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This year’s 48 hour film competition was very different from last year’s - we went almost in the opposite direction with a team of 3 and a lot of constraints that helped us keep our story and goal direct - this included using minimal equipment and props as well as shooting on my iPhone 4.  

Our writing process was really straightforward and the simplicity continued for the whole weekend: 

• Friday night - we brainstormed and came up with our synopsis including a breakdown of key plot points we needed to cover
• Saturday morning - gathered additional props, sorted costumes, set and did some camera/sound tests
• Saturday afternoon - shooting
• Saturday evening - export, couple of sound pick-ups, editing
• Sunday - editing - complete by late afternoon

My main involvement - and really the only thing I really like about the process - is the writing part.  I like the constraints/idea starters of the competition and my team were awesome to talk things through with.  We didn’t script it line by line which worked well because both Tineke and I had experience from improv working that way.  We had a three pager to work off when we were shooting and as needed, I worked through key statements our heroine had to say and had a couple of small ‘cheat sheets’ that T. would stick on the wall or just out of camera to remind her if she needed.

We’re really happy with what we created - it came second in our heat - and we’re ready to kill it next year!