The Buffalo 48 Hour Film Project

What Happened During Your Weekend?

The Buffalo filmmakers share stories from their wild weekend of filmmaking. (Blogging ended shortly after the filmmaking weekend.)

A Fun Hectic Time

I really enjoyed the project this year. For this project I upgraded my equipment, and as I stated in this blog last year, I decided to film in 3D.

This year got quite hectic, Saturday morning, after wasting around 17 hours, we threw out everything we had filmed and went a new direction. I was happy with the result, given only about 24 hours remaining when filming started, although audio ended up being an issue.

For anyone interested in seeing PAWN again (or for the first time) a 3D remastered version, with corrected audio, will be released on YouTube3D in the next week or so,

I look forward to doing this project for the fifth year running next year, with hopefully proper sound!

- Christopher Burns Jr, BC Films Production

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Kudos to ALL the teams!

This year was not nearly as hectic as last year - when we had to incorporate a head of cabbage into the film! And it's still a lot of work. We started with the ending, filmed the first scene last and fought the setting sun for scenes that would match in editing. We were smart and had our editor and music composer on site with us so they knew what we shooting, and could offer comments and suggestions and ask questions. And we were SO lucky to have seasoned actors (Don Gallo, Alaina Miller, Bonnie Jean Taylor) who bring talent to the work from minute one. Frustrating and funny, tense and exhilerating when you get that perfect footage, TEAMORK = a 7 minute story that you hope people will like. Every year you wonder if you even want to put yourself through it - and 50 weeks later, you've signed on yet again! Would recommend the experience to any filmmaker, amatuer to accomplished - it's always amazing what you CAN get done in just 48 hours!

- DonnaMarie Vaughan, Ollagnod/BNP/ChallengeFilms (Group A)

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On the set of "Money Hungry"

I'm a current student at Buffalo State College in the television and Film arts Major. This was my first year ever being part of a 48 film festival and it was a great experience. Working as a team, under time pressure was difficult but we did well. Even if we didn't know each other to start out, working together pulled us together. Buffalo is a great place to film, create and work. Thanks for bringing the festival to the city!

- Kraig Adams, Angry Koala Productions

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