Taking place in cities around the world, the 48 Hour Film Project is a weekend-long project in which teams compete to make a film in just 48 hours. All the work – writing, shooting, editing, scoring, etc. – must be done by the team during the forty-eight hours. It’s only a 4 to 7 minutes short film, but that’s a lot of work to do in a short period of time.
This leads to long days with little to no sleep, and lots of nail biting as you try to turn it in on time and not a second late! But that’s all part of the fun.
In addition to the time constraint, each team must make a film in a particular genre which they draw from a hat at the start of the weekend. All teams are also given a character, prop, and line of dialogue that must be included in their film. All of the films are screened at a local theater the following weekend where they are judged by both the audience and a panel of judges.
So on July 17th, my teammate Clint and I drove to The Camel, the designating “Kickoff” location for the 48 Hour Film Project in Richmond, where we drew the genre of our soon-to-be film. Our genre: Holiday Film. The required elements:
- Character: Michael or Michele Dooley, “Green” Expert
- Prop: Tomato
- Line of Dialogue: “You can ask her yourself.”
Forty-eight hours later our film was complete, and now, for your viewing pleasure, it is online. Enjoy.
Update: Now available on YouTube, as well.
Been listening to this one a lot, pretty much the whole way through.
This novel was published after the Chilean-Mexican author's death, and I'm not even sure if it was entirely finished or not. It is broken up into five parts which, while connected, stand pretty much on there own. I have not yet made it to the grim part about the murders of hundreds of women in Mexico, so I have so far found it enjoyable and even funny despite some dark underpinnings. It's had a ton of critical praise, and I like it much more than my last foray into the violent novel genre: Blood Meridian.
