48 Hour Films
The Door
Dinger
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Release
2023
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Genre
Thriller, Comedy
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Runtime
6 minutes
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Tagline
DOOR DING REPAIR IS A MESSY OPERATION!
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Logline
Running late to return a video rental, a woman's already stressful evening takes a turn for the worst.
About
Given only 48 hours, a prompt ("something weird") and a prop (a Crocodile Dundee VHS tape), myself and a small team created The Door Dinger for our submission to the Movie Madness Direct to Video 48-Hour Film Fest. Co-Writer Nessie Stafford and I really wanted to capture the stress of our strict time limit within the film itself by maintaining a fast-pace and constantly escalating conflict. We took inspiration from flicks like After Hours, and thankfully production went much smoother than Janice's nightmarish video rental return. In the end we even managed to take home the award for "Best Use of Prompt/Prop"!
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Tagline
JUDGEMENT IS UPON US? SCREW THAT!
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Logline
The Devil recruits two aimless humans to save the world from a penny-pinching God looking to scrap the whole thing for a tax write-off.
final sin
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Release
2024
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Genre
Horror, Comedy
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Runtime
6 minutes
CAST
Janice - Skylar Smith
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Ronny - Drew Crosby
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Dr. Morgan Harvester - Kristen Pizzo
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The Lawyer - Nolen Sternkopf
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Video Store Clerk - Nicolas Nipp
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CREW
Director - Nolen Sternkopf
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Writers - Nessie Carmilla Stafford,
Nolen Sternkopf
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Director of Photography - Dylan Erlebach
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Composer - Nicolas Nipp
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Location Sound - Nicolas Nipp
Editors - Drew Crosby, Nolen Sternkopf
Poster Art - Skylar Smith
Producers - Drew Crosby, Nolen Sternkopf
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Locations provided by Urbanite.
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Executive Producers - Drew Crosby,
Nessie Carmilla Stafford, Nolen Sternkopf
About
Returning for a second year, we set out once again with the same limitations. Only this time the prop came in the from of a "Movie Madness" branded lighter, and the prompt was "Bad Habits". Knowing we wanted to go bigger and better than our previous effort (not a good idea for 48 hour competitions, by the way), we gathered a sizable cast and crew beforehand. Once off to the races, we landed on an apocalyptic epic guided by premonitions and a down on his luck Satan (known here simply as "The Devil"). With its many moving parts, locations, characters and intense July heat, the shoot proved to be an enormous undertaking. The stress inflated just as much as our ambition did. But in the end we pulled it together, and that's ultimately the real victory of 48 hour.
CAST
The Devil - Jordan Ros
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Adele - Skylar Smith
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Evan - Drew Crosby​
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God - Joe Cullen
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Wrath - Cam Reid
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Gluttony - Robert McFarlane
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Lust - Scott Bernard Nelson
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Sloth - Setaria DePue
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Greed - Lillia Chance​
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CREW
Director - Nolen Sternkopf
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Writers - Nessie Carmilla Stafford,
Nolen Sternkopf, Drew Crosby
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Director of Photography - Dylan Erlebach
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2nd Unit DP - Nessie Carmilla Stafford
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Composer - Nicolas Nipp
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Location Sound - Joe Cullen
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Makeup Effects - Jessica Baker
Editors - Drew Crosby, Nolen Sternkopf
Props - Skylar Smith, Nolen Sternkopf, Drew Crosby
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Costume Design - Drew Crosby
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Production Assistant - Setaria DePue
Producers - Drew Crosby, Nolen Sternkopf​
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Executive Producers - Drew Crosby,
Nessie Carmilla Stafford, Nolen Sternkopf