48Hours

For other uses, see 48 Hours.
48Hours
Location New Zealand
Founded 2004
Hosted by Ant Timpson
Website http://www.48hours.co.nz

48Hours is a New Zealand film-making competition. It involves teams of various sizes competing to write, shoot, edit and score a short film, which must be between 1 and 7 minutes long, over a single 48-hour period. Developed from the US-based 48 Hour Film Project, which was run in Auckland in 2003, 48Hours has been running as a New Zealand-only event since 2004. with regional competitions organised in 8 cities around New Zealand: Auckland, Hamilton, Gisborne, Rotorua, Taranaki, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.

The event is organised by Anthony "Ant" Timpson. Teams attend a launch ceremony on a Friday night where each team is given a randomly selected genre within which to base their film's theme. They are also given three compulsory features which are common to all teams. These are a line of dialogue, a prop, a character, and since 2010, a "technical" element.

All creative work required to produce the film must be undertaken and completed within the 48 hours of the competition. This includes storylining, scriptwriting, filming, editing and audio mixing. Teams must deliver their finished film to the competition organisers by the Sunday evening to be eligible for prizes, although late deliveries will still be screened in the heats.

By 2011 the competition had grown to include more than 800 teams nationwide with at least 10,000 people believed to be involved.

Compulsory elements

Every year teams are given a number of compulsory elements to help ensure that film has been wholly created on the shoot weekend. The elements include a character with a gender-neutral name, a character trait, a line of dialogue, a prop, and as of 2010, a technical shot. As well as these, teams are randomly allocated a genre for their film.[1]

Year Character Character trait Line of dialogue Prop Technical shot Refs.
2003 Gnarly Watson[note 1] Rock 'n' roll legend "I didn't see that coming." Torch N/A [2]
2004 Jesse McCloud
(Auckland)[note 2]
Total has-been "Do you mind if I have the last one?" Ice N/A [3]
Terry Spears
(Wellington)[note 2]
Model "Just put that down nice and easy." Doll N/A [4]
2005 Bodil de Resny Animal lover "Please don't do that." Banana N/A [5]
2006 Robin Slade Eternal optimist "That's what I'm talking about." Mirror N/A [6]
2007 Jerry Reed Hypochondriac "What do you call that?" Rope N/A [7]
2008 Kerry Post Perfectionist "Wait a minute." Brush N/A [8]
2009 Alex Puddle Exaggerator "It doesn't fit." Rock N/A [9]
2010 Sidney Manson Fabricator "When you look at it that way..." Broken toy Dolly zoom [10]
2011 Bobby Young Ex-bully "What have you got?" Bent wire Freeze-frame shot [11]
2012 Nicky Brick Unlucky person "I did that." Leaf Slow motion [12]
2013 Vic Meyer Insomniac "Did you hear that?" Card Point of view shot [13]
2014 Morgan Foster Liar "Not with that you're not." Ball Extreme close up/macro [14]
2015 Harper Harrison Thoughtless "Oh, really?" Bread Match cut/match dissolve [15]
  1. The 2003 competition was part of the 48 Hour Film Project. "The Auckland 48 Hour Film Project". 48 Hour Film Project. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 In 2004 Auckland and Wellington were given different elements.

Genres by year [16] [17] [18]

Year Staple Genres Common Genres Rarer Genres
Action Crime Horror/
Splatter,
Monster
Musical/
Dance
Romance,
RomCom
Buddy,
Twin
Ed.,
Sex ed.
Fantasy,
Adventure,
Fairy-tale
Mystery,
Puzzle
Revenge
movie
Road
movie
Shock
ending,
Shyamalan
twist
Super-
hero
Time
travel
2006 based on true story, coming of age, mokumentary, sci-fi, war, pretentious art film, puppet
2007 grindhouse, western, war, unnecessary sequel, coming of age
2008 animal film, juvenile delinquent, drama, pretentious art film
2009 parallel world, religious, real-time, nature runs amok, conspiracy, politically incorrect
2010 sports film, ghost film, femme fatale film, bio pic
2011 one room, body switch, quest, fad
2012 end of world, inspirational, one-shot, found footage, erotic thriller, based on an urban legend
2013 non-dialogue, obsessive relationship, race against clock, robot/cyborg/android, immobilized, techno thriller, converging story-line, reunion
2014 mistaken identity, against the odds, film within a film, race against clock
2015 science gone mad, cat & mouse, last person on Earth, mistaken identity, black comedy, other dimension

Regional and national winners

After initially being held in Auckland in 2003 as part of the international 48 Hour Film Project, the independent 48Hours began in 2004 with teams in Auckland and Wellington. At its peak in 2011, it was represented in eight cities.[19]

2003
  • Auckland: Special Crime Unit - Lazy Racer Angela Adams[note2 1]
2004
  • Auckland: Jesse McLeod: The Journey - Classic
  • Wellington: Heinous Crime - The Circus
2005
  • Auckland: A Fairly Good Tale - Crash Zoom
  • Wellington: Chip & Manny - Locked And Stapled
  • Christchurch: Bruised Gold - Evil Genius Labs
  • Dunedin: Mosgiel Tonight - Jo Seager Megadrive
  • National winner: A Fairly Good Tale - Crash Zoom (Auckland)
2006
  • Auckland: Brown Peril - The Tim Porch Story - thedownlowconcept
  • Wellington: TBA
  • Christchurch: The Escort - FR7835
  • Dunedin: TBA
  • Hamilton: Robin Slade - Time Tourist - Dance Donkee Dance
  • National winner: Brown Peril - The Tim Porch Story - thedownlowconcept (Auckland)
2007
  • Auckland: Camp Fear - Mukpuddy
  • Wellington: Maori Detective and the Boogie Fever - Good Times
  • Christchurch: Carboys and the Indian - The Outwits
  • Dunedin: Bain: The Musical - Burt Hall Banana Republic
  • Hamilton: The Playground - Taktix Films
  • Gisborne: One Man's War - Cuzzie Films
  • National winner: Lease - Lense Flare (Auckland)
2008
  • Auckland: The End - Fractured Radius
  • Wellington: Darlene - Smashing Pants
  • Christchurch: Agent Post - Spooce Media/The Real McCoy
  • Dunedin: Two Bodies, One Night - The Dangly Gruffnuts
  • Hamilton: Sum of the parts - Guerrilla Monkeys
  • Gisborne: Le dernier jour de Tony - Kaiti Hill
  • National winner: F* Dance - Puppy Guts (Wellington)
2009
  • Auckland: Nature's Baby - Sinistral
  • Wellington: Otack Otack Otack Fall - Killah Walz/Orca
  • Christchurch: New Fish - TBALC
  • Dunedin: Charlotte - Line Men
  • Hamilton: Hardwood Floors - Guerrilla Monkeys
  • Gisborne: The Amazing World of Sticks - Kaiti Hill
  • National winner: Charlotte - Line Men (Dunedin)

2010
  • Auckland: Only Son - thedownlowconcept
  • Wellington: Balls & Chain - Dog Films
  • Christchurch: Death in the West - Gorilla Team Gorilla
  • Dunedin: The Stag Do - Mirage Videos
  • Hamilton: Gone - Reel Good People
  • Gisborne: A Toy Car named Sidney - 2 Many Darkies
  • Taranaki: Hopping Away - Ivan Goff Fan Club
  • National winner: Only Son - thedownlowconcept (Auckland)
2011
  • Auckland: The Child Jumpers - Grand Cheval
  • Wellington: Sketch - Couch Kumaras
  • Christchurch: Naughty Man - SuspectTV
  • Dunedin: Chatter - Rabies Babies
  • Hamilton: Kingdom Of Shadow - Arthouse Massacre
  • Gisborne: FAD Town - Cuzzie Films
  • Taranaki: Well Strung - Rubber Soul Productions
  • Rotorua: TBA
  • National winner: The Child Jumpers - Grand Cheval (Auckland)
2012
  • Auckland: The Girl With The Clover Tattoo - Lense Flare"
  • Wellington: Brains? - Noise and Pictures
  • Christchurch: An Inconvenient Hoof - Picton Pictures
  • Dunedin: Do the Knight Thang - Flim Flom Films
  • Hamilton: Dead Lucky - Tuff Collective
  • National winner: Brains? - Noise and Pictures (Wellington)
2013
  • Auckland: Sleep Clinic - dr jeckyll
  • Wellington: The Sleeping Plot - Traces of Nut
  • Christchurch: Is Love Enough? - The Eh Team
  • Dunedin: We Run The Night - SML Productions
  • Hamilton: The Empath - Elysium Exit
  • Gisborne: Bungy - Kaiti Hill
  • Taranaki: Rubber Soul - Partners in Crime
  • National winner: The Sleeping Plot - Traces of Nut (Wellington)
2014
  • Auckland: Dead End Job - Mukpuddy
  • Wellington: Rubble - Noise and Pictures
  • Christchurch: The Ex - TBALC
  • Dunedin: A Right Tool - Begged, Borrowed, Stolen
  • Taranaki: Travel with Time Pieces - The Tanked Engines
  • Hamilton: Feed - hoganstreetheroes
  • Gisborne: Whai utu - Kratos
  • National winner: Pants On Fire - Lense Flare (Auckland)

Notes
  1. The 2003 competition was part of the 48 Hour Film Project. "The Auckland 48 Hour Film Project". 48 Hour Film Project. Retrieved 21 November 2013.

References

  1. "48Hours: The top 14 go to battle". NZ Herald. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  2. "Taken Out". YouTube. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  3. "Shameless Self Promotion". B Roll. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  4. "Forbidden Fury - 48 Hour Film 2004". YouTube. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  5. "Team MITCIT, 2005, 5 min.". MIT. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  6. "ROBIN SLADE: THE ACTOR'S ACTOR". Film Archive. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  7. "Henrietta - 48HOURS 2007". YouTube. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  8. "The Heist - Daimonds in the Desert". Joe Bleakley. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  9. ""PostHumourous" - 48 Hours". YouTube. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  10. "THE SEPARATION OF SIDNEY MANSON". Film Archive. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  11. "48-hour film competition winners announced". Dominion Post. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  12. "2012 compulsory elements and genres - thoughts?". 48hours. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  13. "ELEMENTS 2013". 48Hours. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  14. "ELEMENTS 2014". 48Hours. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  15. "ELEMENTS 2015". 48Hours. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  16. "Screening Room". 48Hours. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  17. "48 Hour Review Database". 48Hours. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  18. "48 Hour Review Database". 48Hours. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  19. "48Hours Screening Room". 48 Hours. Retrieved 21 November 2013.

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