48 Hour Film Festival

I'm realllllly wanting to do it, and I'm hoping you can join in. First, let me summarize what it is. You have 48 hours to complete a short film. At the initial meeting, they give you a line of dialogue, a character, and a prop all of which must be present in the film. So then you have 48hrs to do all the work: writing, casting, filming, editing, adding/fixing sound and burning it to a dvd. So it's definitely intense. I was able to do one at my old school in '07, and the video is on facebook, it truly sucks as a movie but it does have a few good parts that I'm proud of.


DC had their 48ff last weekend (May 1-3), and the only reason for why I didn't do it then, was cause I didn't know till it was halfway done. Freddy, Axel and I did make it out to one set of showings on Thursday, and it was definitely inspiring. One of the "directors" said that the movies that night were mostly better than the two previous sets, the days before, and the ones we saw weren't even that amazing/complicated/finished/perfect. Some were cooler and/or better than others. One had a green screen, a couple ended without really having an ending. Putting all that together, it tells me we CAN do it. 1. It is a really fun experience. 2. Some of the movies weren't even finished, so that makes writing a story even easier. 3. Its a relatively cheap thing to do, the main investment is time. I JUST looked online and learned there is also a registration fee of $135-155...


Here's the hard part though, DC's was last weekend, meaning we won't have another chance to do it in DC, this year anyway. However, they will have ones in NYC, VA beach, and Baltimore. I think Baltimore will be the easiest to do, since its close, although its from June 12-14, which is busy for most of us. NYC is May 29-31, and Va beach is sometime in August. The deadline to get the $135 price for baltimore is May 18, so I have about a week to coax you guys into joining.

So if you're interested in doing this, definitely let me know. It'll definitely be worth it.