Insane. We’re doing the 48 Hour Film Project starting tomorrow… we won’t know what genre our movie is until 7 pm, and we have until 7pm on Sunday to write, film, and edit our 5-10 minute short. We do have a genre list though… I’ve heard some crews are writing snippets for every possible choice, but that seems like cheating somehow.
It turns out there are a bunch of these kinds of contests, including the Extreme Filmmaker 48 Hour Film Festival and the British48 Hour Film Challenge. I’ve planned a lot. I have worksheets for storyboards, location schedule, and reel notes. I set up a crew-only blog. We have 10 people on the cast and crew, and everyone is in constant cell phone contact. We have a caterer. We have cameras, laptops, editing systems, decks, a light kit, and rented pro sound gear. I bought one can of every Stalin Coffee that they make. I just can’t help feeling like we’re forgetting something. Gah. No wonder producers get paid so much. You know who has a cool site? Greg Pak. Half Korean director. I met him once, he is pretty awesome. He has all kinds of advice on his website, including sample legal releases.