Short comedies were especially common, and typically came in a serial or series (such as the Our Gang movies, or the many outings of Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp character).Īnimated cartoons came principally as short subjects. By the 1920s, a ticket purchased a varied program including a feature and several supporting works from categories such as second feature, short comedy, 5–10 minute cartoon, travelogue, and newsreel. Comedy short films were produced in large numbers compared to lengthy features such as D. W. The first set of films were presented in 1894 and it was through Thomas Edison's device called a kinetoscope. It was not until the 1910s when films started to get longer than about ten minutes. ( July 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īll films in the beginning of cinema were very short, sometimes running only a minute or less. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.
They can also be released with feature films, and can also be included as bonus features on some home video releases. Short films are generally used for industry experience and as a platform to showcase talent to secure funding for future projects from private investors, a production company, or film studios. They are usually funded by film grants, nonprofit organizations, sponsor, or personal funds. Short films are often screened at local, national, or international film festivals and made by independent filmmakers with either a low budget or no budget at all. The increasingly rare industry term "short subject" carries more of an assumption that the film is shown as part of a presentation along with a feature film. " Short" was an abbreviation for either term. In the United States, short films were generally termed short subjects from the 1920s into the 1970s when confined to two 35mm reels or less, and featurettes for a film of three or four reels.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all credits". Any film not long enough to be considered a feature filmĪ short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film.
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