Short amateur films in past have been a thing of family sharing. Traditionally, apart from a few films such as 'The Blair Witch Project' have seldom seen a huge group of audience, or have achieved any fame or recognition in terms of cinematography; but is all this about to change?
With the introduction of Youtube around 2005, it is clear many aspiring film directors and critics have made an attempt in reaching audiences through the outlet. I will be analysing three types of short film I have found which I believe are amongst some of the most successful in their category.
First up, it's Sintel.
With the introduction of 3d Animation being accessible to everyone who owns a computer and a little know-how, in my opinion we will be seeing alot more of these. Blender is a completely free-ware program, and the creators have decided to showcase what can be achieved through the program itself. If this isn't inspiring enough, this short film captures emotion and represents life and reality in a way I have never seen before. You follow the story of a young girl who meets a wounded baby dragon, after nurturing for the little creature, it gets stolen away from her. Without giving too much away, she practically forgets about everything else apart from a way to get the dragon back, but she eventually finds out that her greed and jealousy ends up killing her. I believe this movie is one of the most incredible pieces of media placed on youtube. It doesn't boast an exceptional amount of views, but with minimal to none advertisement, due to the target audience is predominantly people who are familiar with Blender, which in all fairness isn't exactly mainstream culture, even for 3d modellers. But it shows what a well thought out story, a little imagination and a team of good modellers with a vision can do to the industry.
--Elias
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