The weekend of August 8- 10th was spent in a production frenzy.  I'd first heard in late June about the 48 hour Film Project (an international film competition) and got excited about the idea of totally creating a short  film in a weekend.   As the head producer and 1st unit DP I called, cajoled,  sweet-talked, and wheedled friends about the idea and gradually gathered after  blitzes of e-mail & many meetings a combined crew and potential cast of nearly 50 people, with donated equipment and edit facilities ready to go.   It was a wild ride for everyone. New production  methods were invented: interwoven scenes shot simultan-eously in different parts of the city, story-line driven by locations & pre-selected actors, multiple people handling a single job description....   It was very gratifying to work in such a collaborative, non-hierarchical context, where everyone's input was considered and with time relentlessly at our backs all that mattered was using the best ideas put forth to make the best film we could in what little time we had. In the end it was finished and delivered with only 15 minutes to spare.     For the big picture click on our Pixel Farmer website. With over 200 pictures and stories it details the challenges of compressing  several months worth of preproduction, shooting and post production into 48 hours...... You can watch the film here.