How Reel Week Works

Seven days. Three requirements. One film. What could possibly go wrong?

Reel Week is a filmmaking challenge held each fall, usually at the start of November. Student filmmakers are given a genre, a required prop, and a required line of dialogue. Then the clock starts.

You have one week to write, shoot, edit, and submit a film under 5 minutes. Shoot your footage, use the school's editing computers throughout the week, and somehow turn it all into a coherent movie before the deadline arrives.

Entry fees? None. We want to give every local filmmaker a chance to showcase their work on the big screen. 

Your film must:

• Be under 5 minutes

• Use the assigned genre

• Include the required prop

• Include the required line of dialogue

• Be original student work

• Be submitted by the deadline

The requirements are intentionally simple. The solutions are not.

You bring the idea. We bring the constraints. You have seven days. Go make a movie.

Sign up for REEL WEEK here