Research 9: Short Film vs Feature Film

Overall, I want to start off with saying both films were amazing in their respective ways. For a young producer to be able to sell his idea to a large conglomerate like Universal is strikingly amazing, and from a film festival as well. The first film I wanted to talk about is the Short. To begin with the duration of the film was around 7minutes in length. It featured two protagonists, 9 and what we now know as 5. Additionally, the was a robot antagonist that was chasing the two of them, trying to harness what I believe to be their souls. The short did not include any dialogue between characters but rather fancied for a spooky and gloomy sound track accompanied by sharp sound effects. The overall plot structure had some depth, considering the short duration, but obviously left much to be desired by the audience. 

On the contrary, the feature film was much longer having a duration of about 1 hour and 15 minutes. With this extra time, there was obviously much more time to develop the characters of the protagonists and the antagonists. As such, from memory there was an additional 8-9 extra characters that served alongside the protagonist 9. Their names were also numbers: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, etc. Additionally, there was a new antagonist. This human brain like robot, was much large than the predator that appeared in the short. It served as the brain for a robot manufacturing plant. It had previously wiped the world of humans when robots took over. Additionally, unlike the short, this film actually had dialogue between characters. A relationship that stood out to me was between 9 and 5. Similar to the short, they stuck together throughout the course of the film, and ventured out together taking many risks along the way.  

Despite these differences, the films as they should had many common aspects. A prominent feature as stated previously was the relationship or bond between 9 and 5. In the short, 5 had sacrificed himself for 9, while in the feature 5 at first saved 9, and then they stuck together. Additionally, another common occurrence was the tones these movies portrayed. While in an animated form, they portrayed a dark and gloomy tone which left the audience excited to see what would happen next. A key aspect that assisted in this was the sound tracks. Both movies carried a low, yet gradually building track, that did not feature dialogue  but instead built suspense. Overall, as stated previously, the films were amazing in their own respective ways and I believe this is much my group can take away and use to enhance our own Final Task.