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Sep 1148 hours to make something is hard
I love a good challenge. And when it comes to filmmaking, I love them even more. Working through and figuring out a problem is one of the funnest things…that is, once you have a solution. 
A few weeks ago a CAN (Cinematic Artists of Norman) team I organized for the 48 Hour Film Project gathered our creativity, equipment, and patience to make a movie.
So with our genre (horror), prop (stool), and line of dialogue (Now, that’s a problem) all in hand, we were ready to make the best 7 minutes-or-less short!
Before the 48 Hour weekend, our team met twice to discuss the process and team details. Based on crew preferences that people gave me, I delegated crew roles to the the ten team members. This worked out very nicely for this to be handled before the actual shooting weekend. At the end of the day, we had a total of 12 people including our actors.
I handled the continuity and script supervisor roles, as well as the team leader. My goal for the weekend was to be more hands-off. I am the type of person who likes to step in and do things on my own. Especially if I see someone struggling, I always pick up the slack. Not this time, though. My goal was to let others figure it out for themselves and offer limited guidance. And, as predicted, it all went great! We were behind schedule, but not too badly. Nothing crazy happened that put us behind. And to top it off, I felt less stressed about the entire thing. I was able to sit back and let people do their jobs, and trust that they could do them (this is hard for organizing nuts like myself). I also didn’t feel any fear of failure. I thought, if we are going to fail, at least we will learn a great lesson from it all. I think we all learned great lessons AND we didn’t fail! So here’s the final successful film! 
We find out in a couple of weeks whether it was chosen as the OKC winner. *fingers crossed and toes wiggled*
You can read more about the team members and the making of the project here.