.MOV-e would like to congratulate Frederick Rabbath and his team for winning the $5,000 first prize in the 48-hour Guerrilla Film Competition with their submission: The Board
The competition is a grueling annual 48-hour challenge in which participants are given a random genre with a totally unrelated line of dialogue that they have to work into the story somehow. The filmmakers then have 48-hours in which they need to plan, write, shoot, edit, and upload their movies.
F.C. Rabbath Creations got HITMAN as the genre, with, “That guy’s an abuser, a loser, a boozer, and a user” as the line that had to somehow be seamlessly worked in. The movie below is what they churned out in 48-hours.
Click on the clip below to watch this award-winning short film
You can view tons of other short films by F.C. Rabbath Creations on his YouTube channel at: http://www.youtube.com/user/fcrabbath
Other films that won in various categories were:
Best Comedy: “Never Say Die Twice” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKB-UKH1GjQ)
Best Acting: “Midnight Snack” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=556yyQVfmJc)
Best Directing: “Evolution of the Dead” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cmyWduGwPQ)
Best Drama: “Still Dreaming” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nf57SwJ0yA)
Best Cinematography: “Across” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQKyoGQkntw)
Best Story: “Devotion” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIMxzSX-b8M)
Best Score: “Blood” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMjXyuejpkM)
Most Guerrilla: “One Another” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F_R-W6Xbuc)
People’s Choice: “Crossing Paths” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2tcaCukgUw)
Most Original Concept: “For The Trees” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B3sTXN2g0c)
Best Editing: “Press Start” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM7DSBlm12o)
Best Effects: “Battle for Earth” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Um9YtSnxjY)
Take a minute to work through these winning movies and make notes about why you think they were chosen to win in their respective categories. Perhaps you could sprinkle some of that magic in your own project next time.
Congratulations to all the winners and to everyone that participated and finished their short films. You should all be extremely proud of yourselves! And yes, we also entered this filmmaking bootcamp from hell, and you’ll read about our own misadventures in an article that we’ll upload soon.
Don’t miss out on the next one!
48-Hour Guerrilla Film Competition Website: www.48gfc.com
48-Hour Guerrilla Film Competition Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/48gfc
June 13, 2011 at 9:52 pm
Of course he won. Rabbath is a genius. If I known he had entered I would’ve never entered. Great article.
June 14, 2011 at 5:20 am
Hey Jerry!
Thanks
Yeah, we couldn’t agree more. We have a few questions for him, so if he agrees, we might stick up an interview on here shortly…
June 14, 2011 at 5:36 am
It’s amazing what he did in 48 hours. Truly a great piece of entertainment.
Congrats
June 14, 2011 at 1:59 pm
I must admit I couldn’t wait to see who the winner was because I knew that it would be an exciting watch but I was still somewhat surprised at just how good it was. Much respect to the guys for pulling of such a clean and well paced short!