Animated Short Films in Theaters?

This is just a thought that I had for a long time and I thought that it would be cool to share it with you guys. Sometimes when I go to watch a Disney movie there will be the occasional short film before the actual features play. Short films like For the Birds or Geri's Game and the latest film, Bao which played before Incredibles 2. Personally, I love these short films, their short and entertaining and I wish that there was more to watch. My question is, do you guys think that there is a market for these in the big screen? I'm not talking about playing right before a movie, but rather people pay just to watch these animated short films, or even just regular short films for that matter. Especially in this day in age when many people have short attention spans, I feel like watching shorter stories is a cool concept. I'm not sure what I'm thinking, but it's a thought. What are your thoughts? Is there are market for something like this? I know they do these in art cinemas like Cornell Cinema, but is there a place for these in bigger theaters?

Comments

  1. Ian KirschOctober 21, 2018 at 12:09 AM

    I honestly don't know how these short films would fare on their own in theaters. Seeing as these shorts are about 5-10 minutes, attracting a sizable enough audience to turn around a profit might prove difficult. It is clear that a lot of time and effort goes into making these shorts, but it is all basically for the entertainment and critical value rather than the cash grab. While it would be a nice change to see shorts individually displayed in theaters, I don't think the business aspect of it would hold up.

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownOctober 21, 2018 at 8:11 AM

    I agree, especially now days where every single month of the year is now a big market for any big movie. In the past years no big movies would drop in the latter months of the years like from September till December. These were consider dead moths at least for big box office films. Now a day you have movies like Venom being crowned the king of October box office with 80 mill and Star Wars owning December's box office till the end of times with a 200 mill plus. With movies like these domination theater chains all throughout the year, there is very little room for shorts to be shown. Theater chains will have very little interest to set aside a screen for shorts when you have a big block buster movie coming out every other month.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Bratz: Rock Angelz is the movie I didn't know I needed

Image
This weekend, I watched the hit 2005 animated movie Bratz: Rock Angelz. This movie was one of the first Bratz films in CGI, and let me tell you- the plot is ALL OVER THE PLACE. The girls start a fashion magazine and use stolen passes to get into hot London punk clubs, but when they lose their passes they decide that the only way to get into the gig is to become a rock band? This movie can be considered capitalist propaganda- the Bratz shop in order to destress about their problems, and it's an implemental part of their lives. They don't have jobs either- Jade has an internship, but only for three hours until she is fired. Chloe meets a TRASH British prince and ignores her best friend Yasmin who finds celebrity judge Byron Powell's (I don't make this stuff up) dog, Ozzy. Jade and Sasha try to do a photo shoot for the magazine, but Sasha micromanages the whole thing and makes her friend feel bad! And this whole time, there's these two evil blond twins (Kaley Cuoco PLA...
Read more

The New Spider Man!

Image
Yesterday I saw spiderman with some buddies and we all walked out absolutely giddy! This animation is the best animation to hit the theaters in 2018. Period. I remember watching it and as I was watching it thinking, "thank god I already finished all my reviews because I don't think I can put into words how good this movie is in just a page". The style of this animation is something you have never seen before from Hollywood. It is absolutely stunning. It follows traditions of comic book artists with bright colors, dark lines on the face, and a pop art texture overlayed on top of everything. My breath was taken away during the final fight scene: it was gorgeous , emotional, and the stakes were made clear in every shot. Not only was the animation fantastic, but the story was also so well told. Every character had a meaningful arch or something you didn't expect from them. Every relationship and turning point felt genuine and earned. And you didn't have some v...
Read more