Four Points Film Project: tips for your first 48 Hour Film Project

The worldwide web-based version of the 48hrFP, Four Points Film Project, is on soon, and we have some great tips to get you started.
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The 48 Hour Film Project comes around every year, putting emerging and established filmmakers to the test. Can a film made in under two days, and told in just seven minutes, really be a good film? That’s up to you and your team.

While you’re at the script stage, you should also do some rough-sketch storyboards so that your camera op knows what they need to captures.

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Silvi Vann-Wall is a Melbourne-based journalist, podcaster, critic and filmmaker who loves frogs and improv comedy. They were the ScreenHub Film Content Lead from 2022 to 2025. Twitter (X): @SilviReports / Bluesky: @silvi.bsky.social‬ / Website: silvireports.com