48 HOUR FILM
COMPETITION
Teams meet at CAC on Friday, August 18th at 6:45 PM, Contest begins at 7 PM
Must be submitted by Sunday, August 20th by 7PM
Registration is $85-per-team (6 people max per team)
Screening of completed films: Friday, September 29th at 7:00 PM
Get ready for the ultimate filmmaking challenge. Do you have what it takes to
make a movie in only 48 hours?!
Filmmaking teams have just one weekend to
make a short film.
Filmmakers don’t know what genre they will be shooting until the start of the
competition. All creativity: writing, shooting, editing and adding a musical soundtrack,
must occur within the 48-hour window beginning Friday evening at 7pm. To add to
the mayhem, they must also include some random elements that you find out about
at the starting line. Every film will be shown at a special screening on
September 22nd, and the winning film will be shown before every show for a week
at the Cinema Arts Centre! Teams are
allowed a maximum of 6 members.
Each member of the top 3 teams will
receive a CAC membership and the winning team will receive a $500 cash prize!
See all of the films at a special
screening on September 29th, 7:00 pm,
Admission $10 Members | $15 Public | All Team Members Attend for Free
Films will be judged by the Cinema Arts Centre Youth Advisory Board
REGISTRATION
To Register please
complete this Registration Form
Registration is
$85-per-team (click the 'Buy Tickets' button on the top of this
page to pay the registration fee, or visit the CAC box office)
RULES: WHAT YOU MUST DO
You Must complete The Registration form.
The competition
shoot weekend runs for 48 Hours from 7pm Friday, August 18th to 7pm
Sunday, August 20th. The entire content of the Short film must
be shot and edited within the 48 hours of the competition.
Teams must gather
at the Cinema Arts Centre Sky Room Cafe on Friday, August 18th
at 6:45pm to receive instructions, genre of film, and necessary elements.
Your Short film
MUST include the Final closing credit: “This film was made as part of the
Cinema Arts Centre 48-Hour Film Competition”
The Entry must be
in an mp4 or mov File format, 16:9 Aspect Ratio, submitted on a USB memory
stick. (USB sticks cannot be returned).
The file should be
named with your Team Name (without spaces, punctuation or non alpha-numeric
characters) followed by ’2023'. Under Score _ is acceptable as a replacement
for a space separator. Do not use your Film title – just the Team Name.
Original
Music entries must be created specifically on the Shoot weekend. Composers and
music contributors must fill out a release form and a music cue sheet.
All
teams must fill out the wrap sheet (when you drop off your film) before 7pm at
the close of competition.
All participants
must fill out and sign a release form (signed by Parent/Guardian if under 18)
that is to be held by the Team leader, including property release forms for
identifiable or private properties, business buildings, or managed spaces such
as Shopping Malls, Airports, Museums, schools etc. Even participants who aren’t
official members of the team must fill out a release form.
The short film must include all the required
elements as supplied at the launch, and the required line of dialog must appear
in the film exactly as given to be eligible for judging.
RULES: WHAT YOU MUST NOT DO
Don’t be late. 48
Hours is the time allowed. Any entries submitted after 6:59pm EXACTLY are not
eligible for entry into the competition.
Don’t include any
unlicensed copyrighted material, or sound in your short. This includes images
and sounds that may appear in the background such as TV, radio, or music.
Don’t change the
required line of dialog. It must appear in the film as given.
Don’t submit Tapes,
CD files or DVD’s of your film. They are not accepted.
Do not screen your
short prior to the screening. Do not upload your short to any file sharing
network or website such as youtube or vimeo until after the screening event.
IMPORTANT
POINTS
Please don’t leave it until Sunday night to input and output a film with your
editing software and system.
Practice it, test it, and give yourself double the time to do it on the day.