Short film vs. feature length film

To say that I was impressed with both films would be an understatement. Shane Acker out did himself with both films. With his short film, he was able to have an enticing story fit into seven minutes. With his feature film, Shane was able to expand the story he had into an hour and twenty minutes. I personally felt entertained throughout the whole movie. I think that's a difficult thing to do. Keeping the audience's interest is probably the most nerve racking thing. It decides the future of your film. If it's going to be successful or if it's going to fail. Shane Acker definitely achieved that. 

Both films kept the same plot. A story about a post apocalyptic world with no humans or anything that lived. The audience only knows what's shown which are human-like figures made of burlap. In the short story the audience was to assume what happened and how the burlap creatures are functioning. In the feature film, Shane had elaborated on the backstory to the burlap creatures and why they are there. Since the short film was only seven minutes long it had only one main obstacle, the monster. In the feature film, the main characters had a myriad of obstacles that prevented them from accomplishing their goals. In the short film, there were two characters that the audience grows an attachment to. In the feature film, there are nine characters that grow a relationship with the audience. There's even a love interest for the main character that wasn't shown in the short film. Overall, I think I preferred the feature film over the short film because it was able to include a lot more that felt left out in the short film.