Short Film Research

Short Film Research:

Sub-categories:
Animated short (hand-drawn or CGI)
Documentary short subject
Experimental or abstract short films
Live action short
Musical short
Soundies
Sponsored
Travelogue

- North America refer to them being 20-40 minutes long
- Europe, Latin America and Australasia to be much shorter
- In New Zealand the duration is referred to as longer than one minute and shorter than 15 minutes
- Often focus on difficult topics
- Distributed on internet

Before going out and making our short film i needed to start my own research into the film concept having never made one before. I found out that many short films are independent, and normally distibuted online through media channels such as 'Youtube'.