The 48 Hour Film Project is running in 50 cities, internationally, this year. The Tampa Bay area will host filmakers from Naples to Tallahassee in an exciting competition.
March 8, 2007 (Press Release) --
Contact: Bill Rogers
48 Hour Film Project ~ Local Producer/Tampa Bay
813.263.0748
windsongpro@gmail.com
THE 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT ANNOUNCES
THE 7TH ANNUAL TOUR
NEW YORK—March 1, 2007— The 48 Hour Film Project (48HFP) announces its 7th annual national filmmaking tour visiting over 50 cities internationally with more than 1000 teams competing to win the title of “Best 48 Hour Film of 2007”. This is the first year that The Tampa Bay Area will participate in the event. The winner of each city’s competition will compete for valuable prizes and international exposure. (See www.48hourfilm.com for a sampling of last year’s prizes and exhibitions, a video trailer and still photographs - this year’s prizes have not yet been finalized, but will certainly be comparable)
The 48 Hour Film Project is like no other film competition. It gives filmmakers the chance to showcase their talent in an original and creative form. Filmmaking teams of all levels will write, shoot, and edit their films beginning at 7 PM on a Friday and deliver a finished movie by
7:30 PM Sunday. They will each receive a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue that they must work into their piece. Each filmmaker is responsible for putting together a cast and crew, and getting equipment and anything else he/she needs to make a movie in just a weekend. Any team, regardless of skill level, or professional standing, is eligible to participate in this competition.
“People in every city tell us, ‘This was the most exciting thing I’ve ever done’”, says co-executive producer Liz Langston. “Filmmakers are rushing to get into the Project,” says co-executive producer Mark Ruppert. “It’s a weekend of stress, adrenaline, creativity and fun. And at the end of it, you have a movie.”
The 48 Hour Film Project provides exposure for the filmmakers and their films—premiers are held in each city just days after the competition. The Tampa Bay Area showing will be held at the Channelside Cinemas. The winning teams’ films go on to screen at the annual awards weekend, held at SXSW, Cinequest and “Filmapalooza, NM”, in the past.
Cities involved include: Tampa (The Tampa Bay Area, extending to Naples and Tallahassee) Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Washington DC, Atlanta, Fargo, Houston, Little Rock, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Austin, Los Angeles, Aberdeen, SD, Asheville, Greensboro, Nashville, Baltimore, Brisbane, Chicago, both Portlands, Cincinnati, Miami, Des Moines, Denver, San Diego, San Francisco, Sante Fe, Tel Aviv and more. See http://www.48hourfilm.com/tour/ for the complete listing of cities.
Here, in the Tampa Bay Area, both the Tampa Film Commissioner, Krista Soroka and the St/Petersburg/Clearwater Film Commission Manager, Guy Balson, are lending enthusiastic support to the 48 Hour Film Project. A special feature of the local event will require each competing local team to feature a specific location that showcases the area as an
48 Hour Film Project ~ Local Producer/Tampa Bay
813.263.0748
windsongpro@gmail.com
THE 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT ANNOUNCES
THE 7TH ANNUAL TOUR
NEW YORK—March 1, 2007— The 48 Hour Film Project (48HFP) announces its 7th annual national filmmaking tour visiting over 50 cities internationally with more than 1000 teams competing to win the title of “Best 48 Hour Film of 2007”. This is the first year that The Tampa Bay Area will participate in the event. The winner of each city’s competition will compete for valuable prizes and international exposure. (See www.48hourfilm.com for a sampling of last year’s prizes and exhibitions, a video trailer and still photographs - this year’s prizes have not yet been finalized, but will certainly be comparable)
The 48 Hour Film Project is like no other film competition. It gives filmmakers the chance to showcase their talent in an original and creative form. Filmmaking teams of all levels will write, shoot, and edit their films beginning at 7 PM on a Friday and deliver a finished movie by
7:30 PM Sunday. They will each receive a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue that they must work into their piece. Each filmmaker is responsible for putting together a cast and crew, and getting equipment and anything else he/she needs to make a movie in just a weekend. Any team, regardless of skill level, or professional standing, is eligible to participate in this competition.
“People in every city tell us, ‘This was the most exciting thing I’ve ever done’”, says co-executive producer Liz Langston. “Filmmakers are rushing to get into the Project,” says co-executive producer Mark Ruppert. “It’s a weekend of stress, adrenaline, creativity and fun. And at the end of it, you have a movie.”
The 48 Hour Film Project provides exposure for the filmmakers and their films—premiers are held in each city just days after the competition. The Tampa Bay Area showing will be held at the Channelside Cinemas. The winning teams’ films go on to screen at the annual awards weekend, held at SXSW, Cinequest and “Filmapalooza, NM”, in the past.
Cities involved include: Tampa (The Tampa Bay Area, extending to Naples and Tallahassee) Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Washington DC, Atlanta, Fargo, Houston, Little Rock, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Austin, Los Angeles, Aberdeen, SD, Asheville, Greensboro, Nashville, Baltimore, Brisbane, Chicago, both Portlands, Cincinnati, Miami, Des Moines, Denver, San Diego, San Francisco, Sante Fe, Tel Aviv and more. See http://www.48hourfilm.com/tour/ for the complete listing of cities.
Here, in the Tampa Bay Area, both the Tampa Film Commissioner, Krista Soroka and the St/Petersburg/Clearwater Film Commission Manager, Guy Balson, are lending enthusiastic support to the 48 Hour Film Project. A special feature of the local event will require each competing local team to feature a specific location that showcases the area as an
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