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“Please Forward” wins the Audience Award!

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

SO excited!! Last night our 48 Hour Film Project entry for this year, “Please Forward,” won the Audience Award at the “Best of D.C.” screening. THANK YOU, D.C. AUDIENCE!!!
For your further enjoyment, check out the shorts that won for Best Film and Best Directing.
Congratulations to all!
coughlan48hfp films to see: Best film: http://bit.ly/fTEMK Best [...]

On to the “Best of D.C.”!

Monday, May 18th, 2009

Sweet! Just found out our entry in this year’s 48 Hour Film Project has made it into the finals for “Best of D.C.”! Hurray! Great job, Bill and Pam and the whole cast and crew who worked on the film!

Technorati Tags: 48 Hour Film Project, Mother Reader, Movies, Screenwriting, Tohubohu Productions, Writing

Here’s our 48-hour movie!

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Yay! I can finally show you the result of our speed-filmmaking project. Before you watch, let me remind you of the “required elements” we had to work into our 8-minute film:
Genre: Holiday movie
Character: Ivan Pagoda, coach
Prop: ID card
Line: “We’re hoping things will change.”
We found out those required elements on [...]

A behind-the-scenes look at our 48 Hour Film Project

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Last Friday I was the screenwriter for the speed creativity contest known as the 48 Hour Film Project.
The producer on the project was Pam Coughlan, aka Mother Reader. The director was her husband Bill Coughlan of Tohubohu Productions. Here’s Pam’s report on how those 48 hours went for the people involved in the [...]

Time for some speed writing!

Friday, May 1st, 2009

SO excited. Tonight I’m participating in the 48 Hour Film Project as the screenwriter for Tohubohu Productions, the film production company helmed by Bill Coughlan. I’ll also be working with Pam Coughlan, aka Mother Reader.
Here’s the deal: “The 48 Hour Film Project is a wild and sleepless weekend in which you and [...]


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