Short films often follow certain codes and conventions which in turn lets the audience know it is in fact, a short film. One of the main codes and conventions would be the most obvious, that it is in fact, short. A short film most of the time will never be longer than 20 minutes max, although our film itself we aim to make it no longer than 7 minutes. Whilst the entire narative is included, e.g. "no part one", or "to be continued".
Our short film could be comnpared to that with an Action genre short film. These types of films are often fast paced but none the less allows for a smooth understandable flow of narrative. Many different cuts will occur and various shot types used rapidly in order to fit everything into the very short space of time provided, but at the same time must include plenty of enigmas to help keep the film create some extreme suspense over the entire film. One of the main themes used in many short films, and also in ours would be violence, if it connotes it with the use of props and weapons, violence definitely helps create suspense and also fear.
In terms of sound, the non diegetic music is often very quite and slowly builds throughout the film to the end which often contains some form of twist or suprise. Also, the music will often relate to what is being shown on screen, one main example is with the short film, About a Girl, the film can be compared to the song which shares the same name, written by Nirvana. One lyric states "I need an easy friend" which straight away could be related to the young girl in the film, who throughout is shown alone, and contantly hoping for the support of her father, who could be known as the "easy friend".
By Anthony Wilson
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