Filmmaking

Extreme Filmmaker's 48 Hour Film Festival: As an aspiring auteur, are you known more for procrastinating than producing? Has your Oscar speech gone through more rewrites than your screenplay? If so, the 48 Hour Film Festival can help you get off your dolly and turn long-simmering ideas into an actual movie. How does this festival transform slackers into Spielbergs? The organizers realize people tend to take as much time as they're given to finish a project, so they allow participants just 48 hours to get from development hell to wrap party. With that kind of deadline, the films are in the can faster than Hollywood can spew out Scary Movie 4. While Paris and Tara may not grace you with their presence at the premiere in Mom's basement, you're sure to take satisfaction in creating something for the ages in a mere two days. Action!