This document discusses various cinematic techniques that could be useful in a romantic comedy film with a short length. It outlines cutting between multiple storylines to show different perspectives, using gradual transitions to indicate progression of time, matching eye lines to establish relationships between characters, intentional discontinuities to quicken or slow pacing, over-the-shoulder shots to convey conversations, and montages to concisely present narrative information in a compact format. These techniques could help tell the romantic comedy story efficiently within the runtime constraints.

1. By Kiera Tolhurst

2.  Cutting back and forth quickly between two or
more lines of action, indicating they are
happening simultaneously.
 Often used to show two or more different
points of view, which will be considered in a
romantic comedy.

3.  A gradual scene transition. The editor overlaps
the end of one shot with the beginning of the
next one. This could be used in our film to
show a progression of time.

4.  The matching of eye-lines between two or more
characters. For example, in a character could
look to the right in shot A, and the other will
look to the left in shot B. This establishes a
relationship of proximity and continuity, which
will be essential to make the shots accurate.

5.  A cut that creates a lack of continuity by
leaving out parts of the action. This will
quicken or slow down the pace, which will be
useful in creating an effect to the audience in a
romantic comedy.

6.  As this shot is usually used for conversation
scenes, this will be almost compulsory in a
romantic comedy where relationships are
established through body language and
dialogue. This technique alternates between
over-the-shoulder shots showing each
character speaking.

7.  A montage is a short sequence in a film in
which narrative information is presented in a
condensed fashion. We should consider this, as
our film is restricted to a short length, so this
will quicken the pace whilst still including vital
shots.