A definition of film is ’to direct, make, or otherwise engage in the production of motion pictures,’ however, there are many types of ‘films’ in this context, one being short films, and another being well known feature length films. There are many ways to distinguish between a short film and a feature length film, one obviously being the length of the film. Short films are about 5~15miniutes in length, and feature length films can be 45 minutes plus, for example a short film called Sold directed by Nadia Attia is only 7 minutes long, but a well-known featured film Toy Story directed by John Lasseter is 80 minutes long.
The actors that act in the film can also rely on whether it’s a feature film or not, most A-list actors would act in a feature film, but in a short film, it can be an unknown actor playing the main part.
Woody (left) is one of the main charecters in Toy story, and is played by Tom Hanks, a very well-known actor.
Short films may not have known actors; some short films even have untrained actors for example Chris Anderson (right) who played Jon Smith in sold would only be known to a very small minority of people. One of the reasons for this is the budgets given to short films and the budget given to a short film is very different. Feature length films are given a greater budget and are able to employ better actors, and a big difference is they can buy better equipment and better sets, therefore the quality of the feature length films are usually better, for example in the film Blood Diamond, the director was able to get Leonardo DiCaprio (left), an a-list actor to act in his film.
Another difference is the way that they are distributed, feature length films, if popular would first be shown in the cinema and have millions of people watching it, or go straight to DVD and be sold in shops, one example being Lion King 1 and a half which instead of being shown in cinemas was put on VHS straight away and sold in shops , short films on the other hand are distributed on the internet from sites such as ‘BBC and Youtube’ or sometimes shown on late night Television, and these are not watched as much by the public.
The actors that act in the film can also rely on whether it’s a feature film or not, most A-list actors would act in a feature film, but in a short film, it can be an unknown actor playing the main part.
Woody (left) is one of the main charecters in Toy story, and is played by Tom Hanks, a very well-known actor. |
| Actor 'Chris Anderson' |
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| Actor 'Leonardo DiCaprio' |
There is also a big difference in themes and content, short films seem to challenge themes more whereas feature length films usually go with the safer themes which they know the public would like. One reason for this is that feature length films are normally profit orientated, and so would need to make money, but short films would not make as much money, and do not need to please the public as much.
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| The short film sold can be viewed on youtube |
Another difference is the way that they are distributed, feature length films, if popular would first be shown in the cinema and have millions of people watching it, or go straight to DVD and be sold in shops, one example being Lion King 1 and a half which instead of being shown in cinemas was put on VHS straight away and sold in shops , short films on the other hand are distributed on the internet from sites such as ‘BBC and Youtube’ or sometimes shown on late night Television, and these are not watched as much by the public.
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