New year, new camera setup

As the seconds tick by, so has another 48 Hour Film Project for another year. This year was another nail biting, down to the second finish, but it was so much more enjoyable than last year. Why was this year different than any other one you might ask. One word: Experience.

Being a new dad and writing this a month removed from the event, my mind might be a little cloudy on all the details, but let’s proceed. Compared with the year before, or production crew as well as cast was about double in size. Everyone knew what they were doing and we had some EXTREMELY talented people this year, both in front of and behind the camera. In the usual NOT (Never On Time) Productions manner, things started to get hectic and too relaxed in the ending hours and mistakes were made. All in all though, we put a good end product this year. Could it have been great? Most definitely, but then again, that’s what experience is for; learning from our errors. Did we learn from last year’s errors? Yes and no. Form a production stand point we were a lot more professional than we were last year. As for post…….it still needs some work.

So how did things turn out? We managed to turn the project in on time again with even less time that least year(less than 2 minutes I believe). Last year we got runner-up in our genre, while this year we got 3, yes 3 awards! Best in Genre, Best Sound Effects and Best Graphics. What a turn around from last year. Could we have done better? Most definitely. Will I do it again. More than likely. We’ll have to see how the whole parent thing works out, but more than likely yes.

I will say one last parting thing about being part of the 48 Hour Film Project. I have never had a more enjoyable time period that lasts so short, yet the after glow lasts so long. It always makes me want to learn something new that I can step up my game so to speak. Finding that time though may be a little harder to come by than it used to be. Speaking of which, someone’s calling for their bottle.