Features might get all the glitzy attention, but short films are the backbone of the cinematic world. From Martin Scorsese (“The Big Shave,” 1967) to Wes Anderson (“Bottle Rocket,” 1994) to ...

From George Lucas’ “Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB” and Wes Anderson’s “Bottle Rocket,” to Ava DuVernay’s “Saturday Night Life” and Christopher Nolan’s “Doodlebug,” some of our most successful, ...

So here it is — the Raindance Seven guide to making a truly, spectacularly terrible short film and how to avoid it.

Sometimes it becomes difficult to think of a story idea even more than the script. And you wait until you are inspired, and nothing hits you. It is where a short film prompt comes in, one line can ...