Research 9, the short

Time to watch a short film! I'm really excited to watch a short film because it'll give me

the ability to see how a short film should look. I know that every short film is different and that

there isn't a structure to follow, but I think it'd be nice to see a successful short film. The short film

that I watched was called 9. This short film was directed by Shane Acker. Shane Acker was a student at

University of California, Los Angeles and had submitted one of his projects into a film festival. It's so cool to

watch a film that a student made. Even though I'm not in college and may have the same experience as him,

it shows me that I might have the potential to make something great. Shane Acker took an interesting

approach to make his film animated.

9 was a story about what seemed like a post apocalyptical world with no humans or anything that lived.

The audience only knows what's shown which is a human-like figure made of burlap. Of course by human-

like I mean the extremities like arms, legs, and a head. Since the audience knows that it's a post apocalyptic

setting, it's safe to assume that these creatures are to embark on some type of mission in order to discover or

save themselves. Like any sensible story, there was the expedition, the climax, and the resolution. The

expedition includes the two characters that the audience can tell are friends, go around and find something.

The expedition also includes an obstacle when the main character's friend dies. The climax of the story is

when the main character defeats the monster that killed his friend. The resolution is when the main character

sees the rest of his kind become free. The main character's development went from being afraid to defeating

his fear.