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Writing A Short Film
Blaise Pascal once wrote ‘I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short.’ If there is a rule for writing a short film, this is it. A short film should not be considered as a truncated feature film. They are two independent formats. Just as a good novel is not an elongated short story. A feature film is allowed a certain percentage of fat. Scenes which don’t advance the story, or develop the main characters. No such sloppiness is allowed or tolerated in the short film. Every shot counts, every line of dialogue is important.
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