V 48HOURS Furious Filmmaking is back in te Tairawhiti and registrations open April 1
On April 1st the largest short film competition in New Zealand opens for registrations for the 2008 competition, and its coming again to te Tairawhiti. Now in its 5th year the competition started in 2003 with 44 teams in Auckland only. The following year it grew to 80 teams in Auckland and 45 teams in Wellington. In 2005 the competition became truly national with Christchurch and Dunedin joining the chaos and 270 teams entering the competition. With the entrance of Tairawhiti and the Waikato over 400 teams now take part throughout the country with Peter Jackson himself a mentor and Judge for the challenge.
48 Hours has been described as the most intense film school on the planet, providing a serious challenge to every competitor, whether they are first timers or experienced directors, actors or cinematographers. This years competition will take place over a 48 hour period on the weekend of May 16 to 18. At 7pm on the Friday evening representatives of teams hailing from Hastings and Napier through Gisborne and all along the Coast as far as Whakatane, will meet at the Poverty Bay Club and will join the other teams across the nation in anticipation as the three key elements are revealed via a live C4 broadcast.
Last year the elements were a hypochondriac character named Jerry, or Gerry, a piece of rope as a prop and a line of dialogue what do you call that?. Before the teams dash off to start piecing together a puzzle that they may or may not finish, they have one more vital bit of information to gather that will truly determine the direction and shape their film is likely to take, and that is the genre. Like the key elements, the genres change yearly, and have in the past ranged wildly from unneccessary sequel to horror to mockumentary. This is truly the stuff dreams are made of, or all hope is lost, depending on how widely the teams can cast their imaginations and resources.
Within the next 48 hours teams have to create an entire short film, this means writing, shooting and editing, or die trying. They will likely experience extreme fun, exhaustion, bonding, fear, and laughter. The fun doesnt end with that weekend, as the short films, of up to 7 minutes long, will be shown in cinemas across the country and judged both by the audiences and panels of judges for $100,000.00 in Prizes. The top 8 to12 teams from each city then go on to compete in their citys final with the best short from each city competing in a live TV National Final on C4 watched by hundreds of thousands of viewers.
Over the past few years Tairawhiti has been building an impressive reputation as the home of some amazing film-makers as well as events such as the Ngati Awards and the Wairoa Maori Film Festival, not to mention the successes of the Gisborne Boys High teams in the Cut! 07 Video Competition. 48 HOURS offers up another opportunity for us to show the rest of the country what we are made of!
A team can be made up of one to one thousand members of any age, or level of experience.
Go to www.48hours.co.nz for more information and to register your team from April 1. For questions specifically relating to the Tairawhiti Competition get in touch with me on (06) 867 2049 x5143. Sarah C
Write. Cut. Shoot. Survive.
48 Hours has been described as the most intense film school on the planet, providing a serious challenge to every competitor, whether they are first timers or experienced directors, actors or cinematographers. This years competition will take place over a 48 hour period on the weekend of May 16 to 18. At 7pm on the Friday evening representatives of teams hailing from Hastings and Napier through Gisborne and all along the Coast as far as Whakatane, will meet at the Poverty Bay Club and will join the other teams across the nation in anticipation as the three key elements are revealed via a live C4 broadcast.
Last year the elements were a hypochondriac character named Jerry, or Gerry, a piece of rope as a prop and a line of dialogue what do you call that?. Before the teams dash off to start piecing together a puzzle that they may or may not finish, they have one more vital bit of information to gather that will truly determine the direction and shape their film is likely to take, and that is the genre. Like the key elements, the genres change yearly, and have in the past ranged wildly from unneccessary sequel to horror to mockumentary. This is truly the stuff dreams are made of, or all hope is lost, depending on how widely the teams can cast their imaginations and resources.
Within the next 48 hours teams have to create an entire short film, this means writing, shooting and editing, or die trying. They will likely experience extreme fun, exhaustion, bonding, fear, and laughter. The fun doesnt end with that weekend, as the short films, of up to 7 minutes long, will be shown in cinemas across the country and judged both by the audiences and panels of judges for $100,000.00 in Prizes. The top 8 to12 teams from each city then go on to compete in their citys final with the best short from each city competing in a live TV National Final on C4 watched by hundreds of thousands of viewers.
Over the past few years Tairawhiti has been building an impressive reputation as the home of some amazing film-makers as well as events such as the Ngati Awards and the Wairoa Maori Film Festival, not to mention the successes of the Gisborne Boys High teams in the Cut! 07 Video Competition. 48 HOURS offers up another opportunity for us to show the rest of the country what we are made of!
A team can be made up of one to one thousand members of any age, or level of experience.
Go to www.48hours.co.nz for more information and to register your team from April 1. For questions specifically relating to the Tairawhiti Competition get in touch with me on (06) 867 2049 x5143. Sarah C
Write. Cut. Shoot. Survive.
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