48 Hour Film Project

I have been researching local organizations and businesses that are involved in the film industry and I found one that stood out to me. The 48 Film Project is a unique competition that has been going on all around the world since 2001. Filmmakers get together for one crazy, fast-paced weekend. Each team of filmmakers have just 48 hours to write, shoot and edit a short film. Each group will be given a list of things that they need to have in their film; a character, a prop, one line of dialogue and a genre. Besides these guidelines, the rest of the short film is up to the team to decide what to do.

The 48 Hour Film Project’s mission is “to advance filmmaking and promote filmmakers.” This event is a great way for filmmakers everywhere to come together, share their ideas and make some great movies in a short period of time. Having such a short period of time to make a film is a great way to encourage creativity and teamwork.

Eleven years ago Mark Ruppert came up with the idea to make a short film in 48 hours. Ruppert was able to get other filmmakers to take part in this experiment and their projects were successful. Now this competition has taken place in over 400 cities around the world. There have been 278,000 filmmakers who have participated in these competitions over the years.

Events like the 48 Hour Film Project are very beneficial to filmmakers everywhere. They are forced to think outside the box and use their creativity and communication skills to create something that normally is not done in just 48 hours time. Many filmmakers spend do much time talking and arguing about making films and very little time actually making films. I have never taken part in the 48 Hour Film Project which just took place last month but if I am not working during the next 48 Hour Film Project, I want to get my crew together and give it a shot.