There was plenty of drama off screen during the 48 hour film competition. Laura Westbrook reports.
It was a race against time for thousands of aspiring filmmakers around New Zealand, many going down to the wire to submit their short films by the 7pm deadline yesterday.
Hundreds of teams were given just 48 hours to write, shoot and edit a seven-minute film during the competition. The teams had to ensure their films were in before the deadline or face disqualification.
"The Hopefuls" were the last team to hand in their film in Auckland and crashed into the submissions desk in their rush to get it in on time.
"Actually, that was part of the plan," quipped producer Matthew Stuart.
He said they had trouble rendering, which is the computer process which produces the final film.
"It was nuts. I feel relief, shock, terror, but mainly just relief."
Others weren't so lucky. James Ray's team, Foreign Affairs, were one minute over the deadline and were disqualified. Check out their film here.
"We had trouble rendering and there were red lights and traffic," Ray said.
"Everything was going really well, then the machine wouldn't render quick enough and it just got slower and slower. It's getting thrown in the bin when I get home, but I'm going to win it next year. I have the motivation to really push on now."
Team leader Sandra Fisher was devastated at the turn of events.
"We had this awesome team and funny as movie. It's just soul destroying."
The 48 hour film competition is in its 10th year, having grown from 44 teams to 755 teams taking part this year from Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Teams were allocated genres on Friday night at 7pm, along with several secondary elements that must feature in their film.
The completed films are screened in heats, with the best selected by judges for city finals. In another judging cut, the outstanding go to a grand final on June 30.
- © Fairfax NZ News
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