comparing 9: the short film to 9: the full length movie


  I first started off with the short film 9. This film was about only 10 minutes long and had no dialogue to it. My first impression of this short film so far was that it should have some dialogue. This would increase the quality of this short film by a lot. Not only would it make it better, but easier to understand. There were many times throughout this short film where I was lost. I didn't know what was happening and where I was. It was hard to follow without any dialogue to listen to. You had to resort to watching these little characters' body language. Or maybe the little noises the characters made for each emotion. Which isn't very easy when they're little rag dolls. If it had this dialogue it would be easier to understand, but they would also be able to add lots more. Dialogue plays a huge role in films. Without it they can almost seem plain and look like there wasn't much work put into it. It is like sauce for pasta, without it its bland, but when it's added it makes it 100 times more enjoyable. Other than the dialogue me and my partner agreed that this was all in all a pretty good little short film for what it was. Now on the actual film, you can see a clear difference in many different areas. The first thing, there's actual dialogue of our little rag doll characters talking amongst each other. This added a lot to the movie just as I expected and stated before. Next on our differences was a much clearer storyline and plot. You could see an actual goal the characters were trying to reach and achieve. We were introduced to a number of new characters that all played their separate roles in the film. But we also saw some recurring characters that were also in the short film. There were actually a few small spoilers in the short film. For example we saw how some characters were killed and also the numbers on the backs of characters hanging up. Of course we thought pretty much all aspects were better in the full length movie, both were fun to watch and had a number of good qualities.

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