KL48Hour Competition

48 Hour Film Project is a competition, whereby participating teams are given exactly 48 hours to write, shoot and edit a short film. The competition has been held in 90 cities and 27 countries, and for the first time in ten years, it is going to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The KL 48 Hour Film Project will take place during the weekend of Oct 29-31. Participating teams will gather at Finas (Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia) in Hulu Kelang on Oct 29. When the competition kicks off at 7pm, team leaders will be given a character, a prop and a line of dialogue, which need to be included in the film. The genre of the film will be randomly picked off a hat. The finished production should be dropped off at Finas at 7.30pm on Oct 31. Late submission will be disqualified, however still screened on the day of screening.

All films will be screened on November 6 at the Colliseum Theatre, Kuala Lumpur. On the same day, awards will be given. Two members of the team winning the Best Film award, will represent Malaysia at Filmapalooza during Miami Film Festival 2011.

Here are some tips from Malaysian filmmaker Khairil Bahar to the competing teams:

Prepare: Prepare your things (Prop, equipment) before hand. Also practice your filmmaking skills

Test: When you have your equipments ready, especially your camera, test it. Make sure it functions the way you want it to.

Simple: Keep things simple. Don’t complicate yourself. Use things that you already have and base everything around the things you have. You can even base the film on your personal experience.

Cast: Select actors who are really passionate about acting. Be sure they listen to you.

Story: Story is the most important. When you have a good story, the rest doesn’t matter as much.

Originality: Make something new. Don’t make something that will bore your audience.

So, are you ready to film? For those of you who are interested, you can find more info at http://kl48hourfilm.com/.

Two teams have registered to represent HELP so far and the registration is still going on. Early birds (registering before Oct 4) will be charged only RM350 of registration fees, whereas late comers will be charged RM400.

For the competing teams, Good Luck and make HELP proud.

- Aimi Wan -