Tom Telford's Blog

Short films are the equivalent of poetry, or a short story, in literature. They, if they are good, will be the effective realisation of one particular idea, a single emotional spearpoint. In comparison to feature length films, they, at a glance, appear more amateur, alternative, or grainy as oppose to professional, mainstream, and glossy. But, the fact that short films are experimental and flexible means that they are able to cross boundaries of genre, or create and stick to that powerful emotional spearpoint. As a tool for experimentation, that is where they really come into their own. Not just technologically, but also artistically, the niche, smaller audiences, and less pressure/time consumption, means that short filmmakers have a much higher level of artistic freedom and are able to experiment with new ideas and innovate technologically and in terms of narrative.

Some of the pros of digital presentation include: Digital work is much easier to edit seamlessly than physical work, annotated screengrabs can be used in the place of sketches in some cases, everything is much easier to keep in order. However, one major con of digital presentation is that you have a risk of not saving your work and losing everything and having to redo everything you have just done - there is no risk of this with physical work. Some of the pros of physical presentation include: You have more control over the intricate details of the aesthetic of your work, and like mentioned before, you can't forget to save your work, so can't lose everything and have to restart. The cons of physical presentation are that: It could be difficult to get all handwritten notes into one place and in order, and that it is harder to add anything digital to physical work, than it is to add physical work to a digital presentation. My major experience in presenting projects is the DT GCSE...