As short films are not that popular in the modern era, there are some poplar shorts such as 'The Muppets' however, some shorts are also used for charity to raise awareness, for instance, Red Nose Day or Comic Relief. These short films are to persuade people to donate money to a particular charity and the most popular themes to be shown are children and animals as people tend to feel more sympathy towards children and animals.
However, comedy short films were produced in large numbers compared to lengthy feature such as D.W. Griffith's, "Birth of Nation". Short Comedies were very popular and in the 1920s they were typically produced in series, such as, the many outings of Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp character.
Even though there was no set real ease schedule, these series could be considered as what could've been their 'modern TV Sitcom' - lower in status than feature films nowadays but nevertheless very popular. Short films or otherwise known as 'short subjects' were mainly animated or live action and the aim was to make people laugh, newsreels also principally came short subjects too. In the 1950s shorts include the animated work by studios such as Walt Disney Productions and Leon Schlesinger Productions/Warner Bros, and by the mid 1950s, with the raise of television, the short films were virtually dead. With The Three Stooges (last major series of 2-reelers) ending in 1959, short films had become a medium for student, independent and speciality work. Overall, cartoon shorts were the most popular shorts made and had a longer life, and The Pink Panther was the last regular theatrical cartoon short series, having begun in 1969, it ended in 1980.
No comments:
Post a Comment