The Black Rock City 48 Hour Film Project

For the sixth time, the 48 Hour Film Project will be at Burning Man!

Meet strangers and gather friends to make fiction films—write, shoot, and edit them—on the playa. Then a huge audience will gather to watch the films.

So bring a video camera to the playa! Bring a computer! Come create film art, and tell a story in the celluloid medium, spin yarns instead of fire, participate and collaborate with your films.

Are you a kind-hearted soul, able to lend cameras and editing equipment to the effort? Come to Videogasm for the kickoff (Tuesday at 3pm) and let us know!

How It Works

Step 1. Make a film on the playa with the criteria to the right.

Step 2. Bring it to Videogasm before 8pm Thursday. (Videogasm is at Esplanade and 8:30.)

Step 3. Watch its premiere!

Events

Meet and Greet / Kickoff

What:	Make a short film and have it premiered, all while on the playa! If you have a team and equipment, start at your leisure and follow the instructions on posters found at PlayaInfo or Videogasm. If you want to get people for your team or join a team, come on down to Videogasm on Tuesday at 3pm.
Where:	Videogasm, Esplanade and 8:30
When:	Tuesday, August 31st, at 3pm

Black Rock City 48HFP 2003-2009

What:	Come see the results of the Black Rock City 48 Hour Film Project! Each of these movies was made in 48 hours on the playa. "Cinderplaya" features a wizard searching for his playa love. "Portaman" discovers a mastermind's plan to destroy Burningman. "Sister Lucy" helps burners learn about sex. During "Abandon ALL Hope and Fear", a dream teaches the way of the playa. More movies included. At Videogasm. Bring your own chair or tarp.
Where:	Videogasm, Esplanade and 8:30
When:	Tuesday, August 31st, at 9pm

Premiere

What:	What happens when you give teams of filmmakers 48 hours to make a movie? Just about anything! Teams of filmmakers wrote, shot, edited, and scored these films--from scratch, in 48 hours, and on the playa! Come see the fruits of their labors! Q&A with the filmmakers after the screening. Bring a chair or a tarp.
Where:	Videogasm, Esplanade and 8:30
When:	Thursday, September 2nd, at 9pm

Encore Showing

What:	Encore showing of the Black Rock City 48 Hour Film Project. See Thursday at 9pm for more details. Some films may not be shown. No Q&A. Bring a chair or a tarp.
Where:	Videogasm, Esplanade and 8:30
When:	Friday, September 3rd, 10pm

Black Rock City 48HFP Links

Sign up for the Black Rock City mailing list
Join the Black Rock City yahoo group
Email Ben Guaraldi & Early Poppycock, Black Rock City Producers of the 48HFP
See what's playing on 48.tv
Buy t-shirts or other goodies
Put a 48HFP badge on your homepage or blog
Other 48 Hour Film Projects in Black Rock City: 2009 • 2008 • 2007 • 2006 • 2005

Photo by NASA.

Criteria

Films for the Black Rock City 48HFP should be:

Made at Burning Man 2010
In one of our genres (you can pick or we can pick for you)
Seven minutes or shorter
Containing the character, prop, and line of dialogue above
Premiered Thursday night, September 2nd! (but we'll take care of that...)

Want to join a team? Have equipment to loan?
Don't have enough people or equipment?
Come to the kickoff! (see left)

Notes

All 48HFP BRC filmmakers are required to register with the Burning Man organization as a member of the press, sign a Basic Use Agreement (at Media Mecca or PlayaInfo), get their video camera tagged, and ask permission of any participants they wish to photograph.

As filmmakers, we are members of the press and should review our rights and responsibilities on the playa.