2010 Competition Scheduled: Mark your calenders

The 2010 SA48HR Film Experience, will be rolling again in 2010. Mark your calendars for the weekend of December 4th, with a screening event on Tuesday, December 7th. See you in 2010!

And the 2009 Winners Are...

1st Place
"Saint Passions Landing"
Team Live Wire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbj_dBvDUBc

2nd Place
"Letters to Nowhere"
Team Sausage Fest Inc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2P76Su06T4

3rd Place
"Paranormal Squad"
Team Evil Eye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-u3t4D993c

Audience Award
"Nikki 'n Nessa"
Banned Entertainment

Congratulations!

Other sa48hr films online:
Coup de Moi: Memories of Bolivia
Voodoo Daddy

Got a graphic or poster from your film?

Send it over, and I'll put it up. Here is the DVD cover for the film commission's Walk the Walk film (out of competition), "The Melody".

Standing Room Only

What a great screening! Thank you Santikos Theatres (Meghan and Lane o' the Crossroads). Great films everyone.

Friday Night Kick-Off: El Tropicano Hotel

The 2009 SA48HR Film Experience is almost here. This Friday, 12/4, is the Kick-Off event where all teams will draw for the film variables, and embark on their weekend film experience.

SA58HR Kick-Off
Friday, Dec. 4th
6:30 - 7:30 PM
Drawing will be at 7:00 PM
El Tropicano Hotel
110 Lexington Ave., 78205
MAP

At this meeting you will receive a team packet containing:

- Film Completion Form (must be completed in full and returned with your finished film)
- standard releases (5 copies, make more if you need them) for actors, music, locations, etc.

REMEMBER, all films must be turned in on miniDV tape, and be 8 minutes or less.

IdeaGin Kicks In 5 More Sponsorships!

Now, 15 teams will receive Entry Fee scholarships from Dean McCall at IdeaGin Marketing. Here they are:

13 Echo Films
A Toda Madre
B-Boys
Banned Entertainment
Barnstrom
DeHoyos
egb films/Munkibiz Studios
Evil Eye Productions
Grande Cinema
Grandpa Punch Productions
Ideal Films
Indivisual Studios
Live Wire
Lone Bannana
Sausage Fest Inc.
Want to Film?!
Walk The Walk (out of competition only)

2009 Genres, Characters, Dialogue and Locations

The 2009 San Antonio 48 Hour Experience is upon us. Here are the genres that teams will draw from Friday night (Dec. 4th). And remember, every film must fit into the "Best of Friends" Theme:

Action
Sci-Fi
Horror
Documentary
Mystery
Film Noir
Holiday Story
Soap Opera
Drama
Comedy
Western
Fantasy
Mockumentary
Romance

Here are the characters:

Pepe - Heir to the famous picante sauce fortune
Sylvia - a retired Air Force secretary
Slim - a garage mechanic
Piddles - a mousy, nerd-type with a passion for Big Red
Mr. Sensational - an out-of-work nightclub singer
Chad - a PC virus consultant
Errington - a private eye with a strange accent
Ariana - a whimsical artist
Wellesley - one of the last diplomats from the failed coup-de-tait of a 1930's South American country
Carne Guisada - a cook who speaks only Spanish
Miss Witherspoon - the headmistress from an all-girls school
Claire - the girl that got away
Bobby - former stock car driver, now selling products by network marketing
Carol - a butcher from New York

Here are the lines of dialogue:

"Yup. Didn't I tell you this would happen?"
"Is it four or five?"
"Can we do this later?"
"Certainly I care, but you see the company rules are quite clear on this."
"If it were up to me, I'd put him out of his misery."
"That's more beef than I've seen in quite some time."
"I shave my legs with that you know."
"Terrible. Just unbelievable.
"That's all you've got?"
"Please tell me you're not going to eat that."
"She's actually going to do it."
"Perhaps it would be better if we left you two alone."
"Holy cow. This is just creepy!"
"And for the record, I'm a woman."
"And for the record, I'm a man."

Locations

Urban/Big City
Historic
50's
Middle of Nowhere
Restaurant
Natural
Industrial
Middle America
Small Town USA
Recreational
Nightlife
Agricultural
Water
Hill Country
Institution

Don't forget to register! Enter today by submitting your TEAM ROSTER.

Test footage for SA48HR Film Experience

The film commission team, "Walk The Walk", will be making a 48 hour film this year (but will not be considered for competition) and we did some test footage this week to see how using only available light could give us a cinematic look. Judy McMillan and Maxine Greco helped us out, and we love the results! See you the night of the 4th for the Kick-off event!