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Short Film
A short film is a film that lasts between a minute and 15 minutes. A short film is any movie not long enough to be considered a feature film (movie). The official definition of a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all credits". However, the term is used by many as a catchall for anything less than 90 minutes in length. A feature film or movie often runs from between 90 to 120 minutes but can sometimes be as long as 180 minutes. short films do not usually have a large budget and are often made by amateur film makers to gain experience. short films also follow a narrative and aim to tell that narrative within a short amount of time, which is what i will be aiming to do when I make my product.
A trailer is a sort of preview to a film that is also a form of marketing, trailers usually last between 1 to 3 minutes and allow the audience to see a basic and very simplified narrative of the film and show the best parts of the film to entice the audience. Trailers do not give much of the plot away but just enough so that the general idea is stating to get figured out. Nearly every film has a trailer as it allows the audience to see a preview of the product, by doing this it can lead the audience to get excited and see the finished film when it is released. If I decide to make a trailer I will make it short and make it so that the audience's attention is grabbed, making them want to see more. Trailers usually follow a non-linear narrative and uses a montage of shots to show it based more on Russian cinema ideology of visual colliding together to create meaning.
Perhaps explain what your next steps will be - are you planning to look at exemplars of both types in a close analysis to help you decide?
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