Convention Research: La Jetée

 

This video gives advice on ways to better a short film. One thing the speaker in the video points out is to plan. This ensures he doesn't write a script for 10 people while only 3 people are in the short film. He also says to write everything that will occur. For example, the script, setting and plot of the short film. This is so you can know exactly what will be needed to complete this film. This also helps you to know what you need to go back and change. Another thing the speaker says is to do the opposite of your first instinct. The example he gives is that instead of having a figure showing in the mirror when the actor raises his head, he instead did nothing. He continues to explain that he does this because his first instinct is also what most viewers would expect to happen. So instead he chose to not go with his first instinct. This choice allowed more tension and suspense to build up for a later event. If he would have went with his first instinct the built up tension would have been released. He also adds that figuring out the theme of your short film is very important. It acts as a guide for the short film. Knowing the theme of your short film can guide you on how your characters should act and what will come next in the short film. Its important that you know your plot so that when you begin filming you can alter your idea instead of creating an idea from scratch. Another important aspect of a successful short film is the sounds that are in it. This video can help with the short film making process because it goes through different parts of a short film. It shows how these parts can help convey the story and plot better depending on the decisions that are made before and during the filming of the short.