48 Hour Film Project Entry: Sourween July 29th, 2009
Our team’s entry for the Detroit 48 Hour Film Project is called Sourween. We drew a holiday film genre. The assigned character was a painter, the prop a book, and the line of dialog, “Why don’t you explain it to me.” We chose to create a Halloween themed movie, and since the plot involved the sour stomach of a dog, we went with the title Sourween. After toiling away for 48 hours, we came up with this: Read the rest of this entry »
Reflections on My First 48 Hour Film Project July 28th, 2009
Last weekend I fielded a team for the Detroit 48 Hour Film Project. My last few posts detailed the effort I put into preparing for the contest. Now that it is over, it seems reasonable to reflect on the experience and how well my preparations paid off.
Final 48 HFP Preperations July 24th, 2009
Well folks, tomorrow is the start of our first 48 Hour Film Festival. I’m a bit nervous, but that’s typical since I’ve been nervous in my previous film shoots. In the past, I’ve been nervous that I didn’t prepare properly and would forget something and end up wasting people’s time. For this competition, only limited preparation is allowed so I guess I’m just nervous that we’ll not make the deadline.
More 48 HFP Preperations July 18th, 2009
With our team’s 48 Hour Film Project less then a week away, I’ve been busy making final preparations. One issue we needed to resolve is how to share files with remote team members. A friend suggested I take a look at Dropbox as a way to share files online. Since my plan is to share uncompressed Quicktime movie files with remote team members, I needed a solution that offered plenty of storage space. So how much is plenty? With files ranging in the 100s of MB, we needed a way to share 10s of GB of data.
The 48 Hour Film Project July 7th, 2009
I’m fielding a team for the 48 Hour Film Project in Detroit, Michigan, July 24-26. This yearly contest takes place during the summer in cities across the country and beyond. Each team is assigned a genre, plot, character, and a line of dialogue. The team then has 48 hours to complete a 5-7 minute short film.