Twice a year a group of Seattle filmmaker form teams to make a short film - write, shoot, edit, and score - in only 48 hours.
The second 48 Hours Film Project of 2014 happened only a few weeks ago and the main genre was, of course, HORROR.
Friday, October 10th, 7 pm - it’s time for the 48 Hours Film Project to start.
The challenge always start on a Friday evening with the reaping of a specific sub-genre, a character, a line of dialogue, and a prop that MUST be incorporated into the story. Each movie crew draw a piece of paper containing their sub-genre. In the past challenge the sub-genres included: Sci-Fi Horror, Horror Spoof, Vampires/Gothic, Monster/Creature Feature, Demonic Possession/Satanic Stories, Mad Scientists, Found Footage, Psychic Powers, Supernatural Horror, Funhouse/Carnival/Freaks, Serial Killers, Gore/ Slashers or "Splatter" Film, Asylum/Insanity, Natural Horror (nature running amok). With the option of withdraw a wildcard: B-Movie Horror, Zombies, Ghosts, Witchcraft, Cannibalism or Cannibal Films, and Horror Musical.
With sub-genre, prop, dialogue, and character on the line it is time to get to work. At this point each team will decide their own schedule, as long as their movie is turned in at 7pm on Sunday.
Some teams start to shoot right after the reaping, and shoot throughout the night. Others will just start to shoot on Saturday afternoon or evening.
For this challenge the required elements were: Character - Val or Valerie Kiossovski: Musician; Prop - Avocado; Line of Dialogue - "I believe the science is still out on that."
Thomas Tierney, from Ticket Productions, normally leaves the meet up, writers the script, send it out to his actors and crew, and the action starts on Saturday morning.
Saturday, October 11th, 9am - Thoma’s crew meet at the location to start the shooting. For this challenge they picked up the sub-genre Funhouse/Carnival/Freaks. Not everybody is on time, but that's ok, there is a lot to get organized before the shooting starts.
The first actor goes into the the make-up room. The set is organized the way the director wants it to look. First actor is ready to go. Second actor goes into the make-up room. Rehearsal starts. Thomas gives some guides for the actors. Second actor is ready and the shooting begins. Actor 3 goes into the make-up room. They don't have much time, so while the other actors are getting ready the shooting is already happening.
The first actor goes into the the make-up room. The set is organized the way the director wants it to look. First actor is ready to go. Second actor goes into the make-up room. Rehearsal starts. Thomas gives some guides for the actors. Second actor is ready and the shooting begins. Actor 3 goes into the make-up room. They don't have much time, so while the other actors are getting ready the shooting is already happening.
"Silence on set." - Thomas asks, when he's about to start.
The location goes mute. Nobody talks. Nobody moves. Only the actors. The magic of making movies has started!
The shooting goes on until about 5pm.
"It's a wrap." - Calls Thomas. But now is time to edit.
Saturday, October 11th, 7:34pm - Thomas posts on his Facebook page: "Editing almost complete!! :)." Yeah, this guy is fast!
Sunday, October 12th, 6:30pm - Movie is ready, it's time to turn it in!
Photo: Thomas' Facebook
Talk time with Thomas Tierney:
When was your first 48 hours film project? And why did you decide to participate?
I was a big fan of the Sci-Fi genre growing up, with shows like Battlestar Galactica and the recently released Star Wars, Star Trek the motion picture that really fueled my imagination. I really wanted to explore model building, set design and costumes. Life took over the closer I became an adult so I placed some of the things I really wanted to do on the back burner. When I decided to explore it again I came across Nils Osmar who was teaching classes and decided to take one.
Our first project - Die Trying, I built one of the props – a nasty little device that was shoved into the skin and stuck there, I was hooked again. I took another class and built the robot costumes for it. Nils wanted to use the costumes for the next 48 Hour Film Project, so I attended, dressed the actors and got to see my costumes on the big screen.
What is more challenging about making a movie in so short period of time?
The more challenging aspect of a 48 HFP is locations and trying to tie that into the genre selected. When you have general locations and you select, say western, you might be pretty well screwed.
How do you think the 48 hours film project helps with the development of the film industry in Seattle?
The 48 HFP is a place for Networking, where budding artists can meet and develop relationships in the Seattle area. The more people you know the larger your talent pool becomes, it makes things easier when you have a list of talent you never knew existed.
If you could change something in the challenges that you have participated so far, what would that be?
Simply, if I could change one thing I would level the playing field by capping the talent on each team or by limiting the amount of money each team can spend on their productions. There are a lot of people participating, some with large budgets, some with no budget. The larger teams with larger budgets usually steal the show and to me, it seems to be an unfair advantage.
What are the Ticket Productions future plans?
The idea for Ticket Productions isn’t so much a company but a community that comes together, has fun, and produces something stunning with limited resources. It is a place for those interested to learn about film, film making and everything else that can be bundled in. Although we are a group that isn’t in it for the money the hope is to one day have a studio, an online channel that offers multiple types of entertainment, and a place for learning free, from some of the bizarre politics and clicks that tend to creep into some Seattle films.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NU4F5kpLkxLbImuC341yTropSpFwe6kZlr_HEx3V-EE/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
https://www.48hourfilm.com/
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