Research on Successful Film Scripts

I researched into Film scripts and specific ones that have been nominated or won awards and recognised as successful short films.

I first visited the website www.australianshortfilms.com/scripts.html

I then looked at three different film scripts

Number One:
Title: Life Without Love
By: Frankie Pain
Plot: Short Film showing the effects of an elderly man after his wife has died.
It shows his struggle and emotion with dealing with life without his love.

Link to script: www.australianshortfilms.com/100375.html

Number Two:
Title: Benjamin
By: Christian Anderson
Plot:A 5 year old boy drams up plans to raise the money to buy a real ship.

Link to script: www.australianshortfilms.com/100310.html

Number Three:
Title: Copycat
By: Laurent Boulanger
Plot: A Sales women claims to be giving a man a free photocopier; the con is on but who's conning who?

Link to Script: www.australianshortfilms.com/100424.html

other short films found by Laurent Boulanger: Combustion/ Marble/ and Simpora

I then went and reasearched the archive of major film awards and looked at the winners for the past years.

European Film Academy Award
2006 Winner for short film award
Name: Before Dawn
By:Balint Kenyeres from Hungry

2005 Winner
Name: Undressing my mother
By: Ken Wardrop from Ireland

2004 Winner
Name: Jattendraile suivant
By: Philippe Orreindy from France

BAFTA SHORT FILM WINNERS

2006 Winner for short film
Name: Do Not Erase
By:Asitha Ameresekere

2005 Winner
Name: Antonio's Breakfast
By:Howard Stogdon

2004 Winner
Name: The Banker
By: Kelly Broad and Hattie Dalton

Oscar Short Film WInners

2006 Winner
Name: West Bank Story
By: Ari Sandel

2005 Winner
Name: Six Shooter
By: Martin Mcdonagh

2004 Winner
Name: Wasp
By: Andrea Arnold



Research by: Ellen Wilkinson