It’s (60 Hour Film) Blitz!: 60 hours, 20 films, 60 characters

The 60 Hour Film Blitz is back and Blitzier than ever! Over a hundred of our more cinephilic students worked together to write, shoot, edit and submit an impressive and diverse array of three-minute films, despite some newly added tricks to keep them honest.

This year, each team had to incorporate a specific line of dialogue (“Now there are two of us.”), a prop (cake) and a camera technique (extreme close-up) into their film. Despite these new demands, 20 teams managed to do a whole lot with very little. In a display of solidarity for these restraints (and to show off), I’ve written sixty-character impressions of each film. Seriously, count if you’d like!

Beginner Competition Category:

‘Silver Stare’ 

Bryde, Nat and Jon’s Team: Some trees, a tinfoil face guy, and a dog. Funny on purpose?

‘Snap Crack Love’ 

SMA: Love in a chiropractor’s. Casual mention of moose wrestling.

‘Stalemate’ 

Matchmakers: Beware the men in red trousers. Trailer for an anti-rom com.

‘Tomato Tale’ 

Blin: Delightful stop-motion salad massacre. I felt for those veg!

‘An Unexpected Guest’

Mudbus: A stranger lurks in Albany. Felt real, but dialogue muffled.

‘Growing Up Down’ 

Lupo: Randomness on a beach. Those shots were totally wide-angled.

‘Mr. Laurence’

Blue Tash: B+W, silent, and beautiful. Never date your creepy neighbor.

‘Akin’ 

Second Floor Films: Penguin reflections, good beat. Reverse ‘Spy in the Huddle’.

‘Duskingtide’ 

Ok Not Ok: Hungover guy in a sweet coat has a smoke, meets another guy.

‘The St Andrews Detectives’ 

Tinderbox: 2 conspicuous detectives romp around well-lit parts of town.

‘Viennetta’

Fighting Mongeese: Deep questions about cakes. Party on, drunk cake specialist.

Intermediate Competition Category:

‘Lights Camera Pandas’ 

Morning Macchiato: Funny panda-fight mockumentary. Only team to say ‘sex cake’.

‘Gulp’

Fusion: Most tragic one. That must’ve been the worst night-out ever.

‘Technologic’

Over/champagne: The horrors of autocorrect and dating. Nice texting effects.

‘Cookie’ 

Saga: A musical! 3rd wheel guitarist wants love, finds cutest dog.

‘Shedding’

Slug Monsters: Psycho. horror. Never walking by those sheds at night again!

‘Bag For Life’ 

Dead Daffodil: Brand loyalty taken a bit too far. Clever. Paper or plastic?

Advanced Competition Category:

‘The Novelist’ 

JM: Art imitates life imitates art. Just let her write it, okay!

‘Wolfbite’

Wolfbite: Heavy breathing. Epic music. A jar. Yelling. I don’t get it.

And the winnner is….

Beginner Category

Special Mention: Tinderbox, ‘St Andrews Detectives’

Best Picture: Bryde, Nat and Jon’s Team, ‘Silver Stare’

Intermediate Category

Special Mention: Saga, ‘Cookie’

Best Picture: Dead Daffodil, ‘Bag for Life’

Advanced Category 

Audience Choice Award: Saga, ‘Cookie’

Best Picture: Wolfbite, ‘Wolfbite’

So there you have it. Another great year for the 60 Hour Film Blitz, and for the budding filmmakers of St Andrews!