Examples of real short films

We liked this short film as it is quite a simple idea, yet at the same time it is an original and inventive idea. The contrast between his mundane job and the bizarre idea behind 'the black hole' is very effective. We also liked the structure of this short film as it actually has a beginning a middle and an end, so even though it's a short film, a narrative has successfully been told. The sound within this short film is very effective as you are constantly hearing the noise of office machines in the background, which represents his boring job, and intensifies the contrast between this and the magical 'black hole'. As well as this, when the character puts his hand through the hole, there is another whirring noise which shows that it is sort of in another world. We also think that the shot where the camera is underneath the hole and looking up at the man is effective as it tells the viewer what the hole really does.




We believe that the narrative of this short film is very good as it twists and it grips the viewer. Once again, the sound in this short film is very effective as it tricks th viewer into thinking that the film is going to be a horror film. The creaking of the sign in the wind, the sound of the crow, and the eerie soundtrack on top of this are all conventions of horror films, which makes the viewer think that something bad is going to happen. The camerawork is also effective into fooling the viewer. At the beginning, the camera pans across the field, showing close ups of things such as a phone, a woman's bag and her feet covered in blood. The combination of these close-ups and of a woman screaming in the background automatically makes the viewer think that she has been attacked or something. This sequence of shots finally ends with a stake being stuck into the ground also covered in blood, which ultimately makes the viewer think that she has been attacked. When the viewer realises that the woman hasn't been attacked, the soundtrack switches from eerie to gentle calming piano music, which instantly changes the mood and feeling of the film.