Research Into Homophobic Bullying

Homophobic bullying is a topic that is widely covered in the form of short film. It generally contains the views of people who class themselves as homosexual and those who don’t.
This topic is always approached in both sensitive and mature manners, but can still be a completely different type of film, e.g. a serious informative documentary, or a light-hearted comedy that looks down on homophobes and intends to make those in a similar situation feel happier.

A lot of well-made documentary style films contain factual information on homophobic bullying and in-depth conversations with those affected. This is a good way to take incentive when making our short film.
And in a lot of other films, re-enactments are used to create emphasis on any point being made or story being told. So by following this example, this would make our piece more engaging to the audience as well as allowing them to visualise situations better.

Example of an H.B. Serious Short –

Example of an H.B. Comedy Short –

Conventions of the Interviewed Documentaries Genre

Documentary Conventions on Prezi

"The Black Hole" - An Example of Short Film

An example of short film is "The Black Hole" By Phill and Olly -


This short film takes on the theme of greed. It casts a man portrayed to be very normal with a job he is bored with. Through an unlikely source, he finds himself slowly progressing through many stages of temptation and discovery that lead him to start committing a theft, before being locked in a safe half-way through the act, leaving him to die. A harsh, yet appropriate story to empower the moral that stealing is wrong.

Short Film

Short film is a technical term for a piece of footage that is less than a general feature length film; they can range to anything from say 3 minutes, to 45. These short films tend to be independently produced and generally made to be uploaded onto the internet and viewed by many audiences. There is no specific genre for short film, however social realism/documentary style videos are the most popular.