Genre of a short film

In researching the genre of the short film for ideas and guidance, I found a useful website that has some advice and pointers to consider. http://www.scribd.com/doc/13163411/Short-Films-Genre
A caption of this website states the following:


The great thing about shorts is that they can be anything – the only limit beyond the cost of production is that of your own imagination. So don't be hemmed in ­ let your imagination fly. Play with your ideas. Play with the form. Every short can and should be a unique vision.
Film is about telling stories in pictures, which is the most economical way of
telling a story – and in the making of shorts, economy is everything. Remember
the golden rule of film making: show, don't tell. The idea and story can be focused
enough in scope to exist entirely in the viewer's head, and so logic and time can
play a much smaller role in the journey from beginning to end than in other
formats.
The best short films are often a moment that is played out, but one that has a
story at its heart ­ a conflict that has to be resolved, where there's a deadline to
the action, where there's a choice that a character has to make. You should
always try to tell a story. Short films aren't an excuse to break all the rules – but
they are an opportunity to push the boundaries of what cinematic storytelling can
do.

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