Running Effect in Nadja (1994)

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In the 1994 vampire movie Nadja, there is a scene where Nadja (a vampire) is walking casually and a vampire hunter is running behind her struggling to catch up. You can see it at 1:05 in the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZr6N_ABr8s

What is the best way to shoot this without green screen (the running vampire hunter eventually catches up)? I assume this is basically lens selection. Is it a wide angle with the vampire very close and the hunter very far (with distance exaggerated because of the wide angle lens) or is it the opposite-- a telephoto lens used to exaggerate the closeness and slow the speed with the two subjects places very, very far apart?
 
the walking looks very suspect.

If this was done in one shot, I would assume the following. The foreground character seems a bit high up in regards to height and perspective. Her walking also looks very strange and un-natural. I'd guess the camera and the foreground actress are standing on a flatbed tow bed and she is simply shifting her weight and moving her legs in place to look as if she is walking, while the person of foot actually runs after the truck.

My best guess if it is a sfx.
 
Yeah something is strange there. I agree with Ryan as well as Zak but I feel that talent and camera being on a flat bed would be the way for lorca73 to go.
 
lorca73 said:
In the 1994 vampire movie Nadja, there is a scene where Nadja (a vampire) is walking casually and a vampire hunter is running behind her struggling to catch up. You can see it at 1:05 in the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZr6N_ABr8s

What is the best way to shoot this without green screen (the running vampire hunter eventually catches up)? I assume this is basically lens selection. Is it a wide angle with the vampire very close and the hunter very far (with distance exaggerated because of the wide angle lens) or is it the opposite-- a telephoto lens used to exaggerate the closeness and slow the speed with the two subjects places very, very far apart?
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Several ways, such as greenscreen, etc.

However, in "Underworld"(2000), in the special features, where Lucian is running to catch up with the car where Selene and Michael are, he appears to running at 'super human' speed... he is running on a 'carpet', being pulled by an auto, so appears from the camera POV to be running faster than humanly possible.

The woman could also be on a golfcart like vehicle and 'fake' walking, if it was done practically.

The moving carpet technique was used in the remake of "Planet of the Apes"(2001).

In the following trailer a very brief shot, at about 1:40, of some apes running on the ground, while others are on horseback at a gallop...

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I AGREE
 
First thing I thought was as others, that the foreground character was walking in place on a flat cart that was moving at the same rate as the background character. It's not too noticeable because it's slowed down quite a bit.
 
I would agree with ZAX, it is rear projection. Very commonly used in that time period including:

-Terminator 1-2
-Aliens
-LA story.....and many more films.
 
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