Ah, the car chase. It’s one of the most beloved tricks in Hollywood, involving everything from floating skids on faraway planets to high-performance roadsters in downtown L.A. We’ve been watching them since the earliest days of cinema, and even though they boil down to one vehicle literally chasing another, we can’t get enough. It’s like staring into a campfire. It shouldn’t<\/em> be captivating, yet it is. Why is that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s take a look at the trusty car chase scene to plumb the depths of its grip on our imaginations. And then, in true PremiumBeat spirit, let’s see if we can’t put together a toolkit to make some chase scenes of our own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The rules here are simple: <\/p>\n\n\n\n The reasons why the chase in question began are somewhat irrelevant \u2014 because they are legion. People start chasing each other in vehicles in the movies all the time<\/em>. We’re more interested in the action itself. The speed and the risk of collision and death are what keep viewers riveted. We like it when things explode, so being teased with explosions every two seconds activates the thrill centers in our lizard brains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The “cars” can be simple, they can be souped-up, they can even be exotic concept vehicles \u2014 it doesn’t matter. As long as they’re going fast enough to justify (and sustain) a high-speed chase, we’re off to the races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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