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Description
Mind Map by Chelsea Galloway, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Chelsea Galloway
about 9 years ago
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Codes and conventions of short films
- Length and Basic Information
- normally 5 minutes long
- A few main characters and no
extras as the film is too short
- Popular at UK film festivals
- most popular conventions of short films are animation or live action
- normally 5 minutes long
- Concepts
- short films tend to be realistic
- Normal everyday situations
- normally involve problems which need to be solved by the protagonist
- short films tend to be realistic
- Budgets
- Often have low budgets or
no budget at all
- Actors in short films are often young or
amateurs aged between 16-25
- Short films are usually for first time
directors and people just starting out.
- no big names, no star appeal
- no big names, no star appeal
- Often have low budgets or
no budget at all
- Twist
- Often normal day situations with an
added plot twist involved
- some parts of the story aren't revealed until the end
- Often normal day situations with an
added plot twist involved
- Technical Ideas and
Recurring Themes
- Commonly short films don't use CGI
- Normally more basic equipment is used
- It is common to see voiceover and narration
used to tell the story rather than dialogue
- It is common to see voiceover and narration
used to tell the story rather than dialogue
- Commonly short films don't use CGI
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