The Rise of the Short Film

I've noticed latel that the short film has begun to make a name for itself. many different cultural fads and advances in technology have allowed for a number of different medias to arise, of which, the short film is one. Almost a seperate entity from any other film works due to its way of presenting ideas and commonly controversial issues in under eight minutes or so, they are easily accessible and fit our needs for short concise, and fast information intake that is so common to our culture. IPods and fast streaming allow for easy distribution of short films and were until now, usually free. The changing market for short films however could, in the future, hold its own as an income because so many people love short films these days and are willing to pay for them. Anyone can create short films in this current age with all of our different artistic programs and equipment now made available to the common man, lets just hope that we don't become jaded and begin to start pumping out generic trend-whore films to which Hollywood has so succumbed.