Short film VS Feature film

Short film

- they are no more than fifty minutes long (making them a short)

- most short films have an unknown cast, making the film even more less known

- usually one-offs. No sequels

- low budget, not allowing for special effects etc

- short production length

- small marketing, possibly one of the reasons most short films have to find its own way to fame

- short films need to draw in the audience quickly as they don't have much time to do so

- there is usually a subject matter

- thought provoking

- never get shown at mainstream cinemas

Feature film

- usually around one hundred minutes long

- they use a well known cast which usually sells the film, allowing for the film to not be as good quality

- they sometimes have sequels

- complete narratives

- high budget, allowing for well known cast, better locations, special effects etc

- large production length

- they have a big marketing team behind them

As you can see from the main points about feature film and short film you can see they have many comparisons and are almost if not exactly completely different. You may get some short films being shown in the cinema before a feature length comes on. For example, in Pixar films you sometimes get smaller animation films being shown. Although these are short films, they have been produced by large production companies. I think that more short films should be shown at the cinema before feature lengths, i would much rather prefer to see experimental, inspiring shorts made by young film makers than adverts.