 eighth annual 48 hour film festival comes to a close eighth annual 48 hour film festival comes to a close eighth annual 48 hour film festival comes to a close tue 11062018 1251 http wwwthegriffonnewscom wpcontent uploads 20181148hrlogo1952x1024png for the eighth straight year at missouri western the cinema department has hosted the 48hour film festival with multiple teams made up of students this year the festival began on friday nov 2 at 6 pm and ended on sunday nov 4 at 6 pm angel edwards sophomore theater major speaks about what the festival consisted of 48hour film festival is an event where multiple teams disperse and create a film within 48 hours edwards said this includes pre and post production the films are later shown in a public screening and multiple positions are up for awards every team must create a film with the same requirements one specific character and their job a certain prop and a specific line of dialogue thomas brecheisen ast prof of cinema explains why students should participate in the festival it s an awesome opportunity for filmmakers or people who just like to have fun in film to take two days literally 48 hours to write shoot edit and produce a film brecheisen said there were multiple mixers that occured before the festival began where students gathered and created their own teams there were three mixers this year oct 4 oct 19 and nov 1 the 48hour film festival is a great opportunity in creating a student film according to griffon film society president nathan gonder this is really great because it s a really good experience to make a film on campus that is nonacademic with all the harsh requirements and regulations of a normal film put into just two days this isn t just for cinema majors gonder said this is open to the entire school so as long as you are a student or an alumni you may participate in the festival there were seven teams that participated this year these teams consisted of major and nonmajor students alumni and members of the community ben smith junior theater major speaks about the positives that he took out of the festival it has given me a chance to branch out as an actor into a type of acting that i m not very experienced with yet smith said it has also given me a great appreciation for the amount of work that goes into films that don t have the time crunch of 48 hours it really is a great way to learn how to use your time effectively in filming there is a lot of work to do in a shorter amount of time sophomore dalyn legrand gives advice to future participants to people doing 48 in the future get a lot of sleep the night before take small power naps when you can and don t talk to people outside of your group as much as possible because drama or anything like it needs to be far from your mind this weekend requires a lot of focus legrand said the films that were created will undergo judging before a panel before being screened at an award ceremony there are multiple awards that people can win including best visual special effects best writing best editing best acting audience choices etc the award ceremony will take place on nov 8 at 730 pm in potter theatre it is free and open to the public source the griffon news  