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Grace & Asheville Film Fest |
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A team of 25 Grace artists recently completed a film, entitled "Crockpot Love" for the Asheville 48-hour Film Festival. The film project, which moves from city to city nationally, offers filmmakers (or would-be filmmakers), the opportunity to produce a 4- to 7-minute film for competition – with one overriding stipulation: that it be completed start to finish in 48 hours. Asheville attracted a comparatively large number of teams – 41 (compared to Philadelphia’s 45, for example). A team from Grace had also competed in the festival in 2005, and decided to enter the competition again. On Friday night (July 20), each team was given a line of dialogue, a prop and a character, all three of which must appear in the film. Grace drew the category of “romance.” Writers worked overnight to produce a script in 12 hours. The remaining time was for shooting video and editing. The film was turned in Sunday night. Awards for the competition will be announced Monday, July 30. For Director Dusty McNabb (also assistant arts director at Grace), the joy of the project was more in the process than the result. “The experience was educational, heartwarming and super fun,” Dusty says. “Artists working together can be a challenge at any time, but when you are under a time crunch and you are still trying to get to know one another and everyone has their own ideas that may or may not work, you get to see how the gospel becomes very practical. Over and over again I had the privilege of watching individuals value relationships over the project or the art. It was supernatural.” The film was shown at screenings at the Asheville Pizza and Brewing Co. The film is posted at our website, graceinfo.org. More information on the film festival is available at www.48hourfilm.com/asheville.
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Grace Community Church • 495 Cardinal Road, Mills River, NC 28759 828 891-2006 or 828 684-0033, fax 828 891-3534 |
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