Research on short films

Research on short films...


This short film is a Romantic Comedy, of the same genre we are doing.
This is the first short film which i have watched. It is four minuets and six seconds long and the story is only focusing on two main characters and has a very simple story line which is easy to follow.
It is about a doctor who falls in love with a women who is dead. Something that i learnt from this short film is that from just watching this short film i have been able to summarise the story into just one sentence which is what we have done with our film.
Also at the start of this film it tells you that it was made according to Straight8 rules. One 58mm cartridge, no editing, unless on camera.

Another thing which i liked about this film is that the story is so easy for the audience to follow and understand, although i do not like the actually idea of a man falling in love with a dead women. There are not many locations involved and it is very basic however, at the same time very effective.
The genre of this film was a dark romantic comedy.

This second film is also a 'Romantic Comedy'. It's called 'Shoes Off'.

http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/shoes_off/

Stuart, a timid 31-year-old bachelor, is inspired to break out of his monotonous existence by a mysterious woman in beautiful black boots. He crashes a stuffy cocktail party in order to meet her, but gets kicked out after an incident involving shish kabobs and red wine. It is then that he discovers that the way to a woman's heart is through her shoes.

Again, this film is 12 minuets long. Ours has to five minuets so over half would need to be cut out but watching this definitely gave me a better understanding of what an audience wants, and how to give it.

This third film is called 'Piledriver'.

It is the same genre as our film and has a pretty basic storyline.
This is one romantic fling that you're never going to forget. Promise. Alex and Michelle fall for each other. Big time. Nothing can stop their love, or so it seems.

http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/piledriver/

We didn't want out short film to have a storyline as predictable as this, however we did want it to be about something that would be easy for the audience to be able to relate to and understand. I think this film worked so well because for the first half there was very little to no dialogue, therefore you had to stay concentrated to understand what was going on. in my opinion the music was perfect for this genre film and i think it was very effective how there were just a few lines of dialogue right at the beginning and right at the end.

Third short film 'Dream On Cupid'

This film is a classic example of a 'ROM-Com', it starts off with a boy being in love with a girl, the girl isn't interested in the boy however, he finally wins her heart over. Although this film was predictable from the start, it still captured the audiences attention and kept you interested.

I particular liked how there was an even mix between just actions and music and dialogue.