Richard Raskin teaches courses in screenwriting and video production at the University of Aarhus in Denmark.

“finally a book devoted exclusively to short film”—Das Kurzfilmmagazin; “What a pleasure to see an unjustly ignored form of cinema treated with such care and creative imagination! Blending careful analysis, historical background, and a rich array of archive materials, Richard Raskin reveals in unprecedented detail how short films tell their stories. Raskin’s study should become the definitive work on the subject.”—David Bordwell, Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Preface     Introduction     1. Two Men and a Wardrobe / Dwaj ludzie z szafa    2. Coffee and Cigarettes    3. Sunday    4. Cat’s Cradle    5. Eating Out    6. Come / Kom    7. Wind / Szél    8. Possum    9. The War Is Over / La guerra èfinita    10. A Conceptual Model: Seven Parameters for Story     Conclusion     Appendices     Bibliography     Index

Richard Raskin teaches courses in screenwriting and video production at the University of Aarhus in Denmark.

“finally a book devoted exclusively to short film”—Das Kurzfilmmagazin; “What a pleasure to see an unjustly ignored form of cinema treated with such care and creative imagination! Blending careful analysis, historical background, and a rich array of archive materials, Richard Raskin reveals in unprecedented detail how short films tell their stories. Raskin’s study should become the definitive work on the subject.”—David Bordwell, Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Preface     Introduction     1. Two Men and a Wardrobe / Dwaj ludzie z szafa    2. Coffee and Cigarettes    3. Sunday    4. Cat’s Cradle    5. Eating Out    6. Come / Kom    7. Wind / Szél    8. Possum    9. The War Is Over / La guerra èfinita    10. A Conceptual Model: Seven Parameters for Story     Conclusion     Appendices     Bibliography     Index

Richard Raskin teaches courses in screenwriting and video production at the University of Aarhus in Denmark.

“finally a book devoted exclusively to short film”—Das Kurzfilmmagazin; “What a pleasure to see an unjustly ignored form of cinema treated with such care and creative imagination! Blending careful analysis, historical background, and a rich array of archive materials, Richard Raskin reveals in unprecedented detail how short films tell their stories. Raskin’s study should become the definitive work on the subject.”—David Bordwell, Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Preface     Introduction     1. Two Men and a Wardrobe / Dwaj ludzie z szafa    2. Coffee and Cigarettes    3. Sunday    4. Cat’s Cradle    5. Eating Out    6. Come / Kom    7. Wind / Szél    8. Possum    9. The War Is Over / La guerra èfinita    10. A Conceptual Model: Seven Parameters for Story     Conclusion     Appendices     Bibliography     Index