48hfp 2011: Genre Shake-Up

Once again, the 48hfp genres are changing! OK, so they aren't really changing by much, they kind of just moved a couple of last year's wild card genres into the main genre list. Yikes.

But they did retire a few genres this year including our beloved Buddy Film (aka, From Behind the Cornhole circa 2009).

The other 4 genres retiring for 2011, I'm not gonna miss:

• Drama (snooze fest)
• Film Noir (who wants to film all night Friday?)
• Road Movie (seems too big for a 4-minute film)
• Silent Film (hallelujah! this one scared me the most)

Oh, and they added a brand new category this year. They didn't explain it but it probably doesn't really need explanation. In honor of 48hfp's 10th birthday, they've added a Birthday/Anniversary genre. Interesting. I already have a few ideas percolating on this one, I think it could be fun and different. Erin's birthday is the week of the contest. Kora's birthday is the week after. Just sayin'.

They've also brought back a few older genres that we didn't see last year. Thankfully they threw them into the wildcard list: Coming of Age, Family, War/Anti-War.

Anyway, without further ado, the official genre and wildcard lists for 48hfp 2011 are:

At the Kickoff Event, each team draws one of these genres from a hat.

• Anniversary/Birthday
• Comedy
• Dark Comedy
• Detective/Cop
• Fantasy
• Film de Femme
• Horror
• Mockumentary
• Musical or Western
• Period Piece
• Romance
• Sci Fi
• Superhero
• Thriller/Suspense

2011 Wild Card Genres

• Adventure Serial
• Coming of Age
• Drama
• Family Film
• Heist
• Silent Film
• Time Travel Movie
• War or Anti-War Film

48hfp DC 2011 has begun!

and......ACTION!

Hey SCU, good news. We are officially registered for the 48-Hour Film Project! Just a reminder to mark your calendars, the official dates are Friday April 29th through Sunday May 1st.

Start putting your brain into film mode and send me any story ideas you've been tossing around. Even just a nugget of an idea is a good start, we have a creative bunch of folks who can help craft the smallest idea into a story. Time to get m-o-t-i-v-a-t-e-d! We're less than 2 months away from Kickoff!

Many more pestering emails to come from me in the following days and weeks!