For some writer\/directors, making a short film is indeed a stepping stone towards a career in the feature film realm, although sometimes a short\u2019s success doesn\u2019t guarantee an immediate film deal.<\/p>\n
\u00a0When Sean Ellis\u2019s Cashback<\/strong> was nominated for an Oscar in 2005, the director managed to develop the short into a feature film, using most of the existing footage for his upgraded narrative. Cashback<\/strong>, the feature (Canada: Altlantis\/Remstar, U.S.A.: Magnolia), was later followed by The Broken <\/a><\/strong>(2008) and though both films are very flawed (see reviews), Ellis\u2019 short did succeed in giving the director a career jump; this was admittedly helped by Uncle Oscar, who perhaps gave 2005\u2019s Oscar Winner, Martin McDonagh, an even bigger boost when his short, Six Shooter<\/strong>, led to In Bruges <\/strong>(2008).<\/p>\n For comparison, there\u2019s Brain Hecker\u2019s 1998 debut Family Attraction <\/strong>(Vanguard), which the writer\/director made while at the AFI. The film went on to become one of the organization\u2019s most successful shorts, and yet it took Hecker a bit longer to develop and produce his first feature, 2008\u2019s Bart Got a Room<\/strong> (Anchor Bay\/Starz). Granted, Hecker had to start from scratch (and draw from his youth years to create a tale of prom angst), but the success in moving from short to feature is very much a crap shoot, determined by factors other than mere luck, timing, or accolades.<\/p>\n Just uploaded are reviews for Cashback<\/a><\/strong>, as well as Magnolia\u2019s short film anthology, A Collection of 2005 Academy Award Nominated Short Films<\/a><\/strong>, which contains the original version Cashback, as well as Six Shooter and several other notable shorts.<\/p>\n Coming shortly: Brain Hecker\u2019s efforts, including Bart Got a Room <\/strong>and Family Matters<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For some writer\/directors, making a short film is indeed a stepping stone towards a career in the feature film realm, although sometimes a short\u2019s success doesn\u2019t guarantee an immediate film deal. When Sean Ellis\u2019s Cashback was nominated for an Oscar in 2005, the director managed to develop the short into a feature film, using most of the existing footage for his upgraded narrative. Cashback, the feature (Canada: Altlantis\/Remstar, U.S.A.: Magnolia), was later followed by The Broken (2008) and though both films are very flawed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-21G","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7792"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}