Introduction: Short Films

In class we watched a short film to prepare ourselves for what we were going to make, the short film being "I'm Here". We then got told to research 3 short films we enjoyed and say why. The three short films I chose to talk about were;

- Spin:

I thought this short film was made very smartly, and played with the conventions of time effectively. The film is centred around a man with a DJ set, which control the flow of time and actions of objects, and he does everything possible to create something good to happen. I think the film is very light hearted and after seeing a tragic beginning it has a happy ending, as everything works out well. However, this is quite typical of any film as usually directors want the audience to leave feeling happy. Although this short film has no dialogue you can see clearly through the expressions of the characters of what they are thinking and how the feel.




- George Lucas in Love:

The reason I enjoyed this short film was because I liked the narrative of the film, and I enjoyed all the small references to the 'Star Wars' characters and areas in the background of the film, as well as the main characters. This short film is about the character 'George' writing his script for his deadline, while along the way falling in love with another of the characters. I would say the genre for this short film would be a Rom/Com as it has aspects of humour through out the film, while also having that element of romance with the other character.





- Muto (Blu):

The reason I enjoyed this short film was because I enjoyed its simplicity and use of stop-frame animation. I think the director used stop-frame highly effectively here as the contents is in a constant flow, without any long gaps between cuts. Also, I particularly enjoyed the use of the sound and music in the short film, I believe it went will with what the content of the clip was and also it further enhanced that surreal feel to the animation. Below is the short film 'Muto'.