the 48 hour film project will return to san diego from august 8th to august 10th, 2008. filmmakers from all over the san diego area will compete to see who can make the best short film in only 48 hours. the winning film will go up against films from around the world for the title “best 48 hour film of 2008″.

a few fellow students and yours truly will be entering in this. we had our first meeting on thursday and this post is for those who either missed the meeting, wanted to check up on personal notes for the project or are simply just curious about the project.

straight from their site:

now in its eighth year, the 48 hour film project is the ultimate filmmaking challenge. making a film isn’t so hard, is it? here’s the catch—you’ve got to do it all (and we mean all) in just 48 hours! to make things interesting and to keep everyone honest, there’s a random drawing just prior to the start of each competition, where each film team will select a genre for its film. in addition, we will announce a character, prop and line of dialogue that must appear in each film. you are responsible for putting together your own cast and crew, and getting equipment and anything else you need to make a film/video. because we guarantee a screening to all teams that submit an on-time film, we limit the number of teams that participate in each city.

some technical notes:

• registration fees are $125 and $155 per team, depending on the city.
• san diego’s fee is $155, but there is an early bird fee of only $135.
• teams will be admitted on a first come, first serve basis.

click here to view the production documents.

click here to view the rules.

some of the personal notes i came up with from the meeting:

• we will be working on a separate project before the official 48 hour film. we’re doing this in order to develop a chemistry within the team and get a feel for everyone’s work ethic and style. we will be getting together on the first week of july. this will be during our break where everyone will have some free time and not have to worry about finals.
• our next meeting is not scheduled yet, but will be sometime in the next few weeks to get everyone else on board that didn’t make it to the meeting.
• the first-come-first-serve applies to everyone. no one will get preferred reserverations…that means even the best out there in san diego, if denied access because of no more room, would most likely be placed in a san diego team. so we’ll need to prepare for that, just in case.
• if i’m not mistaken, best fest requires us to submit clearance forms for locations during registration. we have some scouting to do guys.
• when scouting locations, we should consider choosing spots that are nearby areas where we can all meet and capture footage, do editing, have bathrooms available, have food available, etc. this is because constant driving back and forth between long distances will waste too much of our time.
• we need to decide on a central area where we can all meet to do our editing, audio, motion graphics, footage logging and other additional work. someone’s home or perhaps the school was suggested.
• registration fees will hopefully be taken care of by the school.
• there is a good chance we are getting the help of a playwright.
• we are keeping the first unofficial project to a cast of 5 people at the most, but we need as many talent contacts possible. “actors are flaky”, and we need to make sure we have backups just in case.
• updates, pictures and other news reguarding the project will be posted on this blog. you can access them immediately by clicking on the “48hours” category to your right.
• the actual 48 hours when the official project takes place will be pretty crazy. it will be very fast-paced and preparation is key. key roles will be decided in the next meeting or two. expect to devote a lot of time to the project the week before the project.
• we will be filming a behind-the-scenes documentary piece regarding production, locations, talent, script, etc.
• we’ll need walkie talkies. that will make things fun. i have two of them available.

we’re all pretty excited about the project. again preparation will be a huge factor in whether or not we can submit something worthwhile. i’m quite excited to work with everyone on this project. there’s some real talent on this team and considering the fact that everyone knows pretty much everyone else, there won’t be much effort involved to build up that chemistry. i’m especially looking forward to that 48-hour filming, editing and rendering session.

here are some of the contacts for the team so far. phone numbers will not be listed, but i will e-mail everyone that information soon.

• bert munoz
  bert.munoz [at] gmail [dot] com
  video, editor, cinematography, director
• alberto garcia
  albertoagarcias [at] gmail [dot] com
  video, editor, motion graphics, director
• gaston vera
  gastonjah [at] gmail [dot] com
  sound design, actor
• adam monzon
  adammonzon [at] yahoo [dot] com
  video, editor, audio, motion graphics
• james santos
  boostedboogie [at] gmail [dot] com
  video, editor, design, assistant director, director of photography
• kevin boyd
  sdartist [at] gmail [dot] com
  video, editor, director, actor
• mark
  n/a
• connie
  conception.allen [at] gmail [dot] com
  n/a

if you are a student and are interested in joining our team, please get a hold of me @ boostedboogie@gmail.com. we’ll need all the help we can get and we’ll make sure everyone plays some sort of role in the team.

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