100 Team Maximum!

The 48hfp committee decided this year to cap the number of teams who can enter at just 100. We had 110 last year (I think)? I like this new development since the contest originated in Washington, D.C., it is always the biggest contest of all 80 cities. So I'm glad they aren't going to let it keep growing.

Don't forget team, that the screenings will be immediately following our crazy weekend. This year, those will occur Tuesday-Friday, May 4-7. Last year, they did 2 screenings per night, a 7:30pm and a 9:00pm so we can assume a similar schedule this year.

For those of you with erratic work schedules, try to keep this in mind when accepting jobs, maybe try to snag those daytime only shoots?

48hfp Genre Shake-Up

They did it again! I just read the official "genre" post on the 48hfp website and they have eliminated 3 of the 2009 genres and put 3 new ones in. They also created a refreshed Wild Card Genre List. Lord help us!

The 3 eliminated genre are: Detective/Cop, Holiday Film, and Superhero. In their place, in the main genre list are: Film Noir, Road Movie, Silent Film.

So the official MAIN genre list for 2010 is:

Buddy

Comedy

Drama

Fantasy

Film de Femme (must have lead female character)

Film Noir

Horror

Mocumentary

Musical or Western

Road Movie

Romance

Sci Fi

Silent Film

Thriller/Suspense

Wild Card Genre

(if you don't like the genre you initially pick, you can take your chances for a wild card but then you are stuck with it)

Adventure Serial

Dark Comedy

Foreign Film

Heist

Historical Fiction/Period Piece

Mystery

Surprise Ending

Time Travel Movie or Doppelganger Movie

50 Teams

Just five days after registration opened, there are already fifty teams registered. I don't remember last year how many teams registered in the first week, just wanted to document this on the blog so I remembered next year.

The 2009 contest had 110 teams entered, so we're halfway there already after just a few days. Game on, D.C.! South County United has a mission to get into the top 12, so watch out!

Sean Healey's name is in lights: http://www.48hourfilm.com/dc/ (those damn Directors get all the glory)

Official Registration

Congratulations!

Your team, SOUTH COUNTY UNITED, is officially registered for the Washington, DC 48 Hour Film Project scheduled to begin April 30.

For more information, go to the Washington, DC page of our website:
http://www.48hourfilm.com/dc/

Announcement Email

Another email arrived today from the 48hfp producer, Mark Ruppert. He wanted to remind us that registration for this year's 48hfp starts MONDAY! Again, my calendar reminder is set so I will take care of this for South County United.

They have a new workshop planned for this year with lessons on Filmmaking and Secrets to a Successful 48 Hour Film. It's Sunday April 18th if anyone is interested. It's taught be award-winning 48hfp filmmakers. Details about cost and curriculum will be announced soon so I'll update you all when that email comes out. I have it on my calendar to try and attend, depending on how much it costs and what else might be going on that weekend.

They are also having a mass-audition casting call called Stonehenge on Sunday, March 28th. They show monologues delivered on screen from about 120 actors/actresses who are interested in being cast in a 48hfp. Sounds interesting, do you guys think it's something we should attend? We still don't have any females interested in acting, do we? The event is $20 for two people to attend. It might be worth it to go check it out, even if we don't use any of the people we see audition?