Set In Everyday Situations And
Locations That Have Been Made Or
Twisted To Become Extraordinary
1 - 2 Locations
Relatable Locations And Situations
Short Films Typically Have
A Small/Low Budget
Actors May Work For Free To Gain Work/Onset
Used To Build A Portfolio Of
Experience
Experience
Build Directors Portfolio,Which May Lead To Them Working
With Bigger Studios On Larger Productions
Low Cost
Easier To Breakeven And Further Make A
Profit Lower Costs % of
Revenue Wont Be As High As A Big Budget Hollywood Film As
Short Films Are Either Only Shown In A Few Cinemas Or Distributed
Revenue
Online (The Latter Being The Most Effective As It Can Reach A
Larger Target Market Online) Commonly Most Short Film Directors Are
Independents And Are Not Linked/Tied To A Big
Studio
5 - 30 Minutes Long
Any Longer Than 30 Minutes It Would Be Classed
As a Feature Film/Normal Length Film Length
Due To Short Amount Of Time Characters Must Be Easiliy
Relate-able To And Easy To Read, To Develop The
Character Quickly. As They Dont Have The Time For A
Lengthy Character Development Like Normal Length Films
Location And Plot Have
Tend To Have 2-3 Main
Characters Characters
Short Films Don’t Have Time To Create Deep Back
Story Or History For The Characters, Therefore
Character Numbers Are Kept Low In Short Films
Budget For Example The Short Film "Hirsute" Has 2 Characters
Both Played By The Same Actor Who Is Also In Fact, The
Writer And Director As Well
Short Film
Conventions
Mindmap Produced By Jack Flatman A2 Media
Twist Short Films Typically Contain A Twist,The Reasoning
Behind This Is To Quickly Develop The Plot And Make
the Short Film More Interesting And All Of The Sudden
Tense And Throw Out This Sense Of An Equilibrium
Narrative Theory Quickly Due To Time Constraints
Equilibrium (The Normal/How It Is Supposed To
Be/The Ordinary)
Todorovs -Theory Disequilibrium (The Destabilisation/Obstacle/Threat/Problem)
New Equilibrium (Problem Has Been Solved Although At
Of Equilibrium A Cost As There Is A New Normal/ A Changed Has
Occurred)