I just finished a crazy weekend composing a score for Baltimore’s 48-Hour Film Festival.
Film-making teams select a film genre from a hat on Friday night, and they must create (write, cast, shoot, edit, etc.) a short film from scratch by Sunday night. (The festival also provides a character, a prop, and a line that must be included in the film). I did most of my composing on Saturday, once the director sent me a script. But the real task is adjusting my music to fit the actual footage which is usually not ready until Sunday morning.
I’ll post a video soon — the film will be screened at the Charles Theater on Tuesday, June 25th at 9pm.