12 hours and counting!

The initial blog posts have started! Woo hoo!

At around 5:30pm, filmmakers will begin showing up at Rung Studio to sign in and pick up their goodies bag from Cafe Vita!

At 6:15pm, I will give my annual "Here's how to be a responsible Seattle filmmaker" speech and then answer some rules clarifications.

6:30pm is when the fun starts! The teams begin drawing their genres from a brand spankin' new reusable 48 Hour Film Project bag. It's funny. Every year I talk to filmmakers that either loathe the idea of drawing musical or want nothing more than the challenge of making a musical! We shall see. We shall see.

This years official genre list is as follows:

Buddy Film
Comedy
Drama
Fantasy
Film de Femme (see below)
Film Noir
Horror
Mockumentary
Musical or Western
Road Movie
Romance
Sci Fi
Silent Film (see below)
Thriller/Suspense

At around 6:55pm, I will announce the required character, line 0f dialogue and prop... then I will repeat it about 748 times.

Then I will ask who wants to opt for the wild card genre and possibly pity those who do. But when life gives you "stoner or kung fu movie" you make...

HAI KWON DO

This competition is all about embracing the numerous limitations. Sometimes creative restrictions can lead to greater creative freedom!

How's that for a paradox?