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Short films are great way to develop your filmmaking skills and make your creative mark. But how do you nagivagate the pitfalls? What are the secrets to getting your film seen? Get some advice from the people that have been there and done just that.

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When the Day Breaks - short film interview

Top 10 Opening Shots of All Time

5 Brilliant Moments of Camera Movement

London Screenwriters' Festival

10 Best Specific Sub-genres of All Time - Movie Lists

3 Brilliant Moments in the Visuals of Emotion

The art of storyboarding with Ridley Scott

Pitch Black Heist - Film4

How To Write A Great Ending

Connect (Short film starring Tuppence Middleton & Daniel Lawrence Taylor)

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48 Hour Scares

Parents Evening :: Year 10

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