After searching it seems there are very few conventions for short films. The only one i could find regularly was that they have to be short but even the maximum length seems to be undecided for someone to class a film as "short". the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences classify it as 40 minutes, while the Internet Movie Database refers to any film lasting less than 45 minutes as a short subject.
Different countries and cultures also have different views on the length of a short film. the North American definition generally refers to films between 20 and 40 minutes, the definition refers to much shorter films in Europe, Latin America and Australia. In New Zealand, for instance, the description can be used to describe any film that has a duration longer than one minute and shorter than 15 minutes.
For a far more indepth explanation of short films check : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_film
While the actual length a short film can be seems to be undecided my film has a much more defined specification. The mark scheme specifically states that it will have to be around 5 minutes long. Being given specific length for the film will be a benefit to me as it allows me to confine my ideas for the film more specifically and gives me a very reasonable target to aim for with the film plots I come up with.
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