Short films aim to communicate ideas to their audience. They can point out small moments worth celebrating, shock audience members with new insights, start conversations, inspire a change in beliefs and values, entertain and ignite imaginations.

A stimulus is something that you can use as a starting point to develop ideas that can be explored in your short film. You can try using an image, a movement, or an excerpt of a text, sound or film as your stimulus.

Consider the stimulus photograph on this page.

• Describe what you see.
• What does it remind you of?
• What questions come to mind?