Short or Long

     Today I finally asked my teacher the question I have been itching to ask since the minute we began our portfolios: are the first two minutes of the film I'm creating from a feature film or a short film? I now know I have the ability to choose whichever I please. But choosing for such an indecisive person like me... This is going to be hard.
     On one hand, if I were to be planning a feature film, I would only have to introduce the main characters and the initial conflict. On the other hand, a short film would require me to do much more in 2 minutes to establish the plot, characters, their relationships, and the conflicts that will be present for however long the short film would be. In other words, I have to decide which "big picture" time frame would make for the best 2 minute introduction.
     Luckily, I have other people's pieces to work off of as examples. Ali Vingiano and Brittany Ashley's 15 minute film about emotional abuse, as seen here;

is a great example I could use to frame my film. That is, if I choose to do a short film like they did. 

      Here's the thing. I am extremely lucky I was able to find a short film solely revolving around emotional abuse to serve as a basis. But when you look at the Wikipedia page for films about domestic violence, the 105 entries don't focus on domestic abuse. They only include aspects of domestic violence. Full feature movies about domestic abuse are scarce. There are a few movies, like "It" and "I, Tonya," that vividly show domestic abuse, not only between couples but within a parent/daughter relationship in the case of "It." In my last post I listed a few movies about emotional abuse that base the entire movie on the abuse. However, having seen "Gone Girl" and others like it that portray abuse in the span of 2 hours, I feel like my idea would be better developed in a shorter time frame rather than a long one. 

     In conclusion, SHORT FILM HERE WE COME!