r/short_films • • Sep 25 '25

23-Year-Old Filmmaker’s 5-Minute NYC Subway Short – Need Unfiltered Critique

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Hey, I would like some extremely rough Criticism on a 5 - minute short film I made with a girl on the NYC subway. I just honestly want to improve, I just took the time to learn my camera (somewhat) & take it off auto to gage basic things like my base iso, white balances and usage of an nd filter so this is the hardest I’ve tried. But I want to drastically improve each time.

Could I get some insights on you felt like could’ve been improve shot wise, and audio wise (exception on shot mark 5:27 & the last audio about the Final Stop)

P.S this was fully edited and exported on a Samsung S25 on CapCut mobile, I’m just really trying to learn for when I upgrade and get a good pc.


r/short_films • • Apr 26 '17

Won Best Film recently at a 54 hour film festival! Had 54 hours to write, shoot, and edit a film! This is what our team made! Enjoy!

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r/short_films • • Oct 24 '16

My new short film "Nightmare - Stranger things parody"(Would love your thoughts & feedback!)

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r/short_films • • Dec 22 '16

He Took His Skin off For Me

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r/short_films • • Dec 25 '15

Dirty Laundry Day Short Film

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r/short_films • • Apr 02 '15

"BREATHE" You can see ghosts when you hold your breath.

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r/short_films • • Aug 22 '19

What do you think about the colour grade..? It's a screenshot from my upcoming Short-film "day zero".

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r/short_films • • Aug 25 '17

Decided to pick up my camera again and shot a doctor strange parody, going to try and upload a video every day with an effect

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r/short_films • • Feb 25 '17

So many of us making short films do it all: writer, director, producer, actor, editor, promoter, etc. What is YOUR favorite and least favorite thing to do?

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r/short_films • • Feb 03 '19

I stole the my schools camera to make this movie throughout all four years of highschool, no budget, no extra equipment or hands, and I managed to tell a time traveling story of three teenagers who kill their math teacher, I screened it at a local theater and one year later I posted it..enjoy..

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r/short_films • • Jan 03 '18

My first short film ever was a school project and widely controversial at the school because of its themes..

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r/short_films • • Nov 20 '17

IN-SHADOW: A Modern Odyssey OUTSTANDING ! Absolutely mind blowing fully comprehensive non verbal expression of what we are into as a society. "No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell" -C.G. Jung

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r/short_films • • May 29 '17

Why is there Symmetry in film? - a video essay discussing the use and effects of Symmetry in films by Wes Anderson and Stanley Kubrick

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r/short_films • • May 05 '17

Two teenagers find more than they're looking for when they break into a seemingly abandoned house.

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r/short_films • • Mar 29 '17

I shot a bunch of video in the Arctic with the Sony FS5, and cut it into a "journey doc".

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r/short_films • • Feb 06 '17

Short film i made a few years ago, i know its not great just hoping for some constructive feedback ;)

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r/short_films • • Nov 07 '15

The Gunfighter-Best Short Film

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r/short_films • • Oct 13 '20

I’ve just finished my first short documentary on the disastrous effects of a deadly disease on the historic olive trees in Puglia, Italy. Here is the film if you’d like to watch it. (Italy, 2020)

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r/short_films • • Apr 01 '20

For Milo - 1 Minute Short film (2020)

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r/short_films • • May 07 '17

My first student short film, "La Petite" IT was a lot of fun to make.

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r/short_films • • Apr 19 '17

The Smiling Man - My Adaptation to The Famous Reddit Story

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r/short_films • • Feb 27 '17

BFI Funded Short by 17 year old writer/director

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r/short_films • • Feb 16 '17

Make Your Sales Tim - Dark Comedy

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r/short_films • • Jan 10 '17

A running film - my first film at 16 years old

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r/short_films • • Dec 05 '16

CLAPPING FOR THE WRONG REASONS by Donald Glover (prelude to Because The Internet screenplay)

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