An Instagram Diary Of HP48Hours (That We Had To Do In 30 Hours)

Last weekend was my 10th year competing in the 48Hours filmmaking competition (my 3rd as team captain). A third of marriages don’t last that long, so that shows you how much I love this competition.

It also shows you how old I’m getting. So in an impulsive act of age denial, I got on the Instagrammy and snapped every hour of our five-person team’s efforts.

You’d think that’d equate to 48 photos, but given half our team had to play in a sports tournament on the Sunday, that left us with the Friday and Saturday to make a 48Hours film. That’s 30 hours minus eight hours for sleep (I wasn’t going to Paranormal Activity myself) which resulted in these 22 ‘grams…

Friday 6:55pm-ish: The tension is palpable if you couldn’t tell by the dab.

A photo posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 15, 2016 at 11:39pm PDT

8:00pm-ish: Got a story. Now to write it next to my bourbon and chocolate.

A photo posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 16, 2016 at 1:17am PDT

9:00pm-ish: Script’s done. Earned another beverage.

A photo posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 16, 2016 at 2:35am PDT

10:00pm-ish: Set up the recording booth (i.e. a laptop, microphone, and parts I ripped off a couch.

A photo posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 16, 2016 at 3:21am PDT

11:00pm-ish: Still recording with our actor.

A photo posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 16, 2016 at 4:05am PDT

12:00pm-ish: Bloody Jonathan Thurston got a conversion to send the game into overtime!

A photo posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 16, 2016 at 4:43am PDT

Saturday morning: Starting the day with the right attitude.

A photo posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 16, 2016 at 11:48am PDT

9:00am-ish: Something isn’t right with the audio but that’s OK because everything is OK.

A photo posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 16, 2016 at 1:00pm PDT

10:00am-ish: Voice track: locked. This is basically our storyboard.

A photo posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 16, 2016 at 2:05pm PDT

11.00am-ish: Found the perfect royalty free music.

A video posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 16, 2016 at 2:53pm PDT

Midday-ish: Welcome to our set.

A photo posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 16, 2016 at 4:19pm PDT

1:00pm I think?: This is a crucial shot.

A video posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 16, 2016 at 5:06pm PDT

After 1:00pm, I guess: Fuel.

A photo posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 16, 2016 at 6:35pm PDT

Saturday afternoon at some point: The edit… I can almost… feel it.

A video posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 16, 2016 at 7:14pm PDT

Still Saturday afternoon: Getting the hang of this directing thing.

A photo posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 16, 2016 at 7:58pm PDT

Getting close to Saturday night: Our technical element.

A photo posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 16, 2016 at 10:05pm PDT

Now it’s Saturday night: Still fine. Completely fine.

A photo posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 16, 2016 at 11:22pm PDT

7:00pm: Halfway through the weekend and nothing is broken so cheers.

A photo posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 17, 2016 at 12:21am PDT

8:00pm-ish: Taking an 80min break.

A photo posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 17, 2016 at 12:50am PDT

After half time: Oh, you thought I was kidding.

A video posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 17, 2016 at 2:04am PDT

Nearly Sunday: Got nostalgic. Now we’re watching our 2011 48Hours film while we wait for post-production stuff to finish.

A photo posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 17, 2016 at 3:01am PDT

Sunday 12.01am-ish: A message to my past self.

A photo posted by Liam Maguren (@liam_maguren) on Sep 17, 2016 at 5:04am PDT