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2019 Genres, descriptions and examples

14 Jun 2019

2019 Elements

Compulsory Sound Element: Laughter

Joyful? Maniacal? Nervous? Fake? Are your characters unable to hold in their laughter or they laughing out of politeness? It’s up to you! We want to hear laughter in the films this year. This is the compulsory SOUND element, so you don’t have to…

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Out of Town Teams and Digital Pigeon

8 Jun 2019

If you cannot make it to the physical hand in locations in one of the centres then you can register as an out of town team.

Shout out to Digital Pigeon for their sponsorship - allowing our out of town teams to send their films to us through the internet.…

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City Info and V Energy Drinks

6 Jun 2019

In case you run out of energy over the hectic weekend - V is back to fuel the team with freebies, pick up is at the launch venues, so make sure you make it along to our launch events. Details are on the city info pages!

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Professional Lighting Services - Prizes and a deal for the AK teams

6 Jun 2019

Professional Lighting Services are long-standing sponsors for the 48Hours and are offering 5k of lighting rental valid for 2-years to the grand winner. Also for those teams competing in Auckland, PLS offers 50% discount on all gear for 48hour teams – thats 50% of a 1x day hire for the weekend.…

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Images & Sound

6 Jun 2019

The Best Cinematography Award just got a little sweeter with $250 cash and $5,000 worth of colour grading from Images & Sound - Complete Post Production (valid for two years). 

Images & Sound are long supporters of the Vista Foundation 48Hours and have seen some wonderful talent nurtured thought this great competition.…

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