Video Production in Film Festivals

Live Event Production is an exciting career; the job is always changing, working with and for new and interesting people certainly keeps things interesting. It can be a challenge at times; long hours with quick turnarounds & the pressure of deadlines can be stressful.

When it’s all said and done, I don’t believe many of us would trade this job for many. The reward in completing some of these seemingly impossible production asks, is at times unrivaled. This is why many of us take the free time we have to work on personal/passion projects, further fulfilling that filmmaker itch that never seems to be fully scratched.

Competing in San Francisco’s 48hr Film Festival

Repertoire’s team took the opportunity again this year to compete in San Francisco’s 48hr Film Festival. A project that we have worked on in the past and is always something we look forward to as a team. An amazing opportunity to take the talented people we work with everyday, and work towards a project of true passion.

The 48 Hour Film Project is an annual film competition in which teams of filmmakers are assigned a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue, a wild and sleepless weekend in which you and a team make a movie – in just 48 hours.. We were ready for the opportunity, knew it was going to be a challenge, but filled with excitement.

Producing a Movie in 48hrs??

Rules of the 48 Hour Film Project

A. Timing

The 48 Hour Film Project happens in cities over the world different weekends through the year.

Friday 7pm local time and the following Sunday 7pm local time is the Official Time Period.

The participating group/team must complete its film/video work in time to deliver it to a location to be announced, on Sunday by 7:30pm.

B. Creative Process

Creativite work must take place in the Official Time Period.
Including:

Writing the script
Rehearsing
Costume/Set Design
Shooting
Editing
Sound Design
Rendering
Outputting to tape or other media

E. Kickoff Event

Each participating team must have a representative at the official Kickoff Event of the 48 Hour Film Project.

At the event, each group must submit a complete Team Leader’s Agreement, signed by its team leader. A team may not participate without submitting this agreement.
Each group will choose the genre of its film in a random drawing.

F. Required Elements

Each participating group will be assigned required elements that must appear in its film, such as a genre, a character, a prop and/or a line of dialogue.

The required Character must be seen on-screen and it must be clear–either directly shown or by context–who the required character is. The Character name does not have to be said out loud or written on-screen.
The required Prop must be seen on-screen. A picture of the required prop is also allowed.
The required Line of Dialogue must be used verbatim. It may be spoken, sung and/or written. It may be in any language, though if it is unclear that it is the required Line, there must be a translation.

C. Pre-Production

The only Pre-Production allowed is:

Organizing Crew
Gathering Cast
Getting Equipment
Scouting/Locations

D. Footage

All footage must be filmed within the Official Time Period of the project.
Animation & special effects are permitted, but must be created during the Official Time Period.
No stock or footage shot or created at another time may be used unless the footage is part of a post-production effect or on a background monitor.

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Producing a movie in 48hrs is no easy task. Typically, a movie will be shot, written and edited over a several month period. This, allowing for proper pre-production, story development, shot capture and editing. Without taking the proper steps when making a film, the entire project will suffer.

Filmmaking in 48 with a Production Company in San Francisco

When making a movie in 48hrs it becomes increasingly apparent when underprepared and mistakes are made. 48hrs is quite a small window, every minute counts. Its reasons like this that makes it even more valuable to have a seasoned production team, who’s worked in in situations like this before and can take the added pressure. We’re lucky to have the benefit of working with crew who’s not only worked on this festival before, but who produce content for clients under similar circumstances. Investing in a stellar crew or production company is almost like insurance, they’ll rectify just about all issues on set, if not entirely avoiding, while mitigating those in the future. A solid crew is key.

An important consideration when producing a stellar film is cost. Making a movie isn’t cheap and it doesn’t take much for cut corners to be seen, remembering your budget and having a production company that works within it realistically is paramount. A good production company will help reduce or change the overall vision to something more practical, we feel it’s better execute 1 idea perfectly than 2 ideas poorly. Repertoire Productions is a quality of quantity San Francisco production company.

Video Production is in our Repertoire, it’s something we’re pretty darn good at and it’s something we love. We’re happy to share our insights & trade secrets, we’re a bunch of gear heads, we love to talk shop. Shoot us an email or shoot us a line, we’d be more than happy to produce amazing content together.