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Mixed Media Music Video Offers Non-stop Visual Surprises

Filmmaker/musician Sigfrido Giammona famously takes creative chances with his musical compositions and his short movies.. Giammona’s artistic daring is on fully display in “Favignana Sunset,” a mixed media music video. The five-minute production cleverly combines original cinematic shots with stock footage. About the Filmmaker Sigfrigo Giammona’s mobile-shot movies  include the prize-winning music video “From My…

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iPhone 15 Brings Manga Thriller to Life

The manga genre is by its nature dazzling. Capturing that visual intensity was the challenge facing Japanese director Takashi Miike in bringing Osamu Tezuka’s manga “Midnight” to the screen. Shooting with an iPhone 15 Pro, Miike used an amazing collection of cinematic techniques to create a 19-minute thriller. In a form of breaking the fourth…

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Simulating the Super 16mm Film Look

Nostalgia takes many forms.  Patrick Levar explores one of them in “Super Cinematic Film Look.” This review/tutorial demonstrates how to use a camera app to create videos that look like they were shot on film. Effects covered include film burn, scratches, and grain. After going over the app’s controls, Levar takes his Samsung Note 8…

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