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Thinking outside the box

48Hrs Filmmaker Challenge

The 4Hrs filmmaker challenge is an exciting opportunity for filmmakers to grow and really stretch their skills. Buccaneer Pictures participates in the 48Hrs Filmmaker Challenge every year. 

48HRS

How it works!

 

In a nutshell, a team has 48hrs to 1) Write 2) Shoot 3) Edit and 4) Deliver a finished short film. 

Each year a theme is chosen that all the films must fall under. To throw in some curve-balls and really make you think outside the box, the challenge requires certain elements to be part of every film entry. 


These elements are:


1) A Character name.

This name is given to you and must be included somehow. Either an actual character in your film, or "mentioned" in the film.

2) A Prop.

This prop must be included somehow in your film.

3) A line of dialogue.

Every year a line of dialog from a film that  is in the theme of the festival is chosen and must somehow be included in your characters lines.

4)  Genre is pulled from a hat!

Yes you read that right. Each team will draw a slip of paper from a hat that has their genre listed on it. That will be recorded by the administrators and must be followed.

5) Time limit: 6 Minutes.

This is a HARD timeline and includes credits.


Citizen 19 - 2021

 Theme: Victory over COVID-19

Character Name: Col. Sam Daniels

Prop: Hand Sanitizer

Line of Dialog: "We are fugitives from the law. Idiocy is our only option!"

Genre: Horror Fiction 


Infected Horizon - 2020

Note: This entry was filmed during the COVID Pandemic. And was strictly COVID Compliant. None of the actors were in the same location and everything was shot and coordinated remotely. 


Infected Horizon is a Sci-Fi short about a global pandemic.

Theme: Virus

Character Name:  Alan Krumwiede 

Prop: Toilet Paper 

Line of Dialog: " You have to admire its simplicity. It's one billionth our size and it's beating us "

Genre: Science Fiction


Glitch - 2019

Character Name: Timothy Dexter

Prop: Cleaning Brush

Line of Dialog: "Money won is twice as sweet as money earned."

Genre: Science Fiction




Masked Desire - 2018

 Theme: Fashion of Horror or The Horror of Fashion. 

 Prop: A Mask

Character: Coco McQueen 

Line of Dialog: "It may be normal darling, but I'd rather be natural" (from Breakfast at Tiffany's) 

Genre: International Occult Horror


Fractured Moonlight - 2017

Theme: Scandal

Genre: Ghost Story

Character: Frank Dodd

Prop: The Maltese Falcon

Line of Dialog: "When is someone finally going to go on record in this story?"


The Nautica Chronicles: Firebug - 2015

Our FIRST 48hr challenge!

Theme: Female Superhero

Genre: Ghost Story

Prop: An Item that forces someone to tell the truth.

Character:  Kaboom

Line of Dialog: "Its a bird, its a plane, its ___!"

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