drawn by hand, photographed and exhibited as film. Nowadays most animations are made with computer- generated images. Television and video are popular electronic animation media that originally were analog and now operate digitally. For display on the computer, techniques like animated GIF and Flash animation were developed.
The word ‘animation’ stems from the Latin “animationeur”, the primary meaning of the English word is ‘liveliness’. Task: Collect information on different kinds of animation and present it to the class. . Extensive Reading: A short film is any motion picture not long enough to be considered a feature film.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as “an original motion picture that has a running time of minutes or less, including all credits.” Short films are often screened at local, national, or international film festivals and made by independent film makers for non profit, either with a low budget or no budget at all. They are usually funded by film grants, non profit organizations, sponsor, or personal funds. They are generally used by film makers to gain experience or prove their talent in order to gain funding for future films from private investors, entertainment companies, or film studios. They are usually budgeted and produced by a small team, often by the director himself.
Most of the directors create these little films out of passion and fun, so having the freedom to decide when, where and how to shoot is a luxury that larger films don’t have. With today’s Social Media and mobile accessibility we are constantly bombarded with content from the moment you wake up till the moment you fall asleep (most likely with the phone still in your hands). The Short Film seems tailor-made for our quick and fast-paced digital era. People can watch short films whenever they have five minutes to spare, on lunch break at work, even in the bus on the way to work!
Since we are competing with so many other distractions coming in every second, the shorter the film is, the better it is. Short films are a gateway to