How Can We Find Depth in Shorts

Exploring how the duration and pacing of stories have evolved, reflecting changes in technology, viewer preferences, and societal trends.

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
03:14 Part 1. Pace and Engagement
05:15 Part 2. The Power of Slow Cinema
08:13 Part 3. Social Media and Storytelling Today
09:58 Part 4. Less is More
12:32 Part 5. Images Flowing in Time
15:51 Part 6. The Art of Concise Storytelling
19:25 Silent Room
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Footage used:
Electric Apex - The Evolution of Cinema in 1 Minute (1878 – 2017)
Netflix - Love Death + Robots
DancerOnFilm - Scenes from a Movie Theatre
The Artist (2011) Michel Hazanavicius
Kinolibrary - 1930s Film Studio, Film Processing and Editing
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
11 Minutes of Bill Burr - Stand Up (Netflix)
Hot Fuzz (2007) Edgar Wright
Baby Driver (2017) Edgar Wright
Love Me Tonight (1932) Rouben Mamoulian
Alfonso Cuarón | BAFTA Screenwriter's Lecture Series
The Hateful Eight (2015) Quentin Tarantino

Transcendental Style Films:
Haba-bi (1997) Takeshi Kitano
Stranger Than Paradise (1984) Jim Jarmusch
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) Park Chan-wook
Paul Schrader on Transcendental Style in Film | On Film | TIFF 2017
The Postman's White Nights' (2014) Andrei Konchalovsky
Sonatine (1993) Takeshi Kitano
A Man Escaped (1956) Robert Bresson
Joint Security Area (2000) Park Chan-wook
La Jetée (1962) Chris Marker
Floating Weeds (1959) Yasujirō Ozu
The Color of Pomegranates (1969) Sergei Parajanov
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1976) Chantal Akerman
Persona (1966) Ingmar Bergman12:08 East of Bucharest (2006) Corneliu Porumboiu
Cafe Maddy - Why I cancel my date last minute
The Square (2017) Ruben Östlund
Barton Fink (1991) Coen Brothers
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) John Hughes

Music used:
Robert Charlebois - Tout écartilléKeinemusik - H (Highsnobiety)
A Tribe Called Quest - Check The Rhime (Instrumental)
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
bsd.u - Blueberry
A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario
I MONSTER - The Blue Wrath
Jonny Greenwood – Convergence
Saib - Sakura Trees
Zaho de Sagazan - Les dormantes
Joint Security Area OST - Those Who Are Forgotten