Codes And Conventions

What are the codes and conventions of our genre.

How are we going to meet the codes and conventions of the genre?

How are we going to differ our film from the codes and conventions of the genre?

The general codes and conventions of a short film is that it has 1 to 3 characters and a very fast narrative this is done because due to limited time space in a film introduction to more characters will be difficult, this convention is shown in Joyride where we are only introduced to the two main characters which are The electrician and and the villain, the introduction to both of these character are done within the first minute of the film.

Another code and convention is that not much diagetic dialogue is used but instead non diagetic music is used to build suspense and lure the viewer into a false sense of security, setting atmosphere throughout the film,; this is relied on heavily in the short film Hotel Infinity where instrumental music is used to portray emotions throughout out the film, such as when the room placement stop working when the main character is trying to figure out why the room placement system isn't working the tempo of the music get faster to indicate his frustration.
The opening and ending of the film is the same with the little boy counting in Chinese, i believe this is done as it represents the monotimy and repetition of the beat of the counting to the main characters life.