48 Hour Film Project 2005 (Awards Night)
One of the things I like the most about working with the Greensboro Film making crowd is that though it is such a large and diverse crowd, everyone likes everyone else, and they really see themselves as one big group and not a bunch of little groups, even when competing. If you think that this simply isn't possible, you obviously weren't at the Awards Ceremony held at the Sky Bar in beautiful downtown Greensboro last night. I wonder if there is some sort of accurate head count of total number of people involved, perhaps based on the waivers we all had to sign. I bet there were well over 200 people involved in the project across the 33 teams, and not a bad one in the bunch.
Going into it last night I usually had two teams in mind for each award, if one team didn't didn't win, I expected the other team to win it. I was very pleased by how spot on my predictions were. There was even one team that I picked for things, but felt in my heart they might get overlooked. I was thrilled to find out that not only were they not overlooked, they got credit where it was due. Great job all teams! Even if you didn't win something yourself, you raised the bar for everyone and made the win even more special (and hard to get) for the team that got it.
Also special thanks to Steven van Vuuren (Thanks for the spelling correction!) who organized a really nice thank you gift for Ed and Nisha on very short notice, you're a hell of a guy Steven, and I am glad I had a chance to work with you back on Soliloquy.
Now the winners.
The Audience Award was based on ballots filled out each night. You had to pick three or your ballot wouldn't count. There were three place awards for each night the winner got the highest percentage of votes on their night.
A Group.
1st place Unhinged: The Sly Stephens Story by Hyperactive Entertainment
2nd place Triggerfinger by The Jive Mechanics
3rd place Slice of Life by The Dirt Bags
B Group.
1st place Organized Art by Good As A Mugg
2nd place The Gift by Team Underexposed
3rd place The Super Best Buds by Nexus
C Group.
1st Place Rappa On Da Ruuf by The Macaroni Project
2nd Place Love Overdue by The Strait 90's
3rd Place Late To A Kill by Phenomena
The other awards are single awards based on the judges pick of the overall best in each particular category.
Best Use of Character - "Unhinged: The Sly Stephens Story" by Hyperative Entertainment
Best Use of Prop - "Super Best Buds" by Nexus
Best Use of Line of Dialogue - "Scarred" by See-Saw Productions
Best Choreography - "Rappa On Da Ruuf" by The Macaroni Project
Best Costumes - "Organized Art" by Good As A Mugg
Best Musical Score - "Love Overdue" by The Strait 90's
Best Sound Design - "The Gift" by Team Underexposed
Best Graphics - "Organized Art" by Good As A Mugg
Best Special Effects - "The Gift" by Team Underexposed
Best Acting - "Unhinged: The Sly Stephens Story" by Hyperactive Entertainment
Best Writing - "Unhinged: The Sly Stephens Story" by Hyperactive Entertainment
Best Editing - "Scarred" by See-Saw Productions
Best Cinematagraphy - "Organized Art" by Good As A Mugg
Best Directing(TIE) - "Organized Art" by Good As A Mugg and - "Unhinged: The Sly Stephens Story" by Hyperactive Entertainment
Best Overall - "Organized Art" by Good As A Mugg
Congratulations to all teams, each win was earned by hard work, and no sleep! Special congratulations to Matt Moore and all of Good As A Mugg for representing Greensboro again this year at the world finals. Last year, their piece called, Yesterday got huge buzz amoung the audience but failed to impress the judges enough for a win in any category. This year we've paid our dues, and the overall bar was raised so high, you can be sure, they will make an even stronger impression. Kick Ass guys!
Comments
Congratulations guys! I've really enjoyed keeping up with everything from all the blogging! Felt like I was almost there. Would have loved to have gone to the events - but we were out of town all week. I'm so glad you all did well. I know ya'll deserved it!!! Looking forward to seeing "The Gift" at some point.
Posted by: Leslie | August 1, 2005 10:27 AM
"Last year, their piece called, Yesterday got huge buzz amoung the audience but failed to impress the judges enough for a win in any category."
I have a question for Mr. Woody Cavenaugh. Were you there last year @ the 48? I have read plenty of reviews left online about the 48, a few of them were attacking Mr. Moore (Yesterday, Organized Art). Personally I think people need to relax. The guy won two years in a row and I think he well deserved it. But as for your comments about him having "got audience buzz", but failing to impress judges, maybe you should look that one up, because as I remember it, Matt walked away with a few awards that night. After seeing Matt's film "Yesterday" I went out of my way to work with him, and have since then worked as 1st AD on three of his movies. Now having put 3 films "in the can" with him, I'm proud to say that he is not only a great filmmaker, but also my friend. He is not boastful or arrogant, actually the contrary is true. He is very excited everytime 48 drawers nearer. He has spoken of how exciting it is to see Greensboro filmmakers grow and become more talented.
But in the end, awards don't mean a damn thing, do they? Personally I thought this was about having pride for our beautiful city of Greensboro. I would hope that next year whether or not Mr. Moore is one of the top contestants for Best of Greensboro, that we will all get behind whoever wins and encourage them as they go off to represent our city in San Jose.
Posted by: Ben Sakatos | November 26, 2005 1:45 PM
Ben, Dude. Relax buddy.
Matt cleans up at the local 48 because he consistantly rocks.
The comment you refer to was how he did at nationals last year. Huge audience buzz, ignored by the judges.
Yes, I know Matt. Matt knows me. Everyone loves Matt because he is THE stand up guy in local film. I am thrilled you got a chance to work with him. It is an honor to do so. I never have anything but a good time on his set, and his product is always top notch.
Knowing this, I can forgive you for your spirited defense.
Look forward to working with you Ben!
Posted by: Woody Cavenaugh | November 26, 2005 7:22 PM