Murray Suid

Murray Suid

light show

Music Video Featuring a Light Show Takes Top Prize

The marriage of rock and the light show dates to the 1960s. Now filmmaker/musician Sigfrido Giammona  brings the same kind of electrified excitement to the music video.  Giammona’s kaleidoscopic “From My Heart” was chosen as IMVA‘s Best Mobile Music Video (2021).   MobileMovieMaking has previously featured several of Sigfrido’s productions created with Clara Congera. Check…

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mobile creators academy

New Path to Mastering Mobile Moviemaking Skills

File this post under “New Things Under the Sun.” Two highly experienced mobile journalists—Mark Egan and Glen Mulcahy—have developed an original program—Mobile Creators Academy (MCA)— designed to enable participants to master the art of producing quality content. The following interview gives the basics. If you want to know more, you’ll find a link (below) to…

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YouTube channel

Tutorial review: “My YouTube Setup: How I Make Videos with an iPhone”

Want evidence that developing a YouTube channel is a popular idea? SpawnPoiint’s “My YouTube Setup: How I Make Videos with an iPhone” collected more than a million views in a year. Of course, it isn’t just the topic. Quality matters, and this tutorial is first rate. In just 18 minutes, SpawnPoiint—a.k.a. “Chris”— covers dozens of…

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“Assimilate” Chosen as the Mobile Movie of the Year

Twenty twenty-one was grim in many ways. But on the bright side, during the past 12 months we watched numerous films that advanced the art of mobile moviemaking. Selecting one as the Mobile Movie of the Year was challenging. That said, for the editors of MobileMovieMaking, “Assimilate” made the strongest case for bringing home the…

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Magic

Serving up Magic One Egg at a Time

Illusion is at the heart of moviemaking—turning  still photos into moving pictures.  So it’s no surprise that magic plays a role in many movies. Examples include “Now You See Me,” “The Illusionist,” plus all those Harry Potter flicks. And then there’s the magic in George Lucas’s Industrial Light & Magic. Which brings us to Michel…

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Student Recycles Textbook Pics to Make a Prize-winning Movie

Student Recycles Textbook Pics to Make a Prize-winning Movie

Dutch filmmaker Vera Verhoef has won the Best Student Film award at the 2021 Mobile Film Festival.  Verhoef’s entry—”Wildfire Tears”—reflects the theme of this year’s Festival: “Making Peace With Nature.”  About the content of her one-minute animation, Verhoef wrote: “Climate change is boosting wildfires! Unplanned, unwanted and uncontrolled. Destroying everything in its path including nature…

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