The Dubai 48 Hour Film Project

It is an international film competition to make a short-film in just 48 hours. The 48 Hour film Project is a film-making competition designed to have filmmakers compete to make a film 4-7 minutes long, in just 48 hours. The winner of each city project qualifies to represent their city against the rest of the world for the coveted “Best 48 hour film” award and a chance to be screened at the Cannes film festival “short corner”. The project is the oldest and biggest timed filmmaking competition in the world. Established by Mark Ruppert in Washington DC back in 2001, it has grown to over 100 countries around the world. In 2011 this immensely popular Festival/competition finally came to the Middle East and was received with open arms. The Dubai project had been the second Middle Eastern city for this international filmmaking competition, and was open to all UAE residents. Actually I was one of these participants with my university team at AUD which is one of the organizations for this beautiful work. Even though it was a very difficult experience which is full of stress and tiredness, it was an awesome step that I got benefits from it to help me with my major 'Media Studies', learned the basic principles  of shooting with my colleagues, and had fun during the shooting time. Because I am a tall person, my position in this amazing work was the boom operator. 

References:
http://www.48hourfilm.com/dubai/

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