Firstly the most obvious difference between feature legnth films and short films is the legnth of the films. Short films are less than an hour and feature legnth films last over an hour. The other obvious difference is the budget. A big budget for a short film would be a film like 'Cherries' which had a £3000 budget where as the average feature legnth film has a budget of over a £1,000,000. These budget issues also cause for the equipment used and the actors in short films to low budget so short films will include lots of hand held camera movements and the cast will be not very recognisable. Feature legnth films, especially Hollywood have certain audience expectations. The audience usualy expect famous actors and the todarov narrative structure will usualy be included unless there is a sequal expected.
Todarov 5 part narrative technique:
*Equilibrium
*Disequilibrium
*Recognition of disequilibrium
*Attempt to resolve disequilibrium
*Resolution, with a new equilibrium
Short films audience's dont have the same problem as the audience is a more nische audience who go looking for the films.
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