48 Hours Now

Perhaps you're familiar with the 48 Hour Film project. Each year, filmmakers partipicate in a contest to produce a film of a randomaly selected genre. Teams are given 48 hours to produce a film, which is judged by a panel of experts and prizes are awarded to the most creative works.

Below is a link to a different kind of 48 Hour project. Graduate students at UC-Berkeley are asked to complete a policy memo on randomly selected policy topic. Students are given 48 hours to produce a paper, which is judged by panel of professors. No prizes are awarded, (especially not to creative works).

The following film captures the essence of the 48 hour project. Its 6 mins. long, not as good as Door Store, but worth watching:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i3KMuTIP-c