Ideas related to Short Film

Anything under 50 minutes is/can be classed as a Short film, they tend to have little if any cast, but most importantly whenever they are created, they tend to encode, some type of thought provoking message. Short films, tend to tell a story through treating their audience as if they are intelligent, whereas mainstream cinema tends to appeal to a passive mass audience, which are drawn in by 're-worked' storylines, vast amounts of computer graphics and explosions, which are funded by huge budgets, however using smaller if not any budgets, Short Films tend to gain their audiences attention within the first few minutes by jumping straight into the narrative and manages to contain this attention.

Unlike Hollywood, short Films cater for the niche market, which are interested in new storylines, ideas and styles of work. They tend to be a lot more realistic and gritty, and just as real life is, can be based on anything.

People create short films because it allows for their work to be exhibited, technology has come so far that short films can be viewed on the internet now, with host sites like 'youtube' and 'vimio' short films now have a place where they can be, uploaded and viewed. Alongside such sites, there are sites dedicated to the exhibtion of just short films. Short films are also created because it is a way for someone to gain more experience within making films, it could also be a way of being found by a big film company. Short film equals less risk.