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Volume 12, Issue 2
  • ISSN: 2042-7824
  • E-ISSN: 2042-7832

Abstract

In this article, I explore the landscape of short fiction film in the frame of two broad categories, Classical and Art shorts, and present a chart identifying how styles and devices are at play. Finally, as a brief case study, a short fiction film example is scrutinized and tentatively categorized according to the chart.

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