Representation

Representation in short film of characters is very limited. The characters in short film are normally limited to being just represented by their actions rather than by the mise-en-scene of clothing. For example a single mother is easily identified in short films by walking around in an exhausted fashion, normally moving around as though they are on autopilot. The reason behind the representations of characters being represented by a small portion of what could be potentially used is that the film is set to a strict time limit and therefore the audience are forced to think more at the connotations that the camera portrays about the character. In a way this is more effective as the audience then engage in the representations more to try and form their own notions of what the narrative and its characters really mean.

Representation in feature films on the other hand is much more different. The producer and director have much more time and larger budgets to create their representations of things such as characters and gender. For example feature films have the ability to back track into the persons life and background either through verbal communication or by flashbacks.