Screen Arts: Short to Feature

Short Films to Feature Films

Brief History: Notes

In the beginning of film making films were no longer than 20 minutes, such as the 1902 Film, A Trip to the Moon.
Longer films at the time were considered more respectable.
Coming up to WW2, it began to be used for war propaganda and education.

around 60's Film became more popular
MTV became a source for film making.

Short Films now are easy to consume and are always scoffed up.
Youtube became a way, of uploading, sharing and getting quick views for film.


All those old films are quite interesting, and how they developed, Longer films use to be considered more high class back in the day however as time progressed, and people got more busy with their lives, the shorter films became more Liked, not to say that long films are not popular, however the shorter films are easier to stop and watch in a busy like.

Short Film to Movie: 9

9 was a short film ( a student short film) directed by  Shane Acker

The student film- Released in 2005 followed the story of a puppet's struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic style world, faced with a terrifying cat beast.
It won for in an animated film festival and was later adapted into a movie.
The character's origins was not adressed which made us focus soley on their strugle to survive

A lot of the story, a lot of the world seems to not come across in the movie as it is majorly subtext
it was not as well received as the short film, I believe this was due to lack of context for the audience,
and the fact that they tried to dig up some of the past, in a way that didn't quite work


It is the type of film where you have to search for the answers rather then have it handed to you,
It is quite different from the short film but hold the same ascetic the same stakes and wonder within this creation.

Fun Fact: The creator made a Facebook for the scientist and leading up to the release of the film, he would post noted of the scientist studies, up until the release.


The Short Film: https://vimeo.com/37209185

The Movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472033/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dN6_1tScnI (the