48Hours

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. 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.

External links

• 48Hours Official Site