Cohase Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the Second Annual 48 Hour Film Slam! on the weekend of September 16-18. Last year succeeded beyond all our hopes. Six filmmaking teams participated. We hope to attract even more this year.

Teams will be given genre assignments at 6:15pm Friday evening and have 48 hours to complete their maximum 7-minute film. Teams will be required to use an assigned local landmark in their film, along with an assigned line and an assigned prop. Films will be shown to the general public on Sunday evening at 7:30pm and judged immediately thereafter. All the teams must finish their films within the 48 hour time limit (lack of sleep is no excuse; in 2010 at least one team completed their editing in the car on their way to the judging venue) and according to the rules.

Assigned Line: Do the dance. You gotta do the dance.
Assigned Prop: A Havahart Trap.
Assigned Location: Bandstand at Haverhill (NH) Common.

2011 Awards:

• Best Film - Fondue Pneumonia Party - Steel Rendezvous ($500 prize)
• Runner-up - The Professional Amateurs - Shadow Waltz ($250 prize) (Mystery/Whodunit)
• Second Runner-up - Team Malone - Where the Red Blood Flows ($100 prize)
• Best Cinematography - Now Shooting - Us & Them
• Best Actor - Evan Marsh - Us & Them
• Best Use of Prop - Fondue Pneumonia Party - Steel Rendezvous
• Best Use of Line - Now Shooting - Us & Them
• Best Use of a Glove Puppet in a Supporting Role - Team Dragon - Hopper Eruption
• People's Choice - Fondue Pneumonia Party - Steel Rendezvous

2011 Teams and Films:

• The Professional Amateurs (Captain Jake Haehnel from White River Junction, VT) - Shadow Waltz (Mystery/Whodunit)
• Cine Qua Non (Captain John Douglas from Vershire, VT) - Luck of the Draw (Drama)
• Team Dragon (Samuel Vinton and Zachary Crear from Lebanon, NH) - Hopper Eruption (Comedy)
• Team Malone (Captain Drew Peberdy from Corinth, VT) - Where the Red Blood Flows (Comedy)
• Phaschnorckle Productions (Captain Liam Genereux from South Ryegate, VT) - Catnapped (Mystery/Whodunit)
• Now Shooting (Captain Whittaker Ingbretson from Woodsville, NH) - Us & Them (Horror/Suspense)
• Fondue Pneumonia Party (Captain Tim Joy from Middlebury, VT) - Steel Rendezvous (Mystery/Whodunit)
• E & E Productions (Ian Burnette & Eben Brown from Canaan, NH) - (Incomplete) (Silent Film)

Prizes & Awards:

• Best Film - $500
• Runner-up - $250
• 2nd Runner-up - $100
• People's Choice Award
• Best Adherence to Genre
• Best Use of Line
• Best Use of Prop
• Best Use of Location
• Best Actor
• Most Inventive

Genres:

• Comedy
• Drama
• Romance
• Horror/Suspense
• Mystery/Whodunit
• Silent Film (Wildcard)

Judges:

• Donald Rae
• Polly Tafrate
• John Griesemer

2010 Results:

• Best Film - Razor Burn (Horror) by Oscars for Everyone. ($500 prize)
• Best Director - Sundown (Drama) by Malone. ($250 prize)
• Best Script - Covering Bridges (Drama) by Team Ramrod. ($100 prize)
• Best Use of Line - I Loved Who We Were (Horror) by Professional Amateurs.
• Best Editing - I Loved Who We Were (Horror) by Professional Amateurs.
• Best Location (tie) - Sundown (Drama) by Malone, Romancing the Zuccini by Walrus Dice / Rabid Toad.
• Best Use of Prop - Romancing the Zuccini (Romance) by Walrus Dice / Rabid Toad.
• Best Cinematography - Razor Burn (Horror) by Oscars for Everyone.
• Best Background Action - V.Z. (Horror) by Now Shooting.
• Eugene Ionesco Award for Inzanity - V.Z. (Horror) by Now Shooting.

Take a look at what others have done with this concept at48 Hour Film Project.

2011 Schedule

Friday
5:30pm Meet & Greet Dinner for Staff, Teams, and Actors(Bradford United Church of Christ/Congregational Church)
6:15pm Meeting with Sample Films, Introductory Information, Drawing of Genres, Assigning of a Landmark Location, a Line of Dialog, and a Prop (Bradford Academy)
7pm Teams Start

Sunday
7pm Deadline for film submission (Bradford Academy)
7:30pm Showing of Films and Presentation of Awards (Bradford Academy) (Free and Open to Public - Donations accepted)

Click here to download the 2011 pdf for film teams.