On Friday, August 14th Orlando filmmakers started scrambling to write, produce, and edit a 4-7 minute short film. 48 hours later many of them crossed the finish line.

At the kick-off, our 13 person team, The League of Extraordinary Filmmakers, drew the genre of HORROR.  We quickly formulated a plan and began scriptwriting.  The next day was a fast paced, intense shoot day with little room for error.  Luckily, our team of trained professionals worked in harmony to capture only what was necessary for the film.  We called our last shot around 7:3o pm, an hour ahead of schedule.

For the next several hours we waited around patiently as our editor David Ouellette chopped and organized all of the days footage.  David continued to work through the night, diligently cutting up the footage and slowly building the story on the timeline.

By the next morning David had finished editing many of the scenes.  We patiently waited again as other team members polished the footage and began to lay down a rough score to the film.  Then, as the scenes were completed they were transferred to the Audio Tech, Mike Kalbac for a final adjusting of levels, ADR and Foley.

The film was then bounced back to the editor for a final color correction and graphics pass.  After this we all had a chance to sit down and watch the short for the first time.  We were truly  amazed at what we were able to do in 48 hours, but we didn’t stall.  We got the film burned onto a disc and we rushed out the door.  

We arrived at Ker’s Winghouse and turned in our project with 7 minutes to spare.  Be sure to check out photos of the weekend and of course our BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO!  

Special thanks to The League of Extraordinary Filmmakers: Jeff Blake, Kirsten Charanian, Clay Robertson, Mike Kalbac, Tom Barile, Leslee Grizzle, Raymond Klecker, David Ouellette, James Caruso, Omar Mendez, Katharine Merola, Lisa Stanley and Shaun Curtis.