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Film Dash 2010

Chris Unitt — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:26:48 +0000

This is one of my projects, so please excuse.

In 2008 I organised a 48-hour film competition. It went well, especially considering it was put together on zero budget and six weeks notice. Now…

Film Dash is back!

It’ll happen over the weekend of 5-7 March 2010. Here’s the deal:

Write, cast, shoot, and edit a short film in 48 hours. If you’ve got a camera – even one on a mobile phone –
you’ve got all you need to make a film. You don’t need any experience to join in with Film Dash and it’s FREE to enter.

This year’s theme is ‘happiness’, so get thinking; what makes you happy? But remember – you’ll be given a prop, a character, or even a line of dialogue to include in your film, so don’t have too much prepared!

Also: Prizes! Judges! The chance for your film to be shown all over the place!

You can get info and updates on Twitter and Facebook. Subscribe to Film Dash on YouTube to see the films as they’re produced.

Here’s the poster, designed by the good people of Supercool:

And here’s the winning entry from 2008 – Dunkirk by Team TTV.

Dunkirk from Pete Ashton on Vimeo.

Links for September 16th

Chris Unitt — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:25:41 +0000

The big Film Dash logo vote
Film Dash – the 48-hour film challenge happening in Birmingham on 17-19 October is picking up pace. We need a logo though. A couple have been submitted; please have a look and vote for your fave
Capsule Blog Â» The Joyful Bewilderment
Capsule are involved in a group exhibition at Rough Trade East (in London 2-27 Oct) called The Joyful Bewilderment, along with other West Mids types including members of The Outcrowd Collective, Lucy McLauchlan, Rik Cooper, Stef Grindley, Lee Basford, Ben Javens, Chris Keenan and Lawrence Roper
Fused – Student Issue
Fused’s one-off student special has tips from Johnny Foreigner, The Twang, Poppy & The Jezebels, Bigger Than Barry, Bohemian Jukebox and The Editors. Read it online here
Punch Update Sept 2008
Lots of news of things and happenings from the Punch crew
Hello Digital – Calling all artists
“UKType is looking for typographers, lettering artists, calligraphers and other creatives who would like to participate in a day of filming” for production on Baskerville – The Animated Movie

Film Dash – Birmingham’s 48-hour Film Challenge

Chris Unitt — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:34:37 +0000

Film Dash is a 48-hour challenge I’m organising for Birmingham’s film makers.

The essence of the idea is this:

On Friday 17 October film makers will be told the criteria for their short film
Teams (or individuals) will have 48 hours to script/shoot/edit/whatever their films
On Sunday 19 October the films that make the deadline will be screened

The other details for the challenge are still coming together.Â Over the coming weeks there will be annoucements as to the screening venue, the rules and perhaps even information about judges and prizes.

The competition is meant to be all-inclusive and fun.Â It doesn’t matter whether you’ve got a stack of expensive camera equipment or just a mobile phone to film on and remember – experience is no match for a good idea.Â This is all about imagination, playfulness and telling a story.

Information about the challenge can be found on the Film Dash blog.

Everyone who wants to take part needs to email SUBSCRIBE to filmdash@gmail.com so I can confirm details and get some idea of how many people are planning to get involved.

You can also join the Facebook Group and follow the Film Dash Twitter.