Don't Think Big: The Economy of Storytelling
One of the most common problems with first student films is that they are epic in idea and grand in scope. This makes sense; this is the world of cinema that we've all, more or less, grown up with. We're used to the life or death battles, the apocalyptic consequences, the boss fights, the giant robots beating the stuffing out of each other... over a square crystal... or something. Short films are a different beast....