... another offshoot of the short film, this time from the commercial stu-dio of Walt Disney, was the animated short, intended to be shown with fea-ture films in theaters. These 5- to 8-minute films ... 16 THE EXPERIMENTAL NARRATIVE 20 5 PART IV New Directions 22 1Chapter 17 THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RENEWAL 22 3APPENDIX A Short Short Screenplays 23 3Vincent, by Gert Embrechts 23 5Sob Story, by Matthew ... antagonist; their structures are, for the most part, essay-like rather than narrative. The drama of real-life issuesclose to a particular political consciousness motivated these filmmakers, andtheir films...