48-Hour film project announces winners; rent due in Winston-Salem
There was a packed house at the Carousel Luxury Cinemas last week, as the Best of the Greensboro 48HFP screened last week, celebrating the efforts of the independent filmmakers who participated in the 48-Hour Film Project, an annual event that includes dozens of cities throughout the world. It was, in the words of Greensboro producer Suzan Magee, “quite a momentous night.”
After the screenings, there were awards subsequently presented to the winning teams of filmmakers, many of whom were on hand to savor their work and the work of their fellow moviemakers. This year’s winners:
• Best Use of Character (tie): “l’apartment 406” (Two Rats Production) and “little Bastard” (megaslade Films)
• Best Use of Prop: “The czech Is In the mail” (GreenPax).
• Best Use of Line of Dialogue: “Good mourning Grace” (Take the Horse Production)
• Best Emerging Artist (a Judges’ special award): “Isolation” (Hell of a Hat Films)
• Best Costumes: “l’apartment 406” (Two Rats Production)
• Best Cinematography: “l’apartment 406” (Two Rats Production)
• Best Special Effects: “Payment” (10lb Hammer)
• Best Sound Design: “Payment” (10lb Hammer)
• Best Musical Score: l’apartment 406 (Two Rats Production)
• Best Editing: “love Is Dead”(monkeywhale Productions)
• Best Acting (tie): “Dance Again”(General Pictures) and “love is Dead”(monkeywhale Productions)
• Best Writing: “l’apartment 406”(Two Rats Production)
• Best Directing: “Payment” (10lbHammer) … and congrats to IkeQuigley
• Runner-Up for Best Film:“Payment” (10lb Hammer)
• Best Film: “l’apartment 406” (Two Rats Production)
• Audience Award winner (Group A): “love is Dead”(monkeywhale Production).
• Audience Award winner (Group B): “Payment” (10lb Hammer)
• Audience Award winner (Group C): “l’apartment 406” (Two Rats Production)
Of the 39 teams that competed, 35 qualified for the competition and 14 were screened at the awards ceremony. There was, however, an accidental omission of one film in the judging — for which Greensboro producer Suzan Magee apologized and took full responsibility. And, of course, there were the usual grumblings from some of the filmmakers about how this year’s event went. (Having covered the festival extensively and participated as a judge two years in a row, this is hardly an uncommon occurrence, but it is nice to note that there don’t seem to be any longstanding grudges held.)
This year’s judges included Joe Scott, Laura Boyes and YES! Weekly’s Glen Baity, all of whom were in attendance, as was Rebecca Clark, the Piedmont Triad film commissioner. According to Magee, this will be her last year as a city producer. Having done it three years in a row, “it is time to pass the torch,” she wrote in an e-mail. Nevertheless, she remains a fervent supporter — having been on filmmaking teams herself before becoming a city producer. “The filmmakers made a solid showing,” she wrote.
And that’s a wrap for the sixth Greensboro 48- Hour Film Project. For more information, see the official website: www.48hourfilm.com/ The ACT Summer program’s production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony-award winning musical smash Rent will open Friday at the Arts Council Theatre (610 Coliseum Drive, Winston-Salem).
A Broadway sensation from the word “go,” Jonathan Larson’s ensemble musical is loosely based on Puccini’s classic opera La Boheme, as it follows a group of seven friends eking out an existence on the fringes of the New York artistic scene — dealing with poverty, AIDS, ambition, affairs of the heart and other complications that might tear other people apart, but which bonds them together even more strongly.
This is the “school edition” of Rent; in adapting the work for younger audiences, some of the more profane passages and one song (“Contact”) have been removed from the show, in the interest of making it more accessible and palatable for many schools. These changes were made with the approval of Larson’s estate. Nevertheless, the production does still deal with some of the mature issues at hand (sexuality, drug use, etc.).
The original Broadway production, which ranks as the eighth longest-running musical in the history of the Great White Way, ran more than two years. In 2005, Chris Columbus directed the film version of Rent.
The ACT students have been working for the better part of the month under the guidance of director Gesh Metz, musical director Judy Ransom and Cheri VanLoon, who lent her expertise as a special coordinator of the show’s choreography.
Showtimes are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $10. For tickets or more information, call 336.748.0857, ext. 201. To comment on this story, e-mail Mark Burger at marksburger@yahoo.com.
There was a packed house at the Carousel Luxury Cinemas last week, as the Best of the Greensboro 48HFP screened last week, celebrating the efforts of the independent filmmakers who participated in the 48-Hour Film Project, an annual event that includes dozens of cities throughout the world. It was, in the words of Greensboro producer Suzan Magee, “quite a momentous night.”
After the screenings, there were awards subsequently presented to the winning teams of filmmakers, many of whom were on hand to savor their work and the work of their fellow moviemakers. This year’s winners:
• Best Use of Character (tie): “l’apartment 406” (Two Rats Production) and “little Bastard” (megaslade Films)
• Best Use of Prop: “The czech Is In the mail” (GreenPax).
• Best Use of Line of Dialogue: “Good mourning Grace” (Take the Horse Production)
• Best Emerging Artist (a Judges’ special award): “Isolation” (Hell of a Hat Films)
• Best Costumes: “l’apartment 406” (Two Rats Production)
• Best Cinematography: “l’apartment 406” (Two Rats Production)
• Best Special Effects: “Payment” (10lb Hammer)
• Best Sound Design: “Payment” (10lb Hammer)
• Best Musical Score: l’apartment 406 (Two Rats Production)
• Best Editing: “love Is Dead”(monkeywhale Productions)
• Best Acting (tie): “Dance Again”(General Pictures) and “love is Dead”(monkeywhale Productions)
• Best Writing: “l’apartment 406”(Two Rats Production)
• Best Directing: “Payment” (10lbHammer) … and congrats to IkeQuigley
• Runner-Up for Best Film:“Payment” (10lb Hammer)
• Best Film: “l’apartment 406” (Two Rats Production)
• Audience Award winner (Group A): “love is Dead”(monkeywhale Production).
• Audience Award winner (Group B): “Payment” (10lb Hammer)
• Audience Award winner (Group C): “l’apartment 406” (Two Rats Production)
Of the 39 teams that competed, 35 qualified for the competition and 14 were screened at the awards ceremony. There was, however, an accidental omission of one film in the judging — for which Greensboro producer Suzan Magee apologized and took full responsibility. And, of course, there were the usual grumblings from some of the filmmakers about how this year’s event went. (Having covered the festival extensively and participated as a judge two years in a row, this is hardly an uncommon occurrence, but it is nice to note that there don’t seem to be any longstanding grudges held.)
This year’s judges included Joe Scott, Laura Boyes and YES! Weekly’s Glen Baity, all of whom were in attendance, as was Rebecca Clark, the Piedmont Triad film commissioner. According to Magee, this will be her last year as a city producer. Having done it three years in a row, “it is time to pass the torch,” she wrote in an e-mail. Nevertheless, she remains a fervent supporter — having been on filmmaking teams herself before becoming a city producer. “The filmmakers made a solid showing,” she wrote.
And that’s a wrap for the sixth Greensboro 48- Hour Film Project. For more information, see the official website: www.48hourfilm.com/ The ACT Summer program’s production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony-award winning musical smash Rent will open Friday at the Arts Council Theatre (610 Coliseum Drive, Winston-Salem).
A Broadway sensation from the word “go,” Jonathan Larson’s ensemble musical is loosely based on Puccini’s classic opera La Boheme, as it follows a group of seven friends eking out an existence on the fringes of the New York artistic scene — dealing with poverty, AIDS, ambition, affairs of the heart and other complications that might tear other people apart, but which bonds them together even more strongly.
This is the “school edition” of Rent; in adapting the work for younger audiences, some of the more profane passages and one song (“Contact”) have been removed from the show, in the interest of making it more accessible and palatable for many schools. These changes were made with the approval of Larson’s estate. Nevertheless, the production does still deal with some of the mature issues at hand (sexuality, drug use, etc.).
The original Broadway production, which ranks as the eighth longest-running musical in the history of the Great White Way, ran more than two years. In 2005, Chris Columbus directed the film version of Rent.
The ACT students have been working for the better part of the month under the guidance of director Gesh Metz, musical director Judy Ransom and Cheri VanLoon, who lent her expertise as a special coordinator of the show’s choreography.
Showtimes are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $10. For tickets or more information, call 336.748.0857, ext. 201. To comment on this story, e-mail Mark Burger at marksburger@yahoo.com.
