Short Film - Industry and Audience

Your next few posts should aim to answer the following questions:

1. Why do short films get made?... seeing as the vast majority don't actually make any money.
2. How do they get made? - what are the various sources of funding?
3. How are they distributed and exhibited? - what festivals exist? what other forms of exhibition exist?
4. Who is the audience for short film in general?
5. Who is the audience for the short films you have looked at?
6. WHO ARE YOU MAKING A SHORT FILM FOR?

For the first three questions on funding and exhibition use the "useful links" at the bottom left of this page. Those links also have further links to other excellent websites, so don't stop there, surf about for the most info you can find.

You can summarise your findings or quote directly, but make sure you reference the sites by adding links to them in your blog post.

For the last three questions on audience a good place to start is this excellent guide produced by an enterprising media teacher at Ravens Wood School:

Target Audience from Ravens Wood School