To kick off your new coursework topic and to introduce you to the key concepts of all your A2 work you must start blogging a KEY CONCEPT ANALYSIS.
Use two or three short films to answer all the promts under each key concept.
Representation
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What are some typical representations to be
found in short film?
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How are they constructed?... (in short, producer
has a limited time in which to establish representations)
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What are the stereotypes being used?
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How do representations differ between the
different countries/ideologies/narratives of the short films?
Media Language (Codes and Conventions)
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What is some typical film language used in short
film? (camera, editing, sound, mise en scene)
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How long do they last?
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How short can they be?
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How are they constructed in terms of
dialogue/action/story-telling?
Institutions
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Who process short films?
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How are they distributed?
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Where are they exhibited?
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How are they promoted?
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Festivals? Competitions? Other events?
Audience
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Who is the audience for short film?
(demographics/psychographics- 4cs)
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What uses/gratifications do they have for them?
(why do they like/watch them?)
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How is the audience addressed? (Mode of address)
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Genre
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What are the genres?
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Can short film be described as a genre in its
own right?
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What are the generic conventions of short film?
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Do they differ from feature film genres?
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What are the defining characteristics of those
genres? Eg location/iconography/era/narrative/characters and actors
Narrative
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How are the narratives of short film different
from feature film?
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What are some of the typical narratives?
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Are there any narrative conventions? (eg twist
in the tale/punch-line)
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Enigma....
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Look up and apply to short film Barthes’
narrative codes.
