oscar nominated short films

 So earlier today I got dragged by a friend to go watch all the Oscar nominated short films, and I thought about using it as learning experience and after many tears (because why were they all soooooooo sad) I  realized that a lot of the films were based on something already known to the majority of the audience. 

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This short film A Lien is based on the way ICE separates families in the US. and how a simple film with one location can get so many people sobbing their eyes out. That's when it hit me that to create a good short film isn't about getting the best dialogue (although this is extremely helpful) its being able to find an idea that many can relate to themselves in any semblance of a way. Although many people in America aren't immigrants (though a lot are) they are able to feel for this family being torn apart. They did this well by in the first scene establishing the family and characters, for our short film we have to find a good way to establish the characters to make them relatable and i think that is something we have to try hard to think about. 

As a group we thought hard on the plot but we haven't thought about the characters individually which I'm now starting to realize its a big mistake and its definitely something I'm going to talk to my group about when we talk next week because were trying to establish a well thought out story and you cant do that with out knowing your characters. The fact that we haven't even figure out the names is something i want to figure out when we get into class.