Research

BALANCE

This is my powerpoint with the initial idea of my short film, it was aimed to make the user think about a decision and the reaction to this decision and how it might affect others. I wanted it to have a similar style to the short film "Black Button" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrKnhOJ-R80) as I loved the final twist of it. I also enjoyed the simplicity of how it was shot and how the actors managed to keep your attention through the lack of knowledge of the action until the closing seconds for a fantastic twist.

Here is my Presentation in powerpoint form and you are able to download it below or view it individually when you click on the image

http://www.mediafire.com/?2wdx36hjtjchm6m

This was the first Short Film I reviewed as I thought the attatchment with the character was the same as the effect I was trying for in my own and after spending some time deconstructing the film shot by shpot for the first few clips so that I knew exactly what was creating sympathy towards the character and how I could replicate this same effect in my own work.

History Of Short Films

I found this section quite interesting as Short Films have had quite a rocky history as the majority of the time they have been referred to as the poor man's feature length despite (in my opinion) it taking much more skill and creativeness to condense a 90 minute story and managed to keep the same feeling of originality, character development and crucially a hook that can keep a viewer entertained.