Short film is a terminology originally from the North American film industry, this term refers to films between 20- and 40 minutes. The definition refers to much shorter films in Europe, Latin America and Australia, a short film can be anything from 1 minute to 15 minutes in the New zeland film industry. The North American Interpretation focuses primarily on characters whereas the european and autralian interpretation tends to concentrate on visual drama and plots and twists.
Short film is often interpreted as being a trailer for a feature length film recently, music videos can also be considered as being a short film. Your more likely to see a short film at the start of a film at the cinema these days as television as a very awkward place to slot a short film into. Television scheduling often works in 30 minute or hour slots so a short film that is only 5 minutres long would disrupt the hole schedule and they would have to fill it with something else.Youtube has become increasingly popular for exhibiting short film in recent years
Marcus, Your blog does not reflect the hard work you did with writing the script and doing the voice over on the animatic. Put evidence here if you want credit!
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