So if my memory serves correct, two weekends ago I shot my SEVENTH 48 Hour Film. (For those unfamiliar with the quite popular, international filmmaking competition, the 48HFP gives filmmakers the opportunity to write, shoot, score and edit a 4-7 minute film in, you guessed it, 48 Hours.) I actually get fairly preachy about how great the 48HFP is, and I HIGHLY encourage people filmmakers of all skill levels to try it out. The most you have to lose is one weekend of your life, and hopefully at the end you have something shiny and new to show off. Read more…
Posts Tagged ‘48 HFP’
Hear me geek out on Planet5D
I was flattered when Mitch Aunger, the creator behind the successful website Planet5D.com (devoted to all things Canon HDSLR), asked to do a live web interview with me. We met at NAB last month at the All-In Film event, which I had invited him to, and he recently saw the latest 48 Hour Film I DPed, and asked if I wanted to do an interview. So tonight at 9pm EST I will be having a web video interview with Mitch. I imagine will talk about cameras and other fun toys, as well as some of my other work and my favorite breakfast cereals. Read more…
Another 48 Hours
So here’s how it went down:
At 7pm Friday night, my buddy Keith texted me: “Sci-fi”. I responded: “Ick”. He wrote back: “I’m sorta thinking ick also”.
I was about to embark on my sixth effort in a 48 Hour Film Project and Keith had pulled Sci-fi as our genre. I didn’t really want to make a Sci-fi film. Neither did he. We had the opportunity to throw it back and go for the “wild card” genre, but that could have been worse. Read more…
48 Hour Filmmaking
This past month I participated in the Boston 48 Hour Film Project. This is a filmmaking experience sweeping through dozens of cities around the world (I think they are up to 80 cities now) where people work alone or in teams to create a 4-7 minute film, from script to screen, in a mere 48 hours. This most recent one was, in fact, the fifth one that I participated in and it is awesome to see how big the 48HFP has become. There were over 75 teams participating in Boston alone! I really can’t recommend enough that all filmmakers (professionals or amateurs) try the 48HFP at least once. It is such a great experience to test your skills, try something new, and make you a faster filmmaker in general.
This year I worked with a new team led by Genine Tillotson, a producer/director I have worked with in the past who was doing the 48HFP for the first time. In somewhat atypical fashion (of the 48HFP) she went about the task of preparing for this film much like you would a larger scale production. Read more…