It’s official, I’ve completed and screened my first film for the 48HOUR FILM PROJECT here in Miami back in 2008. Let me say that it was an exhausting experience, but a great experience. It’s been a truly test of skills and creativity to see whether or not I was able to pull off such a task within 48 hours. If you want to know more about the festival and contest, check out: 48HOUR FILM PROJECT.

But honestly, this is a great lesson in developing and really thinking things through to get the proper quality footage’s. Organization is the key. And it’s really hard when you have to depend on yourself.

What was really interesting was that I ended up doing the Robert Rodriguez thing. Being the one man - do it all thing. Not only did I have to write the script, organize the production, manned the camera, edit the footages, I even had to score the tracks.

While the end product sounded fairly simple, just tinkering on the piano for hours drove me nuts. Oh btw, editing footages and doing post production on a laptop is definitely a suck. I need to upgrade… but then again, I did the best that I could with what I had.

More importantly, regardless of what some people might think or say of the finished product - I’m actually quite proud of the short film I made. Considering the limited resources and time I had. And in a way, it was nice to prove that I can make a film from start to finish. Let’s just hope I can apply that to a featured film.

If you would, leave a comment about the film!

ELEMENTS
Character: Hal or Honey Potts, an Artist
Prop: sunglasses
Line of Dialogue: “Some people like it that way.”
Genre: Fantasy

Premiere Screenings
Date: August 6th and 7th, 2008
Time: 07:00 p.m. and 09:00 p.m.
Place: Byron Carlyle Theater—500 71st Street, Miami Beach, FL 33140
Tickets: $20

Screenings
Date: September 19, 2009 (tentatively) @ The Auteur Explosion X
Time: 11:30 p.m.
Place: Cinema Paradiso - 503 SE 6th St., Fort Lauderdale, FL. 33301
Tickets: $7