This past weeks project was one that I would have never thought of on my own or that I would have any intentions of doing had I not been asked to join in.

Last week (or more correctly, this past weekend) I participated in the London Fringe 62-Hour Film Contest that ran from 7pm Friday night until 10am Monday morning. I have to be honest in saying that this project is the one that I have invested the most time in thus far, even if all of the hours were compressed into just a single weekend.

At it sounds, the idea is to produce a film (10 minutes in length) in just 62 hours. Doable, however, not as easy as a person may think.

I must first let you know that I did not attempt this project on my own, nor would I, as I do not have the know how or resources to do so. I was part of an interdisciplinary team consisting of 7 members (not including me) who were kind enough to let me contribute to this intensive community collaboration. The members of Robot on the Rampage Productions include:

• Nik Harron
• Adam Caplan
• Chris McInnis
• Kevin Van Lierop (me)
• Noah Stewart
• Melissa Krone
• Allison Rinkel
• Shawn Adamsson

Although at this time I cannot give any details about the film (titled “The Lot”) as it won’t be released to the public until the screening of all contest films next Sunday (get your tickets here), I have included some of the pictures I took during the weekend. As well, to check out more happenings from the weekend production head over to www.robotontherampage.ca for an account of what happened during the weekend.

When the film is released to the public I will post it both here on Fifty-Two Weeks and on www.robotontherampage.ca.

(Robot on the Rampage logo designed by Nik Harron)