The following General rules apply to each participating group/production team:

Times: The Guerilla Film Contest will occur between a Friday, at 5:00 p.m. and the following Sunday, at 5:00 p.m. (local time). The participating group must complete its film/video work in time to deliver it to a location to be announced, on Sunday by 5:00 p.m. Only works that meet the deadline will be screened.
In that 48 hour period, all creativity will take place, including but not limited to:

Writing the Script Rehearsing Costume/Set Design Shooting Editing Sound Design

The only work to begin prior to the ‘Official 48 Hour Time Period” is:

Organizing Crew Organizing Cast Securing Equipment Scouting/securing Locations

All footage must be shot within the 48 hour time period of the project. No stock footage or footage shot or created at another time may be used. Animation and special effects are permitted, but must be created during the 48 hour time period.

Each participating group must have a representative at the official Kickoff Event of the Guerilla Film Contest. At the event, each group will choose the genre of its film in a random drawing. In addition, each group will be assigned required elements that must appear in its film, such as a specific character, prop and/or line of dialogue.

To qualify as an “Official 48 Hour Film,” each group’s film must be in the genre it selects and must contain all required elements. All cast and crew must be volunteers. This includes all cast and crew. (e.g. actors, camera people, etc.)

COMPLETE RULES WILL BE POSTED MONDAY APRIL 26th, 2010.