The short-film form is to the full-length film what the short story is to a full-fledged novel. Write a great short story and you are well on your way to having a great short film.

The isimple fact tis that like any short artform, whether short story, news story or short film, it is the storyline that is crucial.

This resource looks at a range of short form film case studies to examine character, conflict, dialogue and structure in short film scriptwriting.