The Short Film Industry

Development Stage:

The development of a short film is a very important stage in the making, the way in which the story is told is the key to its success. Planning periods of short films are extended and reworked to meet the demands of different investors.

Production Stage:

Coffee films is a British independent short film production company established in 2003, since 2004 they have released 7 short films. 'Last of the Scottish wildcats', 'Under same sky', 'A plaster, a paper and a cheese & pickle sandwich', 'Jake Stigers; Out of Idaho', '3', 'How to disappear completely' and 'Televisual man'.

There work has one them the title of Europe's best young film production companies. The company is made up of senior staff, 6 producers/directors and 12 contributes.

Exhibition Stage:

Atom formerly known as Atom Films is an American website that showcases comedy media eg) television programmes, sketches and comedy shorts. They in the last ten years have used there power to find talented new film makers to show there work on the Internet. Atom are not only using the Internet as there innovative platform but also are have there own late night slot every Monday at 2.30am on the comedy channel 'Comedy Central' with a series called 'Atom TV'. Audiences can watch these short films on here televisions, Internet, mobile phones and iPods.

Distribution:
Short films rarely secure distribution deals but a popular and profitable way of distributing is by selling compilation short film DVDs like 'Cinema16'.

'Cinema16' is a compilation DVD that showcases award winning shorts and classics that are impossible to find. Most of the films have commentaries from their directors and there are 3 types of DVDs,

1)CINEMA16-AMERICAN SHORT FILMS
2)CINEMA16-EUROPEAN SHORT FILMS
3)CINEMA16- BRITISH SHORT FILMS

You can buy these DVDs on the website and http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/filmmaking/guide/distribution/dvd#compilations

Also gave some links to some good DVD compilations, 'Best V Best' is a short film DVD with a combination of award winning films from around the globe. You can buy there DVD from this website http://www.britfilms.com/newsandevents/bestvsbest/

Another distribution technique is through free magazine giveaways.