What is a short film?

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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.

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