Short Film Inspirations Session.

Throughout the past week we have been using specific stimuli to help provoke ideas to create story lines for short films. Using Art, News articles, Poetry and Images, we were asked to move from table to table and create a number of different story lines.

Prada & Prejudice

Prada & Prejudice is a short film by Tom Edmunds, the title is a play on words, from the novel by Jane Austin, Pride & Prejudice. It is 6 minutes long and to an extent it is interesting because of the acting. It presents the idea of being prejudice towards someone or type of people one first meeting, and for the lady in this film, it goes against her.

To view Prada & Prejudice click here.

BBC Film Network

The BBC Film Network, is a new and exciting innovative platform which has a number of achieve simply dedicated to showcasing different type of film, feature length and short film. It gives information on film networks and festivals, it also has partner sites which are updated regularly with new and exciting short films. To view site, click here.

Distribution

The distribution of Short Films are extremely limited, this is because, while fighting alongside mainstream cinema for audiences attention, the funds and expenses are very low, so to waste money on distributing films to an audience which do not appreciate them is pointless. This is why there are festivals and video portals which present many different short films at the viewer discretion. Due to not having such a wide audience, the need for synergy within short films exhibition is also extremely pointless, which is another reason as to why there is not a lot of money or profit to be made in the distribution of short film.

Some short films are placed on to compilation dvds which have a number of different short films and sold in stores, however to find an individual short film sold on its own is very unlucky, this is because of the need to distribute short films is low. Rubber Johnny, is currently on sale, on its own, this is because it is a music video for a band name Aphex Twin, this group have a following which would obviously want this on dvd. Therefore being a need for distribution of this one film, so it is being sold.

Tom Harper

Born January 7th 1980, Tom Harper is a writer/director that is currently directing episode of Misfits, however in the past his claim to fame was through a short film called "Beat". It is 6 Minutes long, and presents a story of a man going to see his mentor, in which he begins to see things and change his predications of poetry. After making this, Mr Harper, then went on to write and direct "Cubs" which during the time of its release was extremely influential.

Rubber Johnny

This is an experimental music video which is classed as a short film, because it has a narrative, with a character named on Johnny. This could be seen as a user of drugs 'tripping out' because within the short film we see the protagonist take drugs to some extent and from that point on, it shows some extreme visual footage which could influence an audience. This is a music video for the group Aphex Twin, which to some extent are a group with a large following, therefore it appeals to an audience that like Aphex Twin. It also captures the viewers interest from the start due to the characters disability.

The Berlin Horse

The Berlin Horse was one of the first experimental films to be presented to a niche audience, it was also one of the first we viewed as a class. It had mixed feedback, however I felt that it just gripped its viewer due to the extent of the music and visual which did not make sense. Malcolm LeGrice's Berlin Horse, plays with visual footage, by playing and rewind the same clip of a horse, it is interesting however after a while, you realise that it is an art form with no flowing narrative.