Clifford Thurlow

In wanting to create the best short film possible I thought it would be worthwhile to invest in a guide written by a redound Author Clifford Thurlow.

The guide covers various areas of film from its History,Development and how it has evolved since its creation from stills to the moving image. Including chapters on the role of the Director, Producer and Editor and top tips on how to structure your Short Film. The guide also contains a list of short films that are highly recommended such as:

#1 Ballet Mechanique (1924): Dadiast dilm by Fernaud Le'ger and Dudley Murphy, with cinematography by Man Ray, shwoing abstract shapes moving hypnotically to the music of George Antheill.

#2 Un Chien Andalou (1929): Luis Bunel and Salvador Dali collaborated on this sureal masterpiece where a woman's eyeball is sliced with a razor, priests are dead, donkeys are strapped to a piano, and live ants pour from the palm of a woman's hand.

#3 A Propos de Nice (1930): Jean Vigo's legendary travelogue takes us along the Riviera revealing the rich and poor living their seperate lives together.

#4 The Mascot (1934): Wladyslaw Starewicz's macabre bal masque features Satan and a multitude of gruesome creatures made from household items.

#5 Duck and Cover (1951) Uncredited, Wickedly parodied civil defense training film showing children how to protect themselves from nuclear attacks by diving under school desks.

In the near future I will be conducting a critical anaylsis of one of these titles.

Peter McLaughlin