Topic : Short Film Introduction History of short films Type of short films Positive aspects Negative aspects

1. Topic : Short Films
Name : Makwana Vijay K.
Sem : 4
Paper no : 14 African Literature
Roll no. : 34
Email Id : vijaykm7777@gmail.com
Enrollment no. : 2069108420180035
Submitted to : Department of English MKBU

2. Introduction :
 A short film is any motion picture not long enough to be
considered a feature film. 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. History of Short films :
 The history of short films began in the 1910‘s in the United
States of America. The film were animated films or live
action. Most of the films were made to make people laugh
(comedy). In the 1930’s the popularity of short films started to
decrease, however in 1955 short films were on the rise
again. The rIse was because Charlie Chaplin, he started to
make his comedy film again.

4. Type of short films :
 The Gag film
 The Mini-Feature
 The Pilot
 The Short Short

5. Positive aspects :
 Now a days people have no time to watch movie
 Less time consuming
 Short way to say the big thoughs
 Simple way to find short films in social media like YouTube, Facebook, etc.

6. Negative aspects :
 High expensive but no income
 No real market in short film
 Making shorts may be too restrictive anyway