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48 Hour Film Project: ‘Witch Slap’

Paul Vaughn — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:08:37 +0000

Witch Slap from team Third Times a Charm won the prize for Best Special Effects in the 2011 San Antonio 48-Hour Film Project. The team, comprised of Nicki Prian, Aaron Livingston, Taylor James Johnson, Dylan Altman, Chris Garcia and Fancescesa Lycille, pulled the Fantasy genre and produced this rhyming fable over the course of one weekend. Check it out…

‘The Extraction’ Wins 2011 San Antonio 48-Hour Film Project

Paul Vaughn — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:10:10 +0000

Hidden Track Films snagged the top honors in the 2011 San Antonio 48-Hour Film Project with the short Sci-Fi thriller The Extraction. This tense little film not only won the Best Film Award but also swept up awards for Best Costume, Best Sound Design, Best Directing, Best Editing and an Audience Award. The Extraction was directed and produced by Kimberly Scott and Chris Pichado and was shot using 2 Canon 5D mkII cameras. Congratulations to all involved. Check out the film as it was submitted for the contest.

The Extraction (Original Cut) from Hidden Track Films on Vimeo.

The Extraction now moves on to the national level of the The 48-Hour Film Project where it will be representing San Antonio at Filmapalooza in the Taos Shortz Film Fest (March 2-4, 2012). Winners representing 102 cities from around the world are competing for for the title of 48HFP International Best film, the international trophy, $3,000 and a screening at the Cannes Film Festival.

Naturally we will bring you more films as they are shared online. Check after the jump for The Ultimatum and Black Box.

The Ultimatum, a dark comedy from Achromat Productions, won the award for Best Use of Prop, a wrapped present.

Black Box did not claim any awards, but was fun nonetheless.

The San Antonio leg of the 48-Hour film project was sponsored by the San Antonio Film Commission. Film crews have a mere 48 hours of the course of a weekend to create a short film in a randomly selected genre using the following elements: a character named Ross or Rose Gillen who is an Upholsterer/Furniture Maker, a wrapped present as a prop and the line of dialogue “I wouldn’t count on it.”

48 Hour Film Project: Dead End

Paul Vaughn — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:08:02 +0000

This short film was produced for the 2010 San Antonio 48 Hour Film Project. All films in the San Antonio competition were required to include three elements: a character named Lyle or Linda Sanchez, a trainer; a sign as a prop; and the line “Can you give her a message?” Dead End was directed and beautifully photographed by Andrew Goodwin and captured the Audience Award, Best Musical Score and Best Use of Line of Dialog. This film was also selected for inclusion in the 2010 Rockport Film Festival.

SA48HR: Death Sentence

Paul Vaughn — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:08:11 +0000

This short film was turned in by Team CineVeliz for the recent San Antonio 48 Hour Film Experience. Directed and written by Pablo Veliz and stars Alfredo Lomeli, Death Sentence explores how the application of capital punishment may change in the future.

You can see more about the films of CineVeliz, including Cardboard Dreams and The Boys of Ghost Town, on the CineVeliz web site.

SA48HR: And The Winner Is…

Paul Vaughn — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:17:50 +0000

The San Antonio 48 Hour Film Experience put on by the San Antonio Film Commission is history, but there are still a couple of pieces of business remaining. First, the awards, which were handed out last night at the Film Commission’s annual holiday party.

First place and the Audience Award went to Team Uncle Dynamite with their film La Vida De Noche, Second went to Team Live Wire for Endgame and third place was claimed by Team Cine Veliz. Team Uncle Dynamite was lead by Pete Barnstrom and featured the copious talents of Wes Barlow, Nikki Young, Brant Bumpers, Justin Barlow, Becky Jacobs, Karina Barlow, José Salinas, Lee Hurtado, Joey Carrillo, Paul Vaughn, David Stinemetze, Jeanie Portis, Miranda Contreras, Dan Smith and David Garza. Congratulations to all!

Second, we’re still trying to bring you as many of the entries as possible. This one, entitled Wild Sunday, presents a tale of the violent clash of generations. Directed by Rod Guajardo and featuring Anthony Guajardo (recently seen in AMC’s The Walking Dead). Rod has a nice blog post outlining the project and showing production stills.

SA48HR 2010: It’s A Wrap!

Paul Vaughn — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:09:49 +0000

Teams of filmmakers across San Antonio worked furiously over the weekend making short films in a short amount of time as part of the San Antonio 48 Hour Film Experience. While the national competition was in August, this local version is sponsored by the San Antonio Film Commission. The screening for the films is 7:00 PM Tuesday, December 7th at the Bijou Theater.

The way the competition works is that teams receive a random genre, character, line of dialog and location that must be included in some way in the film. As soon as films are posted online, we will bring them to you. Until then, here are a few of the films from past events that you may enjoy.

Dénouement, Directed by Alejandro DeHoyos, won the San Antonio portion of the national 48 Hour Film Competition in 2009. The short follows an actor who can’t seem to tell where the filming ends and reality begins.

We have more films…after the jump.

Finishing School, directed by Phillip James, was the entry in the 2010 national competition from Team In Focus. It presents an inside look at a school for assassins.

Saint Passions Landing, from Team Live Wire, was written and directed by Mark Cantu. It was the winner of 2009′s 48 Hour Film Experience. This short takes a liberal and fantastic turn on the soap opera genre.

Lastly, a favorite on mine since I helped out with this one, Voodoo Daddy from Team Barnstrom was conceived and directed by Pete Barnstrom.

48 Hour Film: Sign Trainer

Paul Vaughn — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:14:00 +0000

Teams of filmmakers recently spent a long weekend creating short films as part of the national 48 Hour Film Project competition. Presented here is the short film Sign Trainer directed and animated by Joey Carillo of Lone Bannana Productions with assitance from Nikki Young, Mistah Pete, Don Rios, and Paul Vaughn.

We will bring you more of these short films as they become available.

SA48HR: Dream Job

Paul Vaughn — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:01:55 +0000

Dream Job was a 2007 San Antonio 48 Hour Film Project entry from Team Thong Snappaz and director Rick Lopez. It won the award for best graphics.

We have all had one of those jobs that you can only escape through a little daydreaming. Dream Job presents a nice little fantasia vignette of that daydream. The short stars John Lugo, Kendra Curry and Matt Johns.

SA48HR: Reflection

Paul Vaughn — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:31:41 +0000

Reflection was the winning entry in the 2007 San Antonio 48-Hour Film Project, capturing both Best Film and Best Editing honors. Vibratory Tumbler Films drew the superhero genre. You will notice the nice establishing shot of one of our favorite funny book emporiums, Atomic Comics at the beginning of the short. Reflection was directed by Albert Wooten and explores what it takes to become an actual hero…with a surprising twist.

SA Cinema Classic: No Man’s Land

Paul Vaughn — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:01:22 +0000

OK, you’ve really gotta see this short gem from San Antonio’s film scene. Let the movie’s title graphic speak for itself: The year is 3068. Earth’s only known inhabitants are females scattered & surviving on the outskirts of ruins that were once San Antonio.

San Antonio in ruins, feral women, duct taped clones…what’s not to like?

No Man’s Land was created for the 2007 San Antonio 48 Hour Film Project by Team Project Mayhem led by Brent Graham of MonkeyBot Films. The film won Best Cinematography and tied for Best Costumes. As Graham notes on his site, “it’s hard to lose those two categories when you have hot girls running around a jungle.”

Is it safe for work? Probably, but your employer will be quite disappointed when he finds you watching it on his dime.

No Man’s Land from BrentwGraham on Vimeo.