The 3 act structure

The three act structure is how a lot of narrative fiction is structured. It consists of a beginning, conflict and resolution of the conflict. The beginning is the character development where you meet the characters and learn a little about them before the main part of the story. The next part in the story is the conflict where the story element of the film starts. It initiates the start of the resolution which might entail the protagonist learning new skills to defeat the obstacle or overcome a problem. The last part of the 3 act structure is the resolution where the obstacle or problem is overcome by the main protagonist. usually ending by the main character winning or getting what they want.

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Why are there short films?

There are many short films made by aspiring directors that have a very low or no budget at all. All short films are obviously not very long and don't usually have a star cast or set. This means they aren't meant to be for long time of entertainment. Short films are usually made by upcoming directors to show off their film making skills. They make these shorts to put on their résumé in hopes of attracting the bigger film making studios to make bigger budgeted, longer films which in turn would make more money. Also, the cast in short films are usually aspiring actors who also can put their short films on their résumé in hopes of being cast for a larger film. Due to the technology we have these days, short films are easily accessible and can easily be put on the internet on platforms such as YouTube. This means the owners of the large production companies can view them very easily and scout the upcoming film makers and actors. For example, director, actor and prese...

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Two brother trolls live on the edge of society, under a bridge by a river. The most intellectual brother has been growing tired of the life of an outcast troll, so packs up and decides to pursue a job in the town. After finding tracks to his brother the other troll decides to hunt him down.

starting to look at ideas for my short film

To start to develop ideas of what sort of story and type of genre of film to make my short film in the style of, I looked at some random pictures and wrote a few of the first words that came into my head. This helped me in starting to develop some ideas of the types of stories that I could base my short film on as I began to write some very short scenes based on the photos that I used. As you can see these are very rough ideas that don't have a lot of context but it helped me to start to think of ideas that I could possibly do for my coursework. I also used an ideas generating pack to come up with a story using some weird categories that don't necessarily fit together. this helped to stretch my imagination.

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