2018 – Code of the Road
Code of the Road – When a van-dweller is forced to hit the road, she must navigate the somewhat arbitrary ‘Code of the Road’ that inexplicably came with owning her green VW. Along the journey she picks up some hitchhikers that offer to help.
Description: Against several odds, Team Obnots’ made their *fifteenth* 48 Hour Film Project movie! We got ‘road movie’ as our genre, and had to use a flower as the prop, the line of dialogue “Let me think”, and the character ‘Thud or Thelma Taylor, person of action’. Follow the reluctant meanders of a van-dweller who is forced to hit the road and navigate the somewhat arbitrary ‘Code of the Road’ that inexplicably comes with owning her green VW bus. Code of the Road won the Audience Award for its screening group (two teams tied) and made it to the 48HFP Best Of Boston screening and was nominated for Best Use of Character, Best Use of Prop, Best Score, and Best Catering. We won Best Catering thanks to Jess Riggs Garton’s amazing food efforts! This is version 2, with various editing fixes, some deleted scene chunks and voice overs added back in, and other adjustments.
Cast & Crew: Abigail Bower, Benjamin Garton, Clara LaFrance, Dan Strange, JM Moss, Irina Peligrad, Jeff Mission, Jen Buckingham, Jess Riggs Garton, Joed Polly, Future Losers, Nick ‘Fig’ Figueiredo, and Zeb Polly.
Outtakes
Description: The filming of Code of the Road was more focused than usual due to the unique situation of shooting inside a VW bus for about half of the movie. This resulted in smaller film crews, less footage overall, and thus less silly outtakes than usual – but it also helped get the movie turned in on time. However, there is definitely some fun bonus footage and outtakes to create this video. One highlight is when the Medford Fire Department visited us right after we finished the campfire-in-the-woods scene (thankfully we got our last shot completed before hearing the sirens coming).
Cast & Crew: Abigail Bower, Benjamin Garton, Clara LaFrance, Dan Strange, JM Moss, Irina Peligrad, Jeff Mission, Jen Buckingham, Jess Riggs Garton, Joed Polly, Nick ‘Fig’ Figueiredo, and cameo by Ben Guaraldi.
Poster
Photos
Awards
Nominated
Best Use of Prop
Best Use of Character
Best Score