The rise of the internet has also been coupled with the availability of video equipment. Video cameras were, to the vast majority of people, unaffordable before the 21st century, and have only really become truly affordable and portable in the last ten years. The quality of home video equipment has also recently improved dramatically which is now supported by internet sites such as youtube.com with their HD compatibility.
This is all good news for short film as it makes it available to almost everybody for a fraction of the price years ago. As a result there has been a huge rise in amateur filmmakers who can afford to fund, exhibit and distribute their own short films on the internet.
The rise in short film festivals has also increased the popularity of shorts as it provides amateurs as well as professionals to gain recognition for their work and provides them with the possibility of being spotted and creating opportunities for them to break into the industry.
Festivals such as 'Future Shorts' combine all of these new technologies and concepts and provide a chance for filmmakers to distribute their work internationally as well as the opportunity to network with other filmmakers around the world. Future Shorts can distribute a filmmakers work to screenings in 60 cities in 18 countries in the world, as is quoted on their website: http://www.futureshorts.com/htmlViewer.php?id=12
This kind of international networking would never have been possible 20 years ago and shows how technological developments have opened new doors for short film as a medium and is why short film production and popularity will continue to increase as the technology develops and the equipments becomes more and more available.
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