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Masterclass: Making an Oscar winning short film with director Chris Overton

The Filmmakers Podcast

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How to Write a Short Film

No, honestly it's the same. It's just more. So it's like doing a short every day for weeks or whatever. You kind of tackle each as you go and then you forget what you've done because you can't physically. Do you always go with a beginning, middle and end or can they be open-ended? I think an ending is really important though. And I guess I could talk about more like the length as well because- Lenses, yes. Because I think films under 10 minutes kind of have less of an end. That's what I've seen. But yeah, I think the sweet spot is apparently between 12 and 15 minutes for a short. Is

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