I have already watched several short films and while the genre and tone of each film can vary wildly due to the differences in application of certain devices, there are some core concepts that control how short films are structured and how they flow. As well as this, there are some conventions that are applied to the characters, settings and themes of these films, and often these differences are noticeable when looking at more conventional, feature length films. Firstly, I am going to look at characters. Often in short films, characters are not really developed aside from what is important to the plot of the film. In the case of Clown Face, the characters are not developed past the issue that they are discussing, namely their family issues. "CLOWN FACE" - SHORT FILM (2017) from Jason Jeffrey on Vimeo . The characters here just about brush over what their names are; as a matter of fact, the father's name is actually never said, and not much detail is revealed ...
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