With the New Zealand film-making competition 48Hours pushed back from its usual start date, Rotorua's animation school will be squeezing in a couple of practice runs to better prepare for the challenge.
The Rotorua branch of Animation College - with more than 800 groups from all over the country - will be given a genre, prop, line of dialogue, technical shot, and 48 hours to put together a short film on September 16.
In previous years the competition ran in April or May, but this year it was delayed for three months while organisers searched for a new sponsor.
The Rotorua school's first practice run was at the end of June. The students enjoyed the challenge and are eager to tackle it again.
"Taking it from an idea to something to actually show? That was awesome," second-year student Celia Pirini said.