Links Used: When they were published:

http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/237 May 2004

http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/filmmaking/guide/intro

duction/why-make-a-short

Film Network is a generic template and isn’t dated.

http://www.raindance.org/site/index.php?id=479%2C93

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2012

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-

life/7593291/The-long-history-of-short-films.html

18th April 2010

http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2011/jan/14/be

st-short-films-london-festival

14th January 2011

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-

entertainment/films/news/britain-enters-a-golden-era-of-

the-short-film-7179535.html

19th February 2012

http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/apr/08/short-film-makers-long-story

8th April 2013

• The first reason for why people go to the trouble of making short films is because artistic film-makers see short films as an artform and the other reason being that people in the film industry and media see short films as personal ads. ‘Old BFI Website’

• You will gain experience from creating a team to be able to make a short film together, if you’re pursuing a career in filmmaking then you can demonstrate your skills or you want to try out what working with specific people would be like then this gives the opportunity to do so. ‘BBC’

• You are able to involve yourself with more unique work that may be more intense and most likely more interesting. Once you finish the production and realise how little money you have used you, yourself will be impressed and also others will be impressed at how your picture that you have made didn’t risk money. ‘Raindance.org’

• People also go to the trouble of making short films because of the audiences demands to see them. ‘Telegraph.co.uk’

• Key changes that have been made are things such as the costs.

Because the costs of film were difficult to justify they had to be

changed over the past decade, because of the changes in cost it

meant that more people were able to make films. ‘Old BFI’

• When MTV came about in 1981 it enabled a new type of short film-

making. Tim Pope believed that the ‘rhythmic fast-paced style of

editing’ tied into short film-making which made the audiences

consume and appreciate short films more. ‘The Telegraph’

• Another key change was the amount of screenings that short films

had and how they the number of these were able to increase

because of the easy and more affordable video projectors and film-

making equipment. ‘The Telegraph’

• The advance in film-making is also due to the fact that within the

growth of the internet short films have become a lot more

accessible from wider audiences. ‘Independent’

• There are many people that are up for working at reduced rates

because they like the idea of creating short films. People also believe

that it would be good experience. ‘BBC’

• It is a good way to get into the film-making career. Also if you have

multiple ideas that you want to express then short films are an easy

way of doing that as they take less time to create. ‘Raindance’

• If you are an artistic person and you want to broaden your knowledge

or interests into the film industry then the short format is the more

efficient way of getting into it as short films have also been viewed as

being artistic. ‘Telegraph’

• If you enjoy telling stories in an interesting way then short film-making

enables you to do this as many people see short films as a way of

telling stories or about ‘setting a mood’. ‘The Guardian’

• For most people short films are thought to be not important because

there is no place for them in commercial cinemas. ‘Old BFI’

• They can be viewed as being somewhat outdated, when looking

back at the silent films that are associated with the likes of people

such as Charlie Chaplin. ‘Telegraph’

• Because of the short amount of time that is in a short film, it could

make the audience confused because of the fact that the film-maker

has had to squeeze so many scenarios into a short period of time.

‘The Guardian’

• If the situations within the short film are can be easily related to by

the audience because of the audience experiencing these scenarios

then this can lead to a better short film. ‘The Guardian’

• Because of the short period of time that is within a short film it easy

for the audience to get confused because of the storyline, therefore a

key ingredient would be to have a clear storyline that is easy to follow

along and understand. Also having a plot driven short film helps as

well. ‘The Guardian’

• Another key ingredient is for the camera work to be of a high

standard so that the short film is more aesthetically pleasing for the

audience. ‘The Guardian’

• Generally, the audience for mainstream films are people who go to

see a film just for the enjoyment and the entertainment. However, the

audience for short films tend to be people who are participating in film

studies and who have more of an interest in how a film is made and

all of the elements that this includes. ‘Old BFI’

• The article written by Sarah Morrison that featured in the Telegraph

comments on how Britain has entered into a “golden age of the short

film”, which is a highly positive remark. Film-making technology and

the internet are always having to evolve to fit in with the current times

of today, because of this there has been a rise in the popularity and

content. Shorts International, which has the largest short film

catalogue, had a 60% increase in the past five years. Future Shorts,

a large film organisation, saw their YouTube Channel gain a 100%

increase in views, averaging around 2 million views a month.

However, in contrast, 2013 saw short filmmakers being told that they

had lost their art of story telling. A writer, who works for The Guardian,

describes why he thinks short films are not as effective as they were

before. There is a enormous difference in opinion in only one year

between these two articles.