CNN had a story about Instant Film, a really neat sounding project where writers, directors, and actors work together over 72 hours to create a film from scratch. From the article:

Here’s how an Instant Films weekend works. On Friday evening, eight writers make three random draws: a noun, an adjective and specifications for the number of men and women to be the cast. Twelve hours later, they have to present a finished script. Directors then make their own random draws from the available scripts and actors.

These teams then turn in a finished seven- to nine-minute film, all edited and complete with music and titles and everything ready for public screening at 7 p.m. Sunday at Los Angeles Center Studios.

Man, that sounds like fun.