Hattie Millard's Blog

The rules for determining a short film for the OSCARs is  ‘an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all credits.’ Short films are usually centred around a simple premise or simple narrative structure. They differ from feature-length films in that they are often more abstract or artistic approaches to a subject matter, like how poems or short stories are to literature. For example, many distinguished writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald began by perfecting thier craft through short stories, and later achieving legend status writing full novels such as The Great Gatsby. This can be seen with filmmakers in short film such as Taika Waititi and Martin Scorsese. As they have a shorter running time than feature-length films, they are focused more on the quality of the cinematography and other microelements than the usual appeals of film to the consumer. The short running time means the narrative if used, must be well structured and immediately draw in

  The pros and cons of presenting my work digitally or physically:   Digital     Pros   Cons     More versatility in terms of design elements    Presentation is generally quicker and easier   Films  can be annotated through screengrabs and analysis   can be narrated rather than written.   Referring to films in my work would be easier as you can directly access them digitally   Graphic design is generally quicker digitally   Research is easily done through the internet    Less likely for work to be lost or destroyed         Quick noting is much harder to document digitally   Not every person has sufficient access to the internet or devices   Plagiarism is much easier to achieve    Knowledge of IT and the internet is required to be able to present your work   Admin is complicated and generally takes longer with more chances of glitches   Work cannot be accessed or worked on offline   Physical     Pros   Cons    Having a physical place where development is clearly seen and work is put out