Perfect short film story structure

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Story structure for the short film narrative “These creatures are among us, although morphologically they do not differ from us; we must not posit a difference of essence, but a difference of behaviour.” – Phillip K. Dick Short film story structure is a difficult point in terms of education. Notably, three acts within 10/15 pages […]

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Film of the Fortnight: BE NOW – Directed by Graham Atkins-Hughes.

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Poetic Drama | UK Why Lift-Off Programmed this Film: It’s rare we find a film of this nature that we feel works in every way. The solitude of the character mixes so well with the film language. It is a middle class, middle aged, post divorce, coming of age poetic tale that we couldn’t refuse […]

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How to Network in the Film Industry.

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  When learning how to network, the first piece of advice I could give is a bit of an airy-fairy one, but it is honestly so true, it is to open up your soul, so those smiles and laughs come naturally…. “…we can’t forget the fun we’ve had Laughing ’til our faces turn blue. Talking […]

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Film of the Fortnight: ÓL (Sty) – Directed by Árpád Hermán.

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Black Comedy | Hungary Why Lift-Off programmed this film: Our initial response to Sty was that we felt it had the best story set-up we had ever seen. Strong character development without a single line of dialogue. One of our judges simply said “this is the best short film I’ve ever seen“. Sty is available […]

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