Research Part 1: Articles

The Long History Of Short Films

When the articles were published?
18/4/2010

Any clues given about why people might go to the trouble of making short films?
The article is saying that people made short films because it was used as a part of entertainment in that era and they were short because they had a short attention span and people who watched longer films were seen as more sophisticated with a longer attention span.

The strengths and advantages of the short format?


The weaknesses and limitations of the short format?

Ingredients make a really successful short film?


Who the audiences are for short films?

The Best Short Films On The Web

When the articles were published?
19/12/2010

Any clues given about why people might go to the trouble of making short films?
This article is saying that people would go to the trouble of making short films because they can now put their work on networking sharing sites such as YouTube to gain publicity for their short films.

What are the strengths and advantages of the short format?
The advantages of a short film is that you don't need to spend so much money on the pre-production whereas people spend millions on making mainstream films and also short films are for the more sophisticated people who has a passion about film and who can identify all the details which create a type of symbolic meaning to the scene which means they have their own target audience.

What are the weaknesses and limitations of the short format?
The weaknesses and limitations of the short format is that people would rather a featured length as their is a higher budget for the film so the film will be more appealing to their target audience who want to see special effects and action scenes whereas short films might struggle to get the budget for scenes like that.

What ingredients make a really successful short film?
The ingredients that make a really successful short film is the

Who are the audiences for short films?
Personally I would say a sophisticated audience who are able to pick out all the important props, or characters feelings and emotions