Hundreds of Tampa Bay residents race to complete film in just one weekend

TAMPA, Fla. - May 9, 2013 - PRLog -- The 48 Hour Film Project, the world’s largest timed filmmaking competition, will visit over 120 cities including Tampa (and is in every continent except Antarctica). Local teams will race to complete an entire film from writing and directing, to filming and editing in a mere 48 hours! The challenge will be taking over Tampa Bay from July 26 - 28, and there are several ways for you to cover this extraordinary competition.

There are three primary angles available to the media for coverage of this event:

• Pre-Event Coverage (including recruiting your audience to participate in the competition, alerting your audience about the public screening events where the locally-made films will be shown, and interviewing of both local and national producers of the competition)

• During the 48-hour challenge (follow a team in the Tampa Bay area and cover their excitement, frustration, and creative process first-hand)

• Post-Event Coverage (cover and highlight the event, complete with hard facts regarding attendance/participation, where and when the public screening will be held, and also announce the winning films)

Last year, Tampa-St. Petersburg’s 48 Hour Film Project attracted 27 teams with over 350 participants.

We cordially invite the Tampa Bay media to the kick-off event on Friday, July 26 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at CDB’s Southside (3671 S Westshore Blvd, Tampa). For additional meet and greet events, please visit the 48 Hour Tampa-St. Petersburg Facebook page (facebook.com/48hfp).

We also invite you to attend the group film screenings where all completed films will be shown. This will be held at Muvico Centro Ybor on August 31 and September 1, 2013 (details TBA).

If you or your media outlet is interested in covering any/all portions of the 48 Hour Film Project Tampa-St. Petersburg, please contact us for media credentials.