history of short films.

before we can disuss the history of short films we have to determine the definition of what a short film actually is.this is something many people find hard as apart from its time length there is no definite criteria criteria for short filmns although they do have their own forms and conventions. the technical term originally came from the north american film indusrty in the period of cinema.
short films are mainly associated with america when in the 1910's most of the faeture films started to be made into longer running ones.
the basis for short films were live acttion and animatation, but mainly it was asssociated with comdy and comedians such as laurel and hardy were well known for their short films along with many others. short films were also highly asscoaited with being about human intrests and concerts.
short films were particually popular with film compainie who produced and developed them through the silent era.
come the 1930s and after short films were being pushed aside and fewer films were being made, they were starting to be made by producers who had their own companies or forced theatres to take on the short films for the promise of using them as their big name feature, this was called block booking and this was made illeagal in 1948 in a u.s court.
in the 1960s short films were particuarlly reserved for independent filmmakers, they were known for battling and dealing with difficult topics that commericals films tried to avoid. and although the u.s was known for short films they are now better known outside of america.
comapnies such as warner bros still use short films and they are popular features on dvds as an extras. they are also vry popular as the first steps to cinematic for first tme filmmaker sas they are cheaper e=and easier to make.
thye are aslo used on tv to fill in the gaps when a programmes or long runnng film dont fit inot its precise schedule.
shorts tv was the first channel to speacialise in short films and broadcast in locations such as england and france.