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What can a film team create in only 48 hours?
That is the question several teams attempted to answer when the University Film Society kicked off their second 48-Hour Film Race.
The race officially kicked off with registration of teams and the release of criteria at 6 p.m. this past Friday in the Campus Center Room 104.
In the race, teams with up to five members had 48 hours to write, produce, direct, shoot, edit, complete and submit a short film that was three to five minutes long.
“It’s an exciting opportunity to have for free,” said film race participant Grant Wallace. “[And for that], I love UWG.”
President of the Film Society, Terence Rushin, was inspired to host a film race by Apple, who attempted an unsuccessful 72-hours film race.
“I signed up with a few friends a while back, until it was suddenly postponed,” said Rushin. “Holidays went by with no word, until they finally cancelled it in February.”
The purpose of the 48-hour film race was for those who love filmmaking to have an opportunity practice and hone their craft.
“It’s good experience to be under pressure and in the moment,” said Rushin.
So why 48 hours? According to Rushin, it was because two days is just the right amount of time.
“Well, 24 hours was too short and 72 hours was too long,” Rushin said. “Two days was just right, because it’s a weekend. Plus, it looked nice on posters.”
The themes for this semester’s race were chosen randomly and included trendsetting, romance, hunger, thievery and rebellion.
Film elements were also chosen randomly, including an action of slapping the back of someone’s hand and props, such as an old floppy disk or a plastic spork.
For those who don’t know, a spork is what the product of a spoon and a fork combined. This hybrid utensil has the shape of a spoon, but has the tines of a fork.
Other elements require participants to include this random line of dialogue within their film: “20 bucks says you don’t or wont.”
With the film race over, other big upcoming events for the Film Society include their annual Film Festival in April.
“We’ll be showing the entries from the race at the Film Festival, which will most likely be held in the Campus Center on April 6 and 7,” said Rushin.
A two-day festival held annually on campus, students will have the opportunity to see the finished products of the Film Race entries.
“I hope we get the same turnout,” Rushin said. “Last year I was surprised, because we had 160 people, which was cool. This year, I’m hoping we can get 200 people.”
Another big event for the Film Society is another possible screening of the animated film, “Dixie Dynamite.”
Rushin said they hope to screen the film again around March 16 in the Campus Center.
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