“What we wanted to do with Space Chase was create an entertaining short film that people could relate to. From the beginning, we decided the story should be very high concept and light-hearted. We knew Parkour was one of the driving aspects behind it, so we asked ourselves… ‘What would I do if I could do Parkour?’

“In asking this question, we started to find common ground with people. We could include those who were unfamiliar with Parkour. Sifting through many ideas, we finally settled on parking spaces. Most people have had some kind of experience looking for a place to park. So this day to day occurrence became the back bone of our story.

“It sounds like a very simple premise but we found that most short films seem to focus on very deep and dark themes that would sit better in a feature film format. There’s nothing wrong with that at all. But we felt that maybe something lighter in tone, shorter in length and higher in concept would stand out from the crowd. As a result, we feel we have managed to create a film that has the right mix of action, humour and even drama, all within the realms of six minutes.”

Duncan & Pearson
October 2005