A common question which is asked when talking about short films is why do people make them? well firstly people make short films for a various different reasons. After looking at alot of different short films on 'you tube' i seem to repeatedly come across charities trying to raise awareness of what is going on in the world around us. These sort of films are not often done to win prizes but to gain support and followers. the short film 'chicken ala carte' which was studied by one of our group members is a perfect example of this. nevertheless, some short films are made purely on the fact the win prizes at global events to get there companies on the map. Having watched 10 short films on 'you tube' , 4 were comical , 4 were charity based , and two were very dramatical and nurrative structured based. This will be brought up in the next meeting when choosing a form of our film.
something i have definetly learned from studying these films is that, if you have real belief in something, you can express it through a short film. I get the feeling the key element to any short films is creativity and imagination. Also a common occurence in short films, is that the sound is normly a tune or song of some sort, verbal communcation is rare. These different topics will be considered seriously when making our own film.
