SC State Fair Looking for Film Competitors

S.C. State Fair will host a film competition this year — but there's a catch.

Well, three catches. 

First, the film must be made in under 48 hours. Second, the film, including credits, cannot be longer than 6 minutes. Third, the film must be shot on the fairgrounds.

The state fair has dubbed this the 48 Hour Film Blitz. Top prize is $500.

The clock starts at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11. You and your team of filmmakers have 48 hours to write, shoot and edit a movie imagined and produced entirely on the S.C. State Fairgrounds in Columbia.

Brought to you by the S.C. State Fair and Indie Grits, the 48 Hour Film Blitz is a unique all access pass for filmmakers to the fair.

Each team will select a film genre, props, and fairground locations at random in a drawing, then be set free to write, produce, and shoot a movie, which must be filmed entirely on the fairgrounds site.

Filmmakers are welcome and encouraged to stay overnight on the fairgrounds during the Blitz. The S.C. State Fair will provide overnight facilities for Friday and Saturday nights and workstations for dumping and editing footage, and accessing the internet.

Finished films will be submitted by 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13.

Films will then be played throughout the week at the From Field to Fair exhibition in the Cantey Building.

A panel of three judges will select a film to be awarded a $500 prize. Additionally, Columbia’s WLTX will shoot live stories on the making of the winning film.

A final screening and awards ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. in the Rosewood Building on Sunday, Oct. 20, at the closing of the 2013 SC State Fair.

Click here for more information and learn how to register your team.