48 HOUR FILM
Back Row : Jenna Baker , Moss Warne , Sophie Tiedemann , Tyler Luisi , Rosie Pike Second Row : Salvador Towers , Alex Blamey , Reef Bridges , Toby Kilduff , Simon Murfitt ( Teacher ) Front Row : Joey Pieterse , Mills Jones , Bayedan Hales , Josh Folkers , Amelie Charlton
friendship testing madness , we start our brainstorming . Ideas spew out of our brains at lightspeed , the fastest we ’ ve ever thought . Three hours later . We have our plan - An unwilling burglar stumbles upon a vicious homeowner , turns romance , turns comedy . Brilliant . All done . Oh wait . It ’ s a musical . So we get to write a song . Two hours later . We have our song . A romantic 50s instant classic . Now it ’ s important to take breaks . So we sit down with a cup of tea and relax . After a short break , we decide to take shifts on writing , polishing the script , and planning our day of shooting whilst recruiting our actor for tomorrow , Gus Klingender . 4 am . Time to record the song . Using my amateur recording setup in a closet , we begin . 5 am . Ok all done . Time for a little sleep … We awake at 8 am . Tired , bloodshot eyes . Muffins are the choice of breakfast . And Weezer is the choice of music , much to Josh ’ s dismay . Whilst Josh finalises the music , I start work on ensuring our costumes are all ready to go . 10am . We go to school . The costumes are ready . After taking a long while to pick our home invaders apparel , we come to a decision . Now it ’ s time to go shoot our first scene . Immediately , we head back to the house and get to choreographing the first dance sequence . 1 pm . Now this takes about two hours and we ’ re now behind schedule as we plan to go to Te Mata for the sunset . But we fight on . First scene choreographed and shot . Now for the second . Here lies a lesson for any keen film makers - Check . Your . Equipment . Due to my camera not saving any of the takes over 30 seconds , we have to improvise a way to shoot this in short sporadic cuts . 1 hour later . The second scene has been shot . Everything
is slightly going to plan . Te Mata time . We arrive at Te Mata and it ’ s freezing cold . But we soldier on . This scene is shot with ease as the sun sets magnificently behind us . And in the spur of the moment , Josh spots a brilliant shot so we bounce off one another creating the ending to the instant classic that is ‘ Just You and Me ’ ( named after our song ). Now comes the most tedious part of the 48 Hours Competition . Editing . Gus ( our main guy ) has gone home and is now resting in eternal bliss , whilst Josh has some grievances to take care of . Now is the time to prove my work ethic and show Josh what I ’ m made of . 6 hours later . It ’ s 4 am . I have a somewhat complete film . Now it ’ s time to sleep , finally . Luckily I have saved it … I didn ’ t save it . And Josh ’ s grievances have given him a bad headache . So after 5 or so hours ( this point of the weekend tends to elude me a bit ), we have finally come to an acceptable film . And now with Josh away at Cadenza , I ’ m left with the ultimate task I cannot screw up , the submission . So thus begins the lengthy process of filling in forms , documents and uploading my film to a website privately for a backup link . Finally the clock strikes 7pm and it is submitted . Now it ’ s in the hands of the judges and their endless criticism . So hopefully , you may take this cautionary tale of how not to do the 48 Hour Film contest and learn from our mistakes . And just maybe , you ’ ll see us next year , at the 48 Hours 2023 .
Reef Bridges Editor ’ s note - Reef , Josh and Gus won the Best School film prize for the Gisborne / Hawke ’ s Bay region and , at the time of publication , were nominated for the Aoteaora New Zealand Best School Film prize . The final is due to take place at the Civic Theatre in Auckland .
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