Thursday, 10 September 2015

Differences between short and feature films


Differences between short and feature films
SHORT
FEATURE
Length
<20 minutes
>1.5 hours
Budget
v small/zero
millions $$$
Equipment
Minimal use of props, land, studio, etc
Budget is big enough for available use of anything
Where shown
DVD/TV, youtube (small audience)
Cinema
Cast
Lesser known, amateur
A-listers, Hollywood
Reason
To convey a message
To generate revenue
Character focus
Significant only to the protagonist, only one life in detail
Explanation behind character backgrounds, sub-plots
Team
One team/person to cover director, producer, editing, casting, etc.
Many teams for many functions
Marketing/advertising
Free social media etc. used to get film noticed
Budget sectioned for major part on marketing
 
 
 

1 comment:

  1. Good comparisons Charlotte. Ensure that you blog everything that you do in class, and your research outside of school, and apply it to your ideas about your short film so that you are analysing and sifting what is relevant to you. You should have posts about the conventions of short films, your analysis of 'Pudding Bowl' and any techniques that you think were effective, and the research methods that you will used based on their advantages to help you research short films, film posters and film magazine review pages.

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