Monday, October 30, 2006

2 Short Films

Deviation Link

I found this short film at a site called ‘atom films’ which is dedicated to short films. This film title is ‘Deviation’ and is a machinima film which is a genre of film that is created using a video game, this one comes from the game Counterstrike (an online pc game) and was made using voice actors from across America who never met in the real world. I think that I liked the fact that it seems like a simple way to create what I thought was a good short film and that is why I like the machinima genre of film, along with the fact that it means that people can make films based on games which is not that common in the film industry with the exception of films such as Resident Evil and Final Fantasy (although these are not machinima films, but films based on video games). The storyline I felt was the best point to the film as it was relevant to video games and as a person who plays video games I could relate to it.


This second film that I found on YouTube was titled Static and was of the horror genre, and I found that I liked its simple, yet effective style which allowed the story to develop well and I enjoyed how the narrative was non-linear, unlike many other short films. It was also done in a Japanese style horror, like films such as Ringu and Ju-On.