The 48 Hour Film Competition comes to Greensboro this weekend! I'm on one of 26 teams vying for "best in the City" (DP/co-writer). Winners are then put in the National contest against the likes of LA, Chicago, NY, etc. This is Greensboro's first year in the competition and because of the number of teams that entered, we've been given a slot in next year's Competition!
Each team begins at 7:00 p.m. tonight where they meet the with the Competition officials. The teams draw out their genre (mystery, musical, action/adventure, etc.) are given one prop and one line of dialogue to incorporate into the film and off they go!
We have to write, shoot, edit, score a final 4-8 minute short and have the finished product in the committee's hands by 7:00 p.m. Sunday night. The 26 shorts will then be shown at one of our multiplexes on TUE and WED nights where the juding will take place.
It should be a tiring weekend, but a lot of fun and a great learning experience. I can hardly wait to see the finished pieces on the big screen!
Umm, say Noto Mono - if you and your show-biz friends aren't too busy this weekend . . .!
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After a late night Friday with a group writing, we began at 9:00 a.m. on SAT and ended shooting at 9:00 p.m. The genre we drew from a hat was "romance" (definitely not my forte!), but we ended up with a pretty good story - even if it was sort of a 'chick flick'.
Two guys spent the night last night editing into a rough cut and now the composer has it. He has written several melodies on Saturday and he'll tweak them and add them to the movie today. We then add his wave file to the final, color-corrected cut, render it and get it to the contest officials by 7:00 p.m. tonight!
It was long, tiring, but yes, it was fun! Just being able to hang out with "like kind" was a blast!
The music has been added (this composer may win the "best original music" category) and it looks a lot better than a 48 hour film should! But with 25 other teams, winning the Best in the City will be very difficult.
Umm, since I was only the DP (not the Director), I'm not sure, but I'll certainly look into it.
Also, since I'm not enrolled in any educational institution, I don't know if Chris would want to set a precident in posting a non-student film.
Perhaps I can just compress the heck out of it and post it on my site (when I get my copy). It may not look as good, but I'm sure everyone will get the idea!
By the way, out of 26 teams, only 16 made the 48-hour deadline (we made it with 15 minutes to spare). Somewhat increases our chances at an award!
Ok, I sat through 13 shorts that were made in 48 hours (or more!). My honest opinion is that ours would have been fourth or fifth. It wasn't the best, and it certainly wasn't the worst - by far!
I thought the color was extremely washed out - don't know if that was something I did wrong or the editor did something (he did "color correct in post"). He and the director wanted a "bluer" look to the film and my shots were very warm, but not too red. But everything was very washed out. Maybe that was a result of blowing it up on the big screen. I don't really know, but when I was shooting, it looked good.
Everyone laughed at the right spots, but I thought it was a bit choppy in pieces. Not too bad though.
The funniest short by far was about a super-villain who terrorized the planet, was caught, jailed, released and tried to again terrorize people - thirty years later! It was hilarious!
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