48HOURS

48HOURS is a film-making competition held through 6 major cities in New Zealand; Auckland, Hamilton, Gisborne, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. It involves teams of various sizes competing across New Zealand to write, shoot, edit and score the best short film, which must be between 1 and 7 minutes long, over a single 48 hour period (usually a weekend). Developed from the US-based 48 Hour Film Project, which was run in Auckland in 2003, "48HOURS" is now a New Zealand-only event and has been running since 2004.

The event is organised by New Zealand International Film Festivals stalwart Anthony "Ant" Timpson [http://www.filmhead.co.nz filmhead] . Teams attend a launch ceremony from 6-7pm on a Friday night where each team is given a randomly selected genre within which to base their film's theme. They are also given three compulsory features which are common to all teams. These are a line of dialogue, a prop and a character.

All creative work required to produce the film must be undertaken and completed within the 48 hours of the competition. This includes storylining, scriptwriting, filming, editing and audio mixing. Teams must deliver their finished film to the competition organisers by 7pm on the Sunday evening to be eligible for prizes, although late deliveries will still be screened in the heats.

In 2007, the competition had 500 teams and over 700 participants in five cities, and the 2008 competition saw 100 more teams join.

48HOURS 2007 Trivia

*500 Teams took part
*Attendance - 8,000+ cinema admissions
*Online Web Viewings - 45,000+
*3G Viewings - 10,000+
*TV Audience - 100,000+
*Prizes Total - $100,000+
*Annual Wildcard Judge - Peter Jackson

Prizes

The 2008 competition offered a prize pool of more than $100,000 including:
*Cash grants from New Zealand Film Commission and WingNut Films.
*Camera equipment from Panasonic.
*Free equipment hire from Rocket Rentals.
*Post Production services from Park Road Post, Images Post and Auckland Audio.
*And much more - view the [http://48hours.co.nz/2008/about/?ss=prizes 48hours.co.nz prize page] for details.

The grand national prize is intended to encourage the winner to produce a film project of some sort.

Past Grand National Winners

*2008 - F*Dance by Team Puppy Guts
*2007 - Lease by Team Lense Flare
*2006 - Brown Peril: The Tim Porch Story by The Down Low Concept
*2005 - A Fairly Good Tale by Crash Zoom
*2004 (no Grand National Winner)
**Auckland Winner: Jessie McCloud: The Journey by CLASSIC
**Wellington Winner: Heinous Crime by The Circus

ee also

*List of timed artistic contests
*List of film festivals

External links

* [http://www.48hours.co.nz/ 48HOURS Official Site]
* [http://www.vimeo.com/1494561/ 2008's Winning Film F*Dance by Team Puppy Guts]