Short film context

1. Phoebe Stannard

2.  People make short films to gain experience
and learn new techniques that they can use
in later in their career.
 Short film are also made due to the person
being a student in which the project requires
a short film.
 But it is also a way to show off your level of
skill and talent.
 Creating a short film lets you have a lot of
artistic freedom over it and allows you to be
creative with it and lets you put what
message you want in it.
 Short films also help people in the industry
to identify new talent.
 Unique and risky ideas can be experimented
with in short film whereas it wouldn’t be
allowed to be done in a feature length film.

3.  A lot has changed over the past decade to short
films.
 The most important key change is the
digitalisation of the film industry.
 A increase in technology has changed traditional
methods of every aspect of film, (production,
exhibition, marketing, distribution etc.)
 This in turn has caused the decrease in cost of
production, allowing anyone the possibility to be
a film maker.
 People are now able to distribute their films with
ease and are able to reach a large audience, due
to the internet growing over the past decade.
 Also short film is now being used more often in
the form of dramatized music videos, many
artists and musicians now use this format to show
their stories rather than just music.

4.  They can be produced on small
budgets, causing more short
films being created. Still allowing
you to display your ideas and
opinions to your audience.
 The short format is a good
platform for new wannabe film
makers to begin on, so they can
experiment with different genres
and what ideas they want to
explore with a low budget, also
they don’t need a experienced
film maker to make create a
short film.

5.  Due to feature films being more
popular short films are generally
absent from mainstream cinemas.
 The narrative for a short film can
be very complex because of the
short duration, this can cause the
audience becoming confused
towards the story and finding it
boring, leading to negative
comments.
 Because short films are needed to
be condensed it is considered to
much more difficult to create a
successful short film.

6.  The ingredients of making a
successful short film depends
on what your target audience
want. Some may want exciting
story line or others want to be
made a certain way.
 But successful short are those
with interesting visuals and
alternative audio.
 Camera work is also
important, having unique
camera shots is a ingredient to
making a successful short
film.

7.  People who are passionate about
film are the general target
audience, as this audience are
interested in seeing different
themes and issues explore in a
variety of ways through film.
 Young film students are the
majority who watch short films, as
they will watch them to gain
inspiration and ideas.
 Also those who use social media
are another target audience for
short films as most short films are
distributed through the likes of
YouTube, Vine and Facebook.

8.  The short film format has not always
had enough support by the film
industry, but now with new technology
on the rise it has been made possible
for production and finding funding a lot
easier. Short are now seen as a key to
successful filmmaking as they allow you
to experiment and develop your own
skills and ideas, making you ready for
future productions. Shorts now are
reported to be reaching a much wider
audience than it has ever before, due to
the internet and social media. Which is
perhaps why the short film is still
around, however though short films a
most likely not going to be introduced
back into mainstream cinemas.

9.  Publish date: May 2004
 http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feauture/
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 http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/filmmakin
g/guide/introduction/why-make-a-short
 Publish date: 2012
 http://www.raindance.org/site/index.php?id
=479%2C9358%2C0%2C0%2C1% 2C0

10.  Publish date: April 2010
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/fil
m-life/7593291/The-long-history-of-
short-films.html
 Publish date: January 2011 / April 2013
 http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2011/
jan/14/best-short-films-london-festival
 http://www.thequardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/
apr/08/short-film-makers-long-story
 Publish date: February 2012
 http://www.independant.co.uk/arts-
entertainment/films/news/britain-enters-a-
golden-era-of-the-short-film-7179535.html