Writing the short film (Third Edition)
This book is primarily intended for film and video students or independent
video- and filmmakers who are faced with the necessity of writing a short
narrative script. For our purposes, we consider a short film to be one of 30
minutes or less, as films longer than that usually need a secondary, or minor,
plot-line to sustain audience interest and, in addition, are much less likely to
be eligible for festivals or suitable to be shown as “portfolio” work.