My Short film ideas and concepts

I had two ideas/themes

Analysis of 'Strangers' short film

Strangers is an excellent short film about diversity and discrimination in religion and race.

The film displays and excellent use of symbolism such as the star of David, The Islamic writing on the newspaper and the SS tattoo on the the man's head. Each of these signs immediately tell the audience about each of the characters differences.

The lack of dialogue is substituted by close ups on the characters faces to create a reaction and to create tension. The tight areas of tube train creates a claustrophobic setting . Quick cuts and pans highlight that the atmosphere has dramatically changed when the Neo- Nazi's walk on the train. The close up shots between the Jew and the Muslim are slightly off centre and could be said to be a cantered angle. This is to show the distance between the two characters.

Strange chanting music is heard as the Nazi's enter the scene this is to make the audience feel edgy and nervous to relate to the main characters. The film is very simple yet conveys a strong message.

Conventions of a Short film

The obvious convention in a short film, is of course the length, which can last from 5-50 mins. Many short films can give the director and creator the independence and artistic freedom to express themselves. They are usually low budget and contain a stable and fairly straight forward story, although in recent times their have been a few exceptions.

The Actors that star in short films are normally unknown and up and coming stars.