Earlier in the month I took part in the Sci-Fi London 48 hour Film Challenge, a short film competition in which you have to produce a 3 to 5 minute film in just 48 hours.
The organisers, Sci-Fi London Film Festival, provided each participating team with a brief at noon on the Saturday and all films had to be submitted by 1pm on the Monday. The brief contained a list of ‘elements’ that had to be included in the film (title, a line of dialogue, prop) and an optional scientific theme which we decided not to use.
This was our brief:
Title: INCOMING
Line: “Regard it, inspect it, admire it, this will be your only opportunity.”
Prop: “A calender – a character marks a date, then rips another page out of the calender and throws it into a bin.”
Theme: A year long eclipse occurs which changes the world forever.
It was very much a last minute decision to take part, and our team (The North West Avengers) was put together in less than four days. Colin Warhurst approached me on the Tuesday to see if I was interested in submitting a team, and by the following Monday we had a finished film.
Thanks to all the cast and crew who agreed to take part at such short notice, and furthermore to all the cast who don’t appear on screen but kindly agreed to be on ‘standby’. A full list of credits (along with luvvy duvvy thank yous!) can be found on Col’s blog here.
