short films - a boon!!

The thing about a good movie is that it will always grip you. Right from start till the very end. Be it a comedy epic like Monty Python and the Holy Grail or a 15 minute short film like My Love by Aleksandr Petrov'. It will tell its story, like it is wound up tightly in celluloid. As it unravels, you unravel. That is what cinema is all about. And to do the same in a shorter amount of time is the wonder of Short Films!

Short films are rather challenging. Imagine taking a compelling 400 page story & reading it within 10 minutes. Impossible, isn't it? Well not with film it isn't. All you need is a good cast & a director with a vision & great story telling ability. Time is of the essence & so is the plot. Phew! What a fine line the poor fellow must toe. But if done well, with a good pace & clever editing, the film could be magical, enigmatic even!

Take the show Gateway for instance, just the other day it featured a short movie by one of the participants. Was called 'An Evening O Like Yesterday. The execution was crisp & thus the story that came through was pretty good for an amateur. Am sure the guys there can do much better. But it being their first week & all, guess they do deserve a break. :)

cinema had almost died, its good to see new unconventional filmamkers trying to make it...gateway holds true to its name.