Friday, 29 November 2013
More tips for creating a short film!
Yes, I may have posted something similar to this yesterday, but this is a really good video with tips on how to create short films, thanks to Nicola for the link!
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Friday, 15 November 2013
The Short Film 'Industry' and the Long Tail Theory
Around the world, there are hundreds of short films created every day. They could be considered easy and cheap to make depending on the quality you're wanting to achieve. For this reason I believe that the short film 'industry' could be considered one that takes advantage of the 'Long Tail Theory' by Chris Anderson in 2006.
The Long Tail theory states that while you have the big 'hits', which in this case would be the obvious well-known short films like the 'Tea Chronicles' or 'Project:Library', the demand and consumption of the lesser known short films, like 'Virus' by Simon Hynd, and 'The Anti-Social Network' by Shae Lee Shackleford, can equal the demand and consumption of the 'hits' due to the large number of lesser known short films and 'niche' market in which they fit.
Tea Chronicles
Virus
The Scripting Begins
So, I have begun the scripting for my short film. It is currently nameless.
The film centres around a somewhat apocalyptic theme where there are warnings that England is running out of power, something that has been documented in real life over the past months, and the film revolves around a single family, 2 adults and a mid-teen daughter. It follows them for the last hour before the power goes off at the end of the film.
Throughout the film I would like to include a timecode at the bottom left hand of the screen, counting down from one hour all the way down to zero. Of course as a short film is anything between a few minutes and three quarters of an hour, I aim to cut down the hour into the 'memorable' events. All in all I would like the short film to be around 5-10 minutes in length, something I believe is very achievable if I manage to script it right.
Below you can see a snapshot from the first section of the script, which itself is currently in progress.
The film centres around a somewhat apocalyptic theme where there are warnings that England is running out of power, something that has been documented in real life over the past months, and the film revolves around a single family, 2 adults and a mid-teen daughter. It follows them for the last hour before the power goes off at the end of the film.
Throughout the film I would like to include a timecode at the bottom left hand of the screen, counting down from one hour all the way down to zero. Of course as a short film is anything between a few minutes and three quarters of an hour, I aim to cut down the hour into the 'memorable' events. All in all I would like the short film to be around 5-10 minutes in length, something I believe is very achievable if I manage to script it right.
Below you can see a snapshot from the first section of the script, which itself is currently in progress.
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