Online Defintions of Short Films
Definitions for 'Short Film' which I have found online.
- Any film that has a duration longer than one minute and shorter than fifteen minutes.
- A trailer for a feature length film is sometimes mistakenly referred to as a "short" for the complete film Since the 1980's, the term "short subject" has come to be used interchangeably with "short film," an international, academic term used to mean a contemporary non-comercial motion picture that is substantially short than the average commercial feature film. There is no clear definition of the maximum length of a short film, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences classify it as 40 minutes.
- "For me a short film is a piece of work under half an hour which tells a story - narrative is very important to me" Jeena Murphy (Film Maker)
- "A simple, self-contained story, no great development of characters, enough to know who they are and their role in the story. Usually very few characters introduced"
- "An opportunity for a film maker to communicate their ideas consisely. By that I mean there is no extra information. Everything is there and there is no "padding"."
- "Short films don't necessarily need to have an iron-clad story arc or a decisive conclusion, but must create an atmosphere that, briefly, transports you to another world."
My Own Defintion of a Short Film
My definition of a short film is an innovative piece of media which explores a concept and communicates it within a short span of time between 1 and 30 minutes. These concepts can have both complex and simple meanings; it can depend on how the audience sees them. They often have a few main characters whp the narrative is based around and sometimes none at all. Short films can portray an emotional message across to the viewer using a variety of techniques.
‘Mankind is No Island .’ – Jason Van Genderen - An Example of a Short Film
"Do we love the people or the place"
Two cities New York and Sydney which are divided by an ocean may seem very different but in fact have a lot in common – a vast amount of homeless people who are ignored by the public everyday. Images of words from restaurants, road signs and shops were used to create a message about the homeless. These images sync with the non-diegetic music almost making it seem diegetic. There aren't any specific characters except the homeless but the audience still feels connected to the homesless men who are shown. A red-shaped heart balloon is used as a symbol of love itself; when the homeless man is ignored by the people in both New York and Sydney it blows by across the floor as if to give a visual image to the emotion and neglect they must be feeling.
"Mankind is No Island" - Islands are beautiful places that thrive in the sun with lush greens and calm seas. Mankind can be heartless and uninviting. People wish to live in beautiful places where everything is perfect but instead live in places where people do not care for others who are less fortunate than themselves. This is why i believe this title is so powerful; it makes you think and wonder about other people's lives which are more difficult than our own.
"Mankind is No Island" - Islands are beautiful places that thrive in the sun with lush greens and calm seas. Mankind can be heartless and uninviting. People wish to live in beautiful places where everything is perfect but instead live in places where people do not care for others who are less fortunate than themselves. This is why i believe this title is so powerful; it makes you think and wonder about other people's lives which are more difficult than our own.
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