Thursday, 21 October 2010
An example of a Short film relating to depression
This short film relates to our chosen genre, drama. "The Swing" takes place over a four day period where the main character is being bullied by another character who claims to own the swings, and therefore the main character is in despair, (which is the theme of our film). However, the short film does not have a positive resolution to it at the end (which conflicts with our film, as at the end the protagonist finds hope through various objects) as the main character suffers an unfortunate death.
Thursday, 7 October 2010
What is a Short Film?
Definitions of a short film
A short film is noticeably shorter than the average feature film (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Short_film)and originally comes from the North American (early days) film industry. In North America, short films usually last between 20 and 40 minutes. Other places such as New Zealand define short films as being in between one minute and no shorter than fifteen minutes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_films)
My definition of a short film
To me, a short film usually has a powerful meaning towards the end of the film (or no meaning at all but is still easy enough for the mind to digest), and short films could also be seen as music videos and trailers. Short films could also tell a story about one's life. or could be completely random for entertainment purposes.
There are certain genres that could link to a short film these can include music videos, live action, animation, plays, etc.
This short film animation is humorous, yet it also has a meaning behind the story: we shouldn't trust (or try to impress) all people that we come across in everyday life. (even if it is a person with a halo and wings). I think that this short film is very easy to understand, as we start of by almost disliking the first character that we are introduce to as they possess devil-like characteristics In the end, we find that the devil-like character and the "angel" switch roles, which tells us (through the use of humour) that we should not be judgemental towards others.
It also makes use of non-diegetic music to also explain what is going on within the short film.
A short film is noticeably shorter than the average feature film (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Short_film)and originally comes from the North American (early days) film industry. In North America, short films usually last between 20 and 40 minutes. Other places such as New Zealand define short films as being in between one minute and no shorter than fifteen minutes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_films)
My definition of a short film
To me, a short film usually has a powerful meaning towards the end of the film (or no meaning at all but is still easy enough for the mind to digest), and short films could also be seen as music videos and trailers. Short films could also tell a story about one's life. or could be completely random for entertainment purposes.
There are certain genres that could link to a short film these can include music videos, live action, animation, plays, etc.
This short film animation is humorous, yet it also has a meaning behind the story: we shouldn't trust (or try to impress) all people that we come across in everyday life. (even if it is a person with a halo and wings). I think that this short film is very easy to understand, as we start of by almost disliking the first character that we are introduce to as they possess devil-like characteristics In the end, we find that the devil-like character and the "angel" switch roles, which tells us (through the use of humour) that we should not be judgemental towards others.
It also makes use of non-diegetic music to also explain what is going on within the short film.
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