(Post 1) Research into existing professionally made short films.

(POST ONE)

RESEARCH INTO EXISTING PROFESSIONALLY MADE SHORT FILMS.

slap

director : Nick Rowland 

duration : 25 minutes

genre : coming-of-age

expectations - one main character 

dark

educational 

actual film - 

tight jeans

director : Destiny Ekharaga

duration : 9 minutes

genre : light comedy

expectations :

- female characters with multicultural cast 

- non linear narrative

- mocking people who wear skinny jeans

actual film: 

- all black male cast- talking about why people wear tight jeans and mocking those people

- ethnic differences for comedy

- linear narrative

- character based

the ellington kid

director : Dan Sully 

duration : 5 minutes

genre : social realism

expectations :

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actual film:

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over 

director : John Threlfall 

duration : 14 minutes

genre : real life crime

expectations :

-

actual film:

- 

echo

director : Lewis Arnold

duration : 17 minutes

genre : personal interest/true story

expectations :

-

actual film:

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operator

director : Caroline Bartleet 

duration : 6 minutes

genre : suspense

expectations :

- small cast

- plot based

- linear narrative

- tense

- emotional

actual film:

- uncomfortable

- one location

- lots of close-ups

- suspenseful 

arrival

director : Daniel Montanarini 

duration : 5 minutes

genre : drama/monologue

expectations :

- people meeting, arriving at a destination together

- linear narrative

- a little tense

- an airport or train station

actual film:

- internal monologue

- a woman deciding if she should keep her baby 

- one shot zooming in

- sound and lighting plays a big part and is necessary

- sound effects are used to cut up the film

the fly

director : Jack Doolan 

duration : 6 minutes

genre : dark comedy

expectations :

- linear narrative

- small cast

- dark

actual film:

- one setting

- no dialogue

- just a man getting frustrated with a fly in his car

These are other professional short films that I have watched - 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1g1Z9Da1Vc - Go Bag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXfltmzRG-g - The Gunfighter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpxeMtp4LAo - swansong

1. Creativity
2. Setting/Location
3. Costume and props
4. Genre
5. Editing
6. Camera shots, angles and composition
7. What you liked/didn't like
8. Sound
9. Casting