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Short Film Production


The term "short film" is used almost interchangeably with "short subject". Short films generally refers to films between 10 and 40 minutes in length and are classified based on subject matter and genre. Short films are seen on: Cinema Screens (majority: Film Festivals), Television, DVD - Blu-ray, and the Internet. Short subject filmmakers benefit from the ability to have greater creative freedoms and are allowed to take higher risks. Short filmmaking is growing in popularity among amateurs and enthusiasts, who are taking advantage of affordable equipment. "Prosumer" or semi-professional cameras now cost under USD $3,000, and low-cost software is widely available that is capable of video editing, post-production work and DVD authoring.

Genres

Animated shorts (hand-drawn or CGI)

Sponsored Films (advertising, educational)

Documentary short subject

Experimental or abstract short films

Live action shorts

"Very" short (1-3 minute)

Travelogue

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Academy Award Winning Animated Short: LOGORAMA

Logorama from Marc Altshuler - Human Music on Vimeo.

Academy Award Film Shorts 2000 - 2009

2000 Father and Daughter - Michaël Dudok De Wit
2001 For the Birds - Pixar Animation Studios - Ralph Eggleston
2002 The ChubbChubbs! - Sony Pictures Animation
2003 Harvie Krumpet - Adam Elliot
2004 Ryan - Chris Landreth - National Film Board of Canada
2005 The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
2006 The Danish Poet - Torill Kove - National Film Board of Canada
2007 Peter and the Wolf - Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
2008 La Maison En Petits Cubes - Kunio Katō
2009 Logorama - H5 - Nicolas Schmerkin