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Romance? A colander? And W. Fritz Bean, farmer? HELP!!!
Don't panic. These are just examples of the genres, props and characters that you may be assigned for your film. And don't forget the required line of dialogue. In the very first 48 Hour Film Project, the line was "I made you who you are, and I can just as easily break you."
Make prop, character and line suggestions on our Facebook wall!
Below is more information about the Genres and Required Elements.
GENRES
We've done our customary genre shake-up again. Buddy Film, Drama, Film Noir, Road Movie and Silent Film have been retired for the year. In their place we've brought back popular genres Dark Comedy, Detective/Cop, Period Piece, Superhero and Coming of Age. And it wouldn't be the 48 Hour Film Project without those three beloved words: Musical or Western!
And in the National Film Challenge you now will have your choice between two assigned genres! There are 14 genres that will be randomly assigned:
Coming of Age
Comedy
Dark Comedy
Detective/Cop
Fantasy
Film de Femme (see below)
Horror
Mockumentary
Musical or Western
Period Piece
Romance
Sci Fi
Superhero
Thriller/Suspense
If you are the lucky team that draws Musical or Western, you have the choice of making either a Musical or a Western. Or a Musical Western. (Or even a Western Musical!)
Your film must be true to the genre you have selected—and no trading with other teams! You may combine genres (e.g., a silent comedic buddy film).
Film de Femme
Never heard of a Film de Femme? That's because we invented it! This genre is specifically designed by the 48HFP to encourage strong roles for females in 48HFP films. A Film de Femme is a film featuring one or more strong female characters. Romantic comedies or "chick flicks" are included in this genre, but are only a subset.
What's a strong female character? Think Ellen Page in Juno, Salma Hayek in Frida, Reese Witherspoon in Election, or Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich. Smart and complicated. Try to avoid having a woman doing a man's job like a man would do his job. And contrary to public opinion, strong women characters are not required to kill someone!
REQUIRED ELEMENTS
On the Friday Kickoff each time zone is assigned a character, a prop and a line of dialogue. These elements must appear in your film in some way. All teams in the same time zone will have the same required elements.
Here are some examples from previous years:
Character
* Bitsy Ballou, Advice Columnist
* Ignazio del Fuego, Cab Driver
* Hugh Simon, Bouncer
Prop
* Large Suitcase
* Snow Globe
* Electric Fan
Line of Dialogue
* Is that the best you've got?
* I was lied to and very much deceived.
* When you say it like that, it's almost poetry.
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