The 48 Hour Film Project is a wild and sleepless weekend in which you and a team make a movie—write, shoot, edit and score it—in just 48 hours. On Friday night, you get a character, a prop, a line of dialogue and a genre, all to include in your movie. 48 hours later, the movie must be complete. Then, participating teams get together to view each others` films, sometimes at a local theater.
Richmond could host an event like this that challenges local filmmakers - from students and hobbyists to professionals - to put together a film with a theme related to Richmond. The films could explore our history, our culture, our daily life, our future - lots of possibilities.
We already have a great regional high school film festival that happens here - Phantoscope - and so this would be a way to build on that interest and talent. It could be done in partnership with the Richmond Art Museum, Richmond Civic Theater, WCTV, Kerasotes, and others.
Did this ever take off? I'm
Did this ever take off? I'm interested!