Award winning 48 Hour Film Project team Transvideo Studios came to San Jose to compete in 2009, even though they were ineligible to win Best of City after their victory in San Francisco earlier that same summer. Their plan was more ambitious for this project, and the challenges they faced came from surprising quarters. The […]
Monthly Archives: August 2010
They Came from The Supermarket
An invasion can come from anywhere. These alert filmmakers predicted the next great invasion, and bring us a cautionary tale from the future. Their entry in the 2009 48 Hour Film Project won an Audience Choice Award for their screening group. You’ll never stand easy at the supermarket checkout after you’ve seen this film. Tomorrow […]
Footwear!
Don’t know how we missed this one. It took a friend pointing this YouTube phenom out for us before we discovered (35 million YouTube views late) the delight of knowing Kelly. If you don’t think your boss is in the building, why not explore the entire breadth (pun intended) of Kelly’s adventures and family saga? […]
Alone Again? No Sweat.
Sometimes a work comes along and you can’t be sure if it’s a short film, or a music video, or simply a beautifully framed spoken word performance. No matter what, we’re proud to share this work with you. Thanks to our friend Maggie McGovern for bringing this to our attention.
Experts and Consultants
The teams in San Francisco’s 2010 48 Hour Film Project drew “Geoffery Cook, a consultant” as their required character. Veteran team It Donned On Me took the challenge, along with their randomly drawn genre “Heist Movie” and went to it with gusto. This is what they produced. We have to admit being smitten with the […]
Beautiful Moments, No Losers
Our friends in the indie acoustic rock band The Beautiful Losers granted permission to use a couple of their tracks to score a highlights reel from the San Francisco 48HFP. This particular reel (about 4 mins in length) is cut to a track from their recently released CD, Four Corners of a Tiny Planet. We […]
Til the Money Comes
48HFP: $927 – Washington DC 2008
Perspective
We’ve always enjoyed programming that puts things into perspective for us. In the history of such works (dramatic and narrative), we’ve enjoyed many delightful works. Stories like those in Life is Beautiful, Contact, and and Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy come immediately to mind. Long running works such as Connections, and Cosmos spring forth in […]
The Language of Love
Music is the language of love and musicians are often the finest consultants on the matter. In this short film from Detroit filmmakers Lionbelly Media for the 2009 48 Hour Film Project, we see how it can pay off to have a band on your side. On the other hand, maybe it’s better to learn […]
Who Gets the Girl
We always knew there were some rules about who gets the girl, but we’ve never seen it as clearly explained as it is here in this Adventure Serial movie from Thinking Stone Pictures. Hold onto your seats, keep your head low, and get ready to enjoy an amazing ride with Mister and Dister Action. We […]