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.
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.
New Orleans 48Hr Film Project 2023
Character Name: RJ Ledorski
Prop: Backpack
Line: " I can't remember. Tell me again."
Genres: Comedy and Drama
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
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
Character Name: Timothy Dexter
Prop: Cleaning Brush
Line of Dialog: "Money won is twice as sweet as money earned."
Genre: Science Fiction
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
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?"
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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