Trust us, this is worth your 4 minutes
As perennial participants in Bay Area 48HFP events, It Donned On Me was invited to participate in the International Shootout. In addition to their team regulars, they also cast Tasi Alabastro (who normally works with Barkada Inc.) as a character in this chilling tale.
The filmmakers tell us that they couldn’t have chosen a better place to film this.
When we saw “Back to the Future” we knew it was a fable, a fairy tale, a fantasy — in short A Lie!
But when we saw this short film from a promising young local filmmaker, we had to step back and think about it again.
Uly Mostrales is one of the creative forces behind Barkada Inc and this student film excerpt was very ably executed. Enjoy!
Uly and Barkada Inc. are regular contributors to Bay Area 48 Hour Film Project competitions (they’ve competed in both San Jose and San Francisco) and we look forward to seeing more from them in the future.
A team from Transvideo Studios in Mountain View entered the San Francisco 48HFP for the first time in 2009 and won it all! Their tale of sibling rivalry, discipline, dedication and justice charmed audiences all over the Bay Area. We just felt abashed because we didn’t see this coming!
That Claude sure is a mean sucker!
This series has become an online classic. It’s led to a great deal of notoriety for its creator. We like the style and the message. This is good work.
The full series can be seen in one long 21 minute video if you go here. We think it’s worth it.
This series from David Seger stars Randall Park and it rocked our world. We watched three full episodes before we realized that the crew had no permission from Ikea (the location for the series). You may find that you love it too.
I love it when I discover a series and realize that I can watch several episodes all at once. Hope you did it too.
Teams that won their city in the 48HFP or teams that have been award winners in multiple cities are invited to participate in the International Shootout during the fall. Teams get their instructions on Friday night by email and have until midnight on Monday to submit their film by mail. This year (2010) the teams were not given elements (prop, line, and character) but were instead given a scenario (End of the World) and turned loose.
Jacob Rangel says that the extra day to make the movie is actually a poison gift because it makes 48 Hour film faithful believe they have a lot of extra time. This just pays out enough rope to create quite a tangle. But Team Stroganoff finished on time and turned in this great story.
You can see more from Jake and Company at their blog here.
One of the conditions that competitors in the 48 Hour Film Project must meet is the use of a line of dialog supplied to them on Friday night. All of the teams must use the same line (also the same prop and character) in their films. This creates some interesting conditions during the screening and highlights night.
The team that made this next film found a wonderful way to use their line, ‘What just happened?”
They also took home a pair of “Best Acting” awards for two of their cast members.
When a 48HFP team draws Science Fiction as their genre, all sorts of things can happen. When PizzaInfinity drew the card, well, this is what happened.
Good work. We think this was a delightful response to one of the genre choices that many teams fear.
Team PizzaInfinity: http://www.youtube.com/user/PizzaInfinity
In addition to the excellent series (Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager) there is also a series of ancillary spots that feature Chad in other parts of his life. This clip was recently released. It illustrates some of Chad’s “empire-class” pickup strategies. Will it work? Will Chad go out with Felicia Day. If you dig around, you can also find Chad in public service announcements, training films and more.
Sometimes you shouldn’t give in to the most enticing course of action in life. And sometimes you should.
Be enticed by this music video from DB Cheng, shot in San Jose in a local club.
Jenn Grinels came ready to melt the ice in the drinks at this full out performance
I was proud to assist the production team for this work. I enjoyed it and learned a lot.