And the Winners....

First, congratulations to all the teams that competed this year - Great job! And now, the winners...



1st Place - Name That Tune
2nd Place - Nestor-Fest 2007
3rd Place - Throwdown at the Pigstand

Audience Award - Name That Tune

Congratulations!

A few images from the films...

Audience Award Online Voting Begins!

Online voting is now enabled. First, view the movies here, then vote for your favorite here. You may vote up until 5:00 PM, Tuesday, December 11th. Whoever has the most votes wins the coveted Audience Award! Good luck teams...

Got Stills?

While the films are encoding, any one got any production stills you want to share? I'd love to have one from each team. Send 'em over to me at drew@filmsanantonio.com.

Great Screening - Films online later tonight

Thanks to the more than 75 folks who came to the screening last night! So it IS true - you do all know where the library is! So we'll be seeing you at our next San Antonio Film Forum there in March?....

We should have the films online later tonight, so check back here for a link to the movie page. Online voting for the Audience Award will start as soon as I get the movies up....

Sunday Night Drop-Off

We will be at Blonde Creative (2500 McCullough) Sunday night between 6:00 and 8:00 PM for the film drop-off. All films are due by 8:00 PM and remember, all films must be submitted on miniDV format. See you tonight!

Screening Tuesday Night

We will be screening all the completed films on Tuesday night, December 4th, at the Central Library downtown. One hour parking is complimentary.

SA48HR Screening
Tuesday, December 4th
7:00 PM
San Antonio Central Library, downtown

Judging will occur next week, and winners will be announced at the Film San Antonio Holiday Reception on Tuesday, December 11th.

WHAT: 2007 Film San Antonio Holiday Reception
WHEN: Tuesday, December 11th, 6:00 to 7:30 PM (Come after work!)
WHERE: The Spire, Sunset Station, 1174 E. Commerce St. (click here for a map)

We'll have plenty of food, holiday drinks, and a cash bar as well.

Come meet up with other film folks in SA, and thanks for your support of film in San Antonio!

Please RSVP to Janet Vasquez at janetv@filmsanantonio.com, or call 210-207-6777.

See you there...

Rain Subsides - Teams Film On!

The Production Corp team shoots a key scene in their 48 hour film. Their genre is ACTION.

Contact me if you have questions

Email me at drew@filmsanantonio.com with any questions, or call me Saturday or Sunday on my work phone, 210-394-6117 (I'll have it on starting about 9:00 AM - it doesn't have voice mail, but I'll be checking email before 9:00 AM)

Good Luck Teams!

Here are the teams and their assignments:

Production Corp
GENRE: Action
LOCATION: Institutional

Parker Creek
GENRE: Film Noir
LOCATION: Hill Country

Nosferatu
GENRE: Western
LOCATION: Nightlife

Thinner Oaks
GENRE: Mockumentary
LOCATION: Agricultural

Machina
GENRE: Fantasy
LOCATION: Urban/Big City

Darling Dickies
GENRE: Soap Opera
LOCATION: Restaurant

Stroke Victims
GENRE: Holiday Story
LOCATION: Industrial

Lone Bannana
GENRE: Mystery
LOCATION: Recreational

I'll post the characters and dialogue in the morning.

Film Permit

The blanket film shooting permit for downtown City parks is now available. Download the pdf file here.

Jungle Software Returns!

Jungle Software, makers of the Gorilla film production (budget and scheduling) software, is returning this year as a sponsor! The winning team will receive a copy of the state-of-the-art software which is a favorite for independent filmmakers around the world. Welcome Jungle!

New Genre Added

So as I was watching one of my most favorite tv specials of all time (yes, I'm a child of the sixties - MERRY CHRISTMAS CHARLIE BROWN), I realized, we need a HOLIDAY STORY genre! That's the beauty of running a local event. We can be flexible. So on Friday night, we'll throw an additional genre into the hat:

HOLIDAY STORY

How will you do it?

I've been talking to some of the filmmakers that will be participating this weekend, and wondering if you all will share some of your techniques for getting a film made in just 48 hours. Coordinating actors, locations, equipment, etc., is a challenge. Use the comment feature to tell us how you plan on creating a masterpiece!

Friday Night Meet at Ruta Maya

We'll be meeting on Friday the 30th at Ruta Maya Coffee (www.rutamayariverwalk.com) at 107 E. Martin St., at 6:30 - 8:00 PM, in downtown San Antonio, and we'll draw for all the film variables at that time. You may pay your entry fee by cash or check then as well.

See you soon!