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How it all came together
Friday, August 3, 2007
At 7:00pm, 26 teams receive their marching orders at the Twisted Martini. From this point, each team will have 48 hours to find actors, create a story line, shoot the scenes, edit and turn in a completed four to seven minute short film. The NFocus team finds out they will have to create a short film in the drama genre.
The NFocus team
Teams await their assignments at the Twisted Martini.
The competition added a little flair to the Landing on a sunny Friday afternoon.
The assignment has been given and now we're off to the races.
Saturday, August 4, 2007
NFocus gets started at 3:00am with the first scene in Springfield. Former Jacksonville University student, Michelle Marin is the featured actress for "Belong".
Michelle Marin
Joe and the cast prepare for the first scene.
Going over the storyline one last time before filming begins
Lights, camera, action. Lighting was needed outside of the house to create a moonlit appearance.
During a break, Michelle and Redgie go over their lines.
Joe goes in for a close up.
Saturday, August 4th, 2007 - Shantytown Pub - Springfield
Filming of the first scene lasted until 6:30 Saturday morning. After getting a few hours of sleep, the NFocus team headed over to Shantytown to shoot the bar scene.
Unloading the equipment
Shantytown gets ready for the camera
Michelle and Dawn go over their lines for the bar scene. Since it was in the middle of the day and the crew wanted a full bar for the film, free beer was given to anyone who didn't mind drinking to help fill up the background. Naturally, there was no problem in getting local residents to take Nfocus up on their offer.
Jim, Joe, and Adam in action
Dawn, Michelle, and Laura at Shantytown.
Saturday, August 4, 2007 - Confederate Park restrooms
After leaving Shanytown, Nfocus headed over to Confederate Park to shoot the restroom scene.
The filming of the restroom scene in progress
Michelle smiles for the Metro Jacksonville camera.
The restroom scene is over and crew and cast members get ready to head over to Ola on Main Street for dinner.
Saturday - 9:00pm - Back on Market Street
After dinner the crew heads over to the location of the first scene to film "Tara" leaving her foster parent's house in search of her real mother.
The crew lights up Springfield
Saturday - 11:00pm - Downtown Jacksonville
The final scene of the day was shot on Clay Street in LaVilla.
Jim and Joe with the Jacksonville skyline in the background.
Josh and Michelle's last scene was shot in front of the old Stanton High School on the corner of Clay and Ashley Streets.
Michelle walks past the camera into the mean streets of downtown Jacksonville.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 - The preview
On Tuesday, all films in the 48 Hour Film Project, were released to the general public at the Main Library.
The Completed Film:
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Jason
August 09, 2007, 09:52:36 AMThe film looks great! And thanks for sharing the behind the scenes look at its making.
big ben
August 09, 2007, 12:32:46 PMi see myself in the audience. anyone who can guess who i am gets a five. not a high five, just regular.
the lighting for this film was much better than for the other teams, in my opinion. at least for what you were trying to do (all night scenes). i know at least one person that didn't like it because it was a drama, but i voted for it.
Lunican
August 09, 2007, 12:38:16 PMOf the films in the first showing, this was one of the most well done. A few of the films looked like home video edited with a VCR.
Also, if this is based purely on audience choice, I think the comedies are tough competition. It's much easier to be funny in 4-7 minutes than anything else, making it more memorable to the audience.
thelakelander
August 09, 2007, 12:43:21 PMUnfortunately, the teams did not get to pick the genre.
big ben
August 09, 2007, 12:46:02 PMi agree. it also seems to have been the only film that didn't show a toilet seat just to show a toilet seat....out of group A, at least. i didn't see the other group.
yes, true. it's better than having to do a children's film.
Lunican
August 09, 2007, 01:23:13 PMIn a lot of the films, the required line and prop seemed like afterthoughts. I think they did a good job tying it all together.
downtownparks
August 09, 2007, 01:39:27 PMI agree.
I thought it was moving, I though it was nice looking, and the acting didn't make me reel.
Jason
August 09, 2007, 01:51:12 PMBecause your alias is "Big Ben" I would guess you're the big guy in the front center of this picture in the white shirt clapping?
guapoman2000
August 09, 2007, 09:09:52 PMFor those that did not see the target for the Movie "BELONG" then, click here!
http://www.getnfocus.com/belong.html
for behind the scenes then, click here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nfocus48hourproject
Lunican
April 30, 2008, 02:55:17 PMhttp://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=108163&ref=rss