Yesterday, i had the privilege to attend the opening night of FlickerFest this year.
It is a international short film festival that screens award winning productions (that go for no longer than 40mins) from around the world.
There were funny films, and there were serious films. Films that just entertained, others that made a deep use of film conventions and positioning techniques to get a message across.
Mostly, it would seem that the funny the film was, the less it would stack up to the others in terms of filming prestige. However, my favourite, an animation involving stick figures from the USA, incorporated plenty of humour, with a strong theme to it. The director used not just dialog, stick figures and sound effects, but used some "real" images around the place coupled with some rather eeryie sounds.This created a much deeper effect on the viewer than you would have expected from an animation with stick figures.
So i learnt last night that i quite enjoy short film festivals, and i want and plan to attend more in the future
doug.
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