48-hour film

Hey guys! We're so excited to see you next weekend... you'll be pretty busy it sounds like, but we'll be able to hang out a bit at our house.

I was part of the 48-hour film festival in Minneapolis last month which was really fun. The challenge is to write, shoot, edit, and turn in a short film all in 48 hours. On Friday evening the teams gather together and everyone is given three things that they have to use in their film: a prop, a character, and a line of dialogue. The three things are the same for all the teams. Then each team draws a film genre out of a hat, and that is the type of film they have to make. 48 hours later the teams have to turn in a finished film under 7 minutes long.

It's a whirlwind of a weekend with no sleep for the writers/directors. The films are screened at a Minneapolis theater over a week and the audience votes on their favorites. It's always really interesting to see how each team uses the required prop, character, and line.

Anyway, it's fun to see what people can come up with in such a short time, and if the script you wrote the first night sucks, there's no time to go back and try again! If you want to check out the 48-hour film website, it's www.48hourfilm.com

Here's a link to the film made by the team I was part of: www.schmidvidpro.com/film
The required elements for everyone this year were:
prop = fish
character = Mr./Ms. Perkinson, substitute teacher
line = "you look very familiar"

The genre that our team picked out of the hat was "Holiday Film" ..... we didn't win.... :-)