Codes and Conventions of Short Films and Trailers

Here is a series of links to websites which discuss codes and conventions of short films.

http://www.britfilms.com/resources/shorts/

http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching/realshorts/intro.html

http://alexjowetta2media.blogspot.com/2009/10/codes-and-conventions-of-short-film.html

Making short films: the complete guide from script to screen

Below is a student written essay which neatly sums up conventions of trailers and short films. The student does make generalisations about the genres but it's still worth a quick read.Codes and Conventions of Short Films and Film Trailers