Troll and Boar show us how it’s done on the set of Night Drop – our 2010 48 Hour Film Project short. There really isn’t anything else to say about that.

The required elements were:
Character: Sherman or Sharon Brown – recently unemployed
Prop: A book
Line: “There is a $2.00 service charge.”
Our genre: Silent film

A mysterious man leaves three strangers a box that draws them into a world filled with sinister beings.

Cast – as
Scott A. Harris – The Stranger
Austin Webb – Poker Player
Saurabh Bhatnagar – Sherman Brown
Kayleigh Graham – Nature Girl
Ron Reneiso – Clown
Garvin O’Connor – Boar Man
Scott Harris – Troll
Katie Wischkaemper – Woman 1
Garvin O’Connor – Man 1
Diana Urbanski – Woman 2

Crew
Jennie Donovan
Raju Eason
Adam Frye
Stephanie Frye
Henry Gallagher
Cathe Harris
Randy LeBlanc
Diana Urbanski
John J. Urbanski Jr.
Jeff Wischkaemper

Special Thanks To
Lowery Bank
Mary-Alice and Lawrence DeSpain

This film was made as part of the 2010 Houston 48 Hour Film Project where teams made a 4 – 7 minute short film using a few required elements and a genre pulled from a hat. All aspects of production including writing, filming, rehearsing and editing took place over the weekend of June 4th – 6th.

GROUP A
Jun 8: 5:30p
Jun 9: 9:00p

Here are a few short clips of us testing out John’s new homemade stabilizer rig for his 5D Mark II in preparation for the upcoming Houston 48HFP.

Hank and Diana helped us out by getting in front of the camera for some night tests.

Hank, Scott, and Saurabh appear on camera at Ragin Cajun in Sugar Land, TX where the boss was kind enough to let us play in his restaurant as long as we spelled the name right. Thanks!

The Voodoo Studios gang got together and shot a test for their original script – Seven-Dollar Salvation – a short about a girl who gets the idea to raise money by selling certificates of salvation that promise the owner a spot in the afterlife for seven bucks a pop.

This scene takes place late in the script so it might feel a little out of context. It was shot using 2 Canon 5D Mark IIs on standard def and two Rode Videomics to mimic a potential equipment set-up that we might use in the upcoming Houston 48 Hour Film Project.

Starring:
Chloe Donovan
Austin Webb

Welcome to the team, Mr. Harris.

Wish us luck!

This time Austin drops by to talk to us about the biggest holiday of all in America… The Super Bowl! Okay, maybe it’s not a holiday but it might as well be.

I’m calling this Part I of the “Official Catfish Webb Holiday Memories Documentary Web Series”. Enjoy.

A lot of really good short films were selected to be on the DVD, so be sure to order up a couple dozen copies for you and your friends.

This film was made as part of the 2009 Houston 48 Hour Film Project where teams made a 4 – 7 minute short film (before credits) using a few required elements and a genre pulled from a hat. All aspects of production including writing, filming, rehearsing and editing took place over the weekend of June 5th – June 7th.

The required elements were:
Character: Jarod or Janice Puller (Officer)
Prop: A ball
Line: “I’m just not sure about that”
Our genre: foreign film.

Amy’s husband Jai has been missing for two months and every time she closes her eyes she has nightmares about him dying. Unable to get help from the Indian authorities or the American embassy, she follows a vision to visit a guru with a secret who promises her dreams of much happier times.

The required elements were:
Character: Jarod or Janice Puller (Officer)
Prop: A ball
Line: “I’m just not sure about that”

Our genre was western/musical foreign film.

Our 2009 48HFP cast and crew:
Saurabh Bhatnagar – Jai Gurnani
Brandy Copley – Producer, Make-Up
Jennie Donovan – Make-up, Goon
Raju Eason – Soori Baba
Jenny Frame – Amy Gurnani
Adam Frye – Team Leader / Producer, Writer, Director, Editor
Henry Gallagher – Producer
Julie Leithner – Talent Scout
Randy LeBlanc – Officer Jarod Puller, Goon, Music Supervisor
Garvin O’Connor – Goon
Ron Reinoso – Best Boy Grip
Diana Urbanski – Location Scout
John J. Urbanski Jr. – Director of Photography, Production Designer, Make-up
Austin Webb – Location Scout, Goon

Ashram – Amy’s husband Jai has been missing for two months and every time she closes her eyes she has nightmares about him dying. Unable to get help from the Indian authorities or the American embassy, she follows a vision to visit a guru with a secret who promises her dreams of much happier times.

I’ll be posting an online video as soon as the screenings happen. Tickets to the screenings can be purchased here. Note that we are in Screening Group C.

Today we signed up to compete in the annual Houston 48 Hour Film Project where we will once again be tasked with completing a 4 to 7 minute short film over the course of one weekend using a genre drawn from a hat along with a required character, prop, and line of dialogue.

Wish us luck!