BOTU

07/06/2024

We're pumped to announce BOTU are 48Hours Otepoti/Dunedin City Finalists and have been nominated for six awards for our film Knight Court.

Best Director
Best Script
Best Production Design
Best Sound Design
Best Use of Genre
Best Use of Warning (compulsory element)

Congratulations to all the finalists and award nominees. We'll see you on July 1 to watch some films and celebrate!

Congratulations to the Ōtepoti Award Nominees!

Wift Best Female / Gender Diverse Filmmaker

Blackbird Pie - Lillia Mcnatty
Mayodaze - Jade Sheppard
Midnight Sunburn - Georgia Wales/Zyanya Jackson
Sesame - Eva Brunel
SOHS1 - Erin Turner/Jessamine Daumann

City Manager Award - Most Thought-Provoking Film

Gold Rushes - The Reality of Love
Mayodaze - The Fountain of Youth
Midnight Sunburn - A Few Things
PEAKE PRODUCTIONS - Emily
the castle st couch burners - The Goat

Best Director

Bus of the Undead - Knight Court
Gold Rushes - The Reality of Love
Mayodaze - The Fountain of Youth
Midnight Sunburn - A Few Things
Magnificent B - Skiddles' Run

Best School

SOHS 1 - Ghost Summoning Vlog #23
SOHS 2 - Without Knowledge

Best Performer

Concerned and Confused - Ryan McAnally
Foreign Worlds - Tao Damichey-Siacchi
Gold Rushes - Amalia Remus
Mayodaze - Harrison Greer
Magnificent B - Ewan Jones

Best Script

Bus of the Undead - Knight Court
Gold Rushes - The Reality of Love
Magnificent B - Skiddles' Run
Mayodaze - The Fountain of Youth
Midnight Sunburn - A Few Things

Best Cinematography

Gold Rushes - The Reality of Love
Magnificent B - Skiddles' Run
Mayodaze - The Fountain of Youth
Midnight Sunburn - A Few Things

Best Production Design

Bus of the Undead - Knight Court
Gold Rushes - The Reality of Love
Midnight Sunburn - A Few Things
T-Block Productions - Of Ash And Flesh

Best Animation

Blackbird Pie - A Bad time in real time
Discombobulated Pistachios - Targeted

Best Editing

Curb Side Entertainment - Beware of the Dog
Mayodaze - The Fountain of Youth
Midnight Sunburn - A Few Things

Best Sound Design

Blackbird Pie - A Bad time in real time
Bus of the Undead - Knight Court
Discombobulated Pistachios - Targeted
Gold Rushes - The Reality of Love
Midnight Sunburn - A Few Things

Best Original Score/Song

48 hours of Musical Theatre - It's About Time
Magnificent B - Skiddles' Run
Mayodaze - The Fountain of Youth
Midnight Sunburn - A Few Things
the castle st couch burners - The Goat

Incredibly Strange

Concerned and Confused - Monster Monster 1
Gold Rushes - The Reality of Love
Midnight Sunburn - A Few Things
the castle st couch burners - The Goat

Best Disqualified Film

Highview- Misinformation

Best Use of Genre

Bus of the Undead - Knight Court
Knox C Productions - Box For Next Door
Mayodaze - The Fountain of Youth
the castle st couch burners - The Goat

Best Use of Warning

Bus of the Undead - Knight Court
Discombobulated Pistachios - Targeted
Gold Rushes - The Reality of Love
Mayodaze - The Fountain of Youth

Best Use of Traveller

Andromeda Productions - The Gastronaut
Discombobulated Pistachios - Targeted
Midnight Sunburn - A Few Things
SOHS 2 - Without Knowledge

Best Use of Match Cut

Discombobulated Pistachios - Targeted
Lezz Go - Match
PEAKE PRODUCTIONS - Emily
T-Block Productions - Of Ash And Flesh

Best Use of Exit

Discombobulated Pistachios - Targeted
Gold Rushes - The Reality of Love
Lezz Go - Match
Midnight Sunburn - A Few Things
Notmad - Atomic

Dunedin City Finals - Date / time - Monday 1st July, 7pm
Venue - Rialto Cinema, 11 Moray Place, Central Dunedin
Classification - M - Offensive language, horror & drug use
Tickets - https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2024/vista-foundation-48hours-dunedin-city-finals/dunedin

24/05/2024

48Hours heats are online again this year, starting with Ōtepoti / Dunedin today!

We're in heat one, which starts at 2pm.

Check us out online or in person at St David Street lecture theatre.

All heats will be screened online, with some regions having in person heats as well. Heats will premiere on our Youtube channel and in person at the advertised start time. Audience voting will be available for 20 mins at the end of each heat.

19/05/2024

Happy to advise we successfully submitted our 48Hours film on time.

18/05/2024

Costumes, lights, camera, action.
48Hours in full swing.

17/05/2024

It's 48Hours weekend!
This year we got Fantasy Movie - a cheer went up in the room as our genre was revealed!

07/11/2023

Congratulations on an awesome achievement, Tom.
We've had the privilege of working with Tom on a number of projects over the years, but hearing his piece played live by the NZSO was a real treat.

Former students of The School of Performing Arts, Tom Jensen and Chris Geddis, had music performed by the NZ Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, as part of the Movie Magic concert in The Dunedin Town Hall. Tom has taught gaming music in the School and is now an experienced film and game music composer. His arrangement of music from ‘Game of Thrones’ entitled ‘hegemony’ was very effective and went down well with the large audience. Chris Geddis’ ‘Dawnrider’ was colourful and diverse in its soundworld. Both composers’ music compared well with the rest of the programme – all film music by the great John Williams! They also got to introduce their music to the audience. Well done guys.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/new-composition-debut-nzso-concert

29/05/2023

Congratulations Abby, what an awesome achievement.

The festival's 30th year wrapped up in Auckland on Sunday night.

18/11/2022

Happy finals night everyone. Good luck to all the finalists, and we hope everyone at the venue has a great night.

22/10/2022

We're delighted to now be able to share our award-winning 48Hours film - A New Leash on Love. A big thanks to all of the team. We hope you enjoy!

48Hours entry for 2022. When Danni mistakes Charlie as a dog owner, romance ensues. Despite Charlie's apprehensions, Charlie's flatmate "Sticky Jam" is dete...

13/09/2022

All this effort was worth it as we were honoured with the award for Best Use of Element - Bird's or worm's eye view at the city finals last night.

BOTU won five awards at the Ōtepoti / Dunedin city final
Best Use of Element - Bird's or worm's eye view
Best Original Score/Song (Philip Morey)
Best Sound Design
Best Cinematography
City Manager Award: Best Character (Marea Colombo)

It was great seeing the films on the cinema screen last night and great to see such a big audience.

Congratulations to all last night's winners and thanks to everyone involved in the Dunedin competition.

12/09/2022

It’s the Otepoti / Dunedin 48Hours city final this evening. If you can’t be there we’ve got you covered with the now traditional live tweet session from

“It’s the Dunedin city finals tonight. Per tradition I’ll be live tweeting the results as they’re announced.”

26/08/2022

Not only were we honoured to win audience favourite for our heat (against some strong competition) and be named as a city finalist, but we're also stoked to be nominated in 12 categories.

BOTU nominations:
Best Use of Element - Bird's or worm's eye view
Best Use of Element - Whisper
Best Original Score/Song - Philip Morey
Best Sound Design
Best Editing
Best Production Design
Best Cinematography
Best Script
Best Performer - Marea Colombo
Best Director: Alyse Nielsen-Jones, Damian Mallon
City Manager Award: Best Character - Marea Colombo
Wift Outstanding Female / Gender Diverse Filmmaker - Alyse Nielsen-Jones

Congratulations to all the finalists and nominees. We're looking forward to watching the finals being played on a cinema screen this year at Rialto, and we hope to see some of you there.

Congratulations to all the award nominees in Ōtepoti / Dunedin. Nominations are now live on the Ōtepoti / Dunedin city info page - https://www.48hours.co.nz/city-info/otepoti-dunedin/

City Finals tickets on sale here - https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2022/vista-foundation-48hours-dunedin-city-finals/dunedin

19/08/2022

Like last year 48Hours heats are streaming online which means you have an opportunity to watch them all and vote for your favourite film from each heat.

The 2022 heats start with Dunedin tomorrow (Saturday 20 August) and our comedy of errors, A New Leash on Love, is screening in the 4pm heat.

The heats won't remain online after the stream and we can't post the film online until we've been officially knocked out of the competition, so this could be your only chance to see the film for months.

The link to the stream is below, hit the Notify me option to get a reminder at the start time, and check out the channel for the dates and times of the other heats



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vypqd6ltAyM&ab_channel=VistaFoundation48Hours

DUNEDIN/ŌTEPOTI HEAT 2 - VISTA FOUNDATION 48HOURS 2022Heat #2 (Contains adult content) - Saturday 20 August: 4:00 pm Bus of the Undead - New Leash on LoveTe ...

14/08/2022

As part of our weekend we have our own internal competitions and awards. We've just awarded Marea the BOTU awesomeness award which is team voted for the person they think rocked the weekend. We also held year 2 of the BOTU photo competition, some of our entries for your enjoyment.
We love to celebrate the fantastic weekend we have had with our friends and the end of another successful shoot.

14/08/2022

That's a wrap on 2022. The film is uploading and the bubbly and celebration to the end of a fun weekend are starting

13/08/2022

When the compulsory element is bird's eye or worm's eye view (yes we know worms don't have eyes) we get creative.

11/08/2022

Last year we got Invitation film as our genre for 48Hours and created Pitches Be Crazy, the film we'll always refer to as Harry Potter, but s**t.

Another good year at the Otago/Southland finals winning Best Team Intro, Best Reaction Shot, Best Sound Design, Best Cinematography and Best Performer award for Anna Parsons.

We were also picked as one of The Spinoff's five favourites for the year.

Elements: A Reluctant, Unlikely or Anti-hero, Heartbeat, Reaction Shot



https://thespinoff.co.nz/tv/23-04-2021/vf48hours-2021-harry-potter-but-s**t

Watch | An aspiring filmmaker gets the opportunity to share her vision for a new movie – but then the studio decides to get involved.

10/08/2022

We didn't let a lockdown get in the way of making a 48Hours film in 2020.

Working in five isolation 'bubbles' across Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin we created Mega Sock Force.

Genre: Science Fiction
Compulsory elements: arc shot, echo, photograph


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMgon_ftDaw&t=64s&ab_channel=BusoftheUndead

When Dogzilla threatens the city, Mega Sock Force have to team up. Can they stop the destruction?Made as part of 48Hours: Lockdown. We put this together in i...

09/08/2022

Our 2019 48Hours film was Youth-emisms, where our characters (and crew) got lessons in slang, the birds and the bees, and how to dab.

Youth-emisms won Best Script, Best Sound Design, Best double take, and was First Runner Up for Otago/Southland in 2019.
We also all know how to floss.

Genre: Cringe Comedy
Compulsory elements: laughter, wind, an overhead shot


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIirYmY0NDQ&ab_channel=BusoftheUndead

Our 2019 48Hours Film Competition entry.Genre: Cringe ComedyCompulsory elements: laughter, wind, an overhead shot

09/08/2022

BOTU will be competing in 48Hours again this weekend - our 17th year in the competition.

Follow our journey over the weekend here and join us over the next couple of days as we revisit some of our previous entries.

04/06/2021

Now. Here. This. is Arcade Theatre Company’s first show for 2021 and is opening next week.
Set in a museum the show is a musical that explores life’s big questions and celebrates living in the present.
Tickets available at arcadetheatre.co

23/04/2021

If you missed seeing our 48Hours film at the heats then check out The Spinoff's interview with one of the Directors, Daniel Macshane and view the film.

An aspiring film-maker gets the opportunity to share her vision for a new movie – but then the studio decides to get involved. Dunedin team Bus of the Undead talk us through their VF48Hours invitation movie, Pitches Be Crazy. Daniel Macshane estimates he spent around 43 hours working on his team.....

17/04/2021

And here are the other 2 winning slates...

17/04/2021

Congratulations to all the teams tonight. BOTU is pleased to have won Best Team Intro, Best Reaction Shot, Best Sound Design, Best Cinematography and huge congratulations to Anna Parsons who took the Best Performer award.
The team are off for a celebration drink.

17/04/2021

VF48Hours Dunedin City finals

17/04/2021

Dunedin 48Hours finals being live tweeted now

https://twitter.com/battlesquid/status/1383314802517311494?s=21

“Dunedin city finals about to start. ”

18/03/2021

Audience favourite, Regional finalist, and a bunch of nominations. Looking forward to the finals on April 17th!

Nominated for: Best Performer (Anna Parsons), Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score/Song, Best Editing, Best Sound Design, Best VFX, Best Team Intro, Best Production Design, Best Use of Genre, Best Use of Character, Best Use of Sound Effect, Best Use of Technical Element - Reaction Shot.

16/03/2021

Thanks to everyone who watched and voted last night, we're happy to announce we won audience favourite for our heat. Well done to the team and congratulations to the other winners.

16/03/2021

The first of the heats start tonight, featuring our entry ‘Pitches be crazy’.

The heats are streaming on both the 48Hours page and YouTube channels, so log in and check out the awesome films that were made over the shoot weekend.

Tonight’s stream starts at 7, and BOTU is second in the running order.

Full details and channel links on the 48Hours website: https://www.48hours.co.nz/heats/

All heats will be screen as live premieres on our Facebook and Youtube Channels.  Audience Favourites At the end of each online heat viewers will be able to vote for the three films they like the best.

10/03/2021

https://www.48hours.co.nz/heats/heats/