2. What is a short film?
Google definition: A short film is any film not long enough
to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to
where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as “an original
motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less,
including all credits”.
3. What is a music video?
Google definition: A music video is a short film integrating a
song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic
purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and
used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale
of music recordings.
4. Key aspects of a short film
Short films often interpret a twist or a small break in equilibrium to interest and engage
the audience within the short narrative. Without this a film is typically boring and
predictable and therefore within the short style of production this is used heavily to full
engage the audience due to lack of time for other more advanced techniques that
many full length feature films have the ability to take advantage of.
Most short films only have a small on screen cast ranging between 2-4 named
characters to keep the narrative simple and also cost affective. Short films often have
small budgets due to their independent nature and therefore cost effective aspects are
positive.
The length for a short film as extended to up to 40 minutes and there is limited time to
full introduce all characters so too many characters or over complicated introductions
are left out and focus on aspects like the break and fix of equilibrium is crucial.
5. Key aspects of a music video
A music video either shows a visual representation of the lyrics or can often be
completely different but have an embedded message. Most music videos follow
certain visual stereotypes depending on there genre. For example love songs
often follow a relationship or a particular person expressing or experiencing the
lyrical meanings or a rock music video may have ‘punk’ like images and would
follow the band or artist.
Music videos typically follow one of three main headings which are:
Illustrating
Amplifying
Contradicting
6. Examples of short films
Tangled ever after
Toy story of terror
The Ellington Kid
7. Examples of Music videos
Taylor Swift – Bad Blood
Sia – The Greatest
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