The CUNY Baccalaureate Blog

This past weekend, CUNY BA student Diane Ingino worked on a team participating in the 48 Hour Film Project — a crazy competition which gives all teams entered just 48 hours over a weekend to make a short movie.

All aspects of production must not begin until the official kick-off on Friday evening - including the writing.  The finished product (4-7 minutes long) had to be submitted on time Sunday evening.  Just 48 hours to write, get locations, design the set, shoot, edit, and output to tape or DVD.  Every team must incorporate specific elements in their film (a character, a line of dialogue, and a prop), and then the team leaders literally pull a genre out of a bag; no one on any team knows what kind of movie they’ll be working on until then. 

Diane’s team’s genre was “Comedy.”  The Producers leading her team were Stephanie Sellars of Immortality Productions (lead actress) and Marc Dole of Hatchling Studios and about 20 team members, including seven actors.  Diane served as Associate Producer and Script Supervisor. 

So come to the screening!  You’ll get to see the work of about a dozen teams and have a chance to vote for Audience Favorite.  Diane’s team’s work was “In the Cards” by Immortality Productions. 

There are four screenings to accommodate all the teams.  “In the Cards” will be shown:
Wed., June 25th at 9pm 
Landmark’s Sunshine Cinema, 143 E. Houston St., New York, NY
Tickets can be purchased online at: http://www.landmarktheatres.com/tickets/
(Be sure to choose the 9pm screening time)
and at the Sunshine Theater box office.

Tickets will sell out, so be sure to get yours early!

Diane Ingino
Member, CineWomenNY and NYWIFT