2008 Fighting with Forks 48 hour film project.
48 hour film project: Where you write, shoot, edit, and finish a film, start to finish, in 48 hours.
The opening music to Jon Brion’s brilliant soundtrack to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind pulled me from my sleep at 5am Friday morning, reminding me that my car-driving services we needed (wife to the airport). I’m reminded at this point that I won’t be sleeping much over the next several days.
Sleep, a summery:
5am, Friday morning, wake up.
4:45am, Saturday morning, go to sleep.
6:45am, Saturday morning, wake up.
6isham, Sunday morning, doze off.
6:30isham, Sunday morning, wake up, realizing that i’ve missed a few minutes of editing, while Bobby and Mark continue to review and change and add.
10:45pm, Sunday night, go to sleep.
In summery: 2 1/2ish hours of sleep in a 66 hour time period. I wish my body could handle that more often. I think I’d get a lot done. Of course, I was useless for much of that time. Paul made me buy Monster, which maybe helped. I’ll tell you later.
In this post, you will hear things like:
“Our team was incredibly awesome. I would dare say magical.”
or
“Making a film in 48 hours is so much easier when you have such amazing people to work with. What a fun weekend.”
and
“Our cast and crew has to be among the best of all 48 hour teams. Everyone worked hard, they were professional, and together, we made great art.”
you may even hear
“I don’t know how Paul could keep eating those little pastries in plastic wrapping, but he did.”
We are unable to post the film online for the viewing public until the awards ceremony. That means i can’t tell you where to see it right now. I can tell you that the movie looks great. Due to time constraints (the movie could be no more than 7 min long), the story moves a little quick and, if you don’t pay attention, you could miss something that would make the end seem a touch confusing. Apart from that, I would say we killed it and had a good time doing so.
Our location had a swimming pool. Built in. Did we write that into the script? Yes. Was it a great choice? No question.
Bobby, our DP and Editor, along with one of the founding members of Fighting with Forks, our technical producer, and big fan of canned tuna, had a goal of finishing the film by 5pm, Sunday evening. The film had to be in the hands of the 48 hour people by 7pm. Due to a glitch, which there is almost ALWAYS one, we got the film in at 6:57pm. I did drive the speed limit to the shop, mostly. If i had known it was going to be THAT close, i may have gone a touch faster. I hear that Mark said a prayer.
Everything, from music to acting to behind the scenes crewing to lighting/sounding to writing to everything elseing, was more than anyone could ever hope for.
Mark and I co-directed this year, which really worked out well, I think. I also think we spend too much time together, but there’s nothing i can really do about that.
Read Bobby’s take on the weekend here.
If you have a take or have posted a blog entry, post in the comments.
If you like pie, post in the comments.
One more thing: I’d do it again next weekend.
Next project: Tomato Fest.
