in your head .really helps in directing

@menofwisdomfilmcompany2570 4 жыл бұрын

Movie without breaking the rules of physics.

@thepunisher3220 3 жыл бұрын

Chasing scenes of Bourne identity, Bourne supremacy, Bourne ultimatum ... I think no need to explain why they are favourites

@markray2769 3 жыл бұрын

I agree with about 99.9% of this video except when you said Skyscraper had great stuntwork. That crane jump was just CGI.

@markray2769 3 жыл бұрын

If you want an example of a film that does a building jump stunt with real-world effects, I'd recommend either Casino Royale or Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.

@dan_hitchman007 5 жыл бұрын

I actually wouldn't call this film brilliant... it's so damn simple, it's almost insulting. Travel one way, turn around, and repeat. It's more silly than exciting.

@oxrockproductions 5 жыл бұрын

I can tell you from lots of experience as a cinematic storyteller: simplicity is extremely difficult to pull off well.

@dan_hitchman007 5 жыл бұрын

@@oxrockproductions I'm not sure they pulled it off well IMHO. The script was almost self parody and that's saying something given how outlandish the Gibson films were.

@jp3813 4 жыл бұрын

It's a chase film like Steven Spielberg's Duel (1971), the artistry is in the action. Other simple yet beloved movies include The Breakfast Club & 12 Angry Men, only the focus on those is the dialogue.

@markant9534 4 жыл бұрын

@@dan_hitchman007 I preffered Gibson as mad Max, he was very charismatic and those movies were kinda creepy too.

@BobyJooba 3 жыл бұрын

And as we know it, for this ignorant fool named Dan Hitchman, Stagecoach is a a simple film for simpletons. Because cinema is only about dialogues and scenarios written on a paper sheet, and it's not a visual medium like the greatest directors like Kubrick, Fritz Lang or Keaton would have us believe.