At first I was not too sure exactly what you would class as a short film or what they include. I searched the internet and found some very interesting facts about how short films have developed. I also found out that Disney, Pixar and Dreamworks, included a short film alongside their main releases. These companies use these short films to gain an interest in perhaps a new feature length film that is coming out, or to just gain the attention of their audience. In institutions, time equals money and animation (especially hand drawn) takes a very long time, which is why the companies made a number of short films alongside their main feature films.
The style of animation has very much changed starting with the very simple black and white drawings such as the original mickey mouse cartoons (Mickey Mouse Original) to the obviously hand drawn basic animation such as Roobarb and Custard. Full colour cartoon became very popular with the creation of Looney Tunes, leading to many short films being made. I think that I would like to produce an animation which doesn't look like it has been hand drawn, with the possibilty of adding colour afterwards if I have enough time. I would create an animation more along the style lines of this animation about cats (Cats).
To find out more about how animation has developed over the years visist- Development of animation
Short films are anything that last under 40 minutes including the titles and credits. There is a separate category for really short films called Short Shorts, which are up to 3 minutes long. This is the sort of length that I will be making my short animated film.
For more information about the background of short film you can visit:
Short film hisory
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