I really enjoy writing and directing short films.
* I've also read many short film scripts
* I’ve seen dozens of shorts at various festivals and online
* I've judged short film screenplay competitions
The more I see, the more I read, and the more I create, the more I start to see and understand what makes for a strong short film.
In this video I talk about the few common denominators I've seen among those short films (including my own) that weaken the overall film.
I think that if you avoid these while writing your next script, the finished film will be a lot stronger.In this video I mention a quote I really like from Christopher McQuarrie, writer and director of the Mission: Impossible movies Rogue Nation, Fallout, Dead Reckoning, and Final Reckoning. If you would like to listen to the full interview, you can listen to this episode of the Q&A podcast with Jeff Goldsmith.
