A short film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUkXIgBHk8Q
I haven't seen many short films in the past so i have watched a few to get a general idea of how an narrative can be shown in a much shorter space of time to a feature length film. i thought this film successfully conveyed character emotion and a pot (with a freaky twist) in a short amount of time and with minimal dialogue.

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  1. Caroline BirksJune 14, 2018 at 2:50 AM

    A good choice Dan - it has obviously been popular with YouTube/Vimeo viewers. I had a quick look and the opening shots are beautiful.

    Try to improve this blog post by embedding the video - it will then play on your blog. I can show you how to do this if you're not sure

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