Roberta Suid

Roberta Suid

Shooting rig

Joby GorillaPod MobileRig Holds Lights and a Mic

Under optimal circumstances, you can get good video production values using just your naked smartphone. But what happens when you’re shooting under noisy conditions and/or with inadequate light? Unless you have more than two hands, the solution will be a camera rig—a device to which you can attach lights and an external microphone. A recent entry in the…

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Shorty Awards

Shorty Awards Honors Vlogger Marques Brownlee

The Shorty Awards has chosen online tech reviewer Marques Brownlee as its Creator of the Decade. If you’re not familiar with the Shorty Awards or with Marques Brownlee, check out the prize-winning vlogger’s four-minute video. It not only gives the facts but illustrates the style that has attracted six million subscribers to Brownlee’s YouTube channel. When discussing his award,…

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Syed Ahmad Afzal

Using Voice-over Dialogue in a Narrative Film

Students of mobile moviemaking can find dozens of lessons in Syed Ahmad Afzal’s “YOU and I.” Honored at  many festivals including the Accolade Global Film Competition (San Diego, USA) and Red Corner Film Festival (Sweden), the film demonstrates the astonishing visual qualities that can be obtained shooting with an iPhone. In about 11 minutes, the film incorporates almost every…

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FiLMiC Adds a Behind-the-Scenes Category in Its One World Film Contest

This may be a first: If you enter a video in FiLMiC’s One World Film Contest,  you can submit behind-the-scenes photos or videos capturing the production. The prize for the best behind-the-scenes material is  a DJI Mavic Air drone! If you’re in the contest, simply email the behind-the-scenes footage to Contest@FilmicPro.com. Categories in the $25,000 One World…

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Galway, Ireland

Submit Nominations for the MojoFest Awards Competition

MojoFest is inviting filmmakers and fans to submit nominations for a variety of mobile moviemaking awards. The 15 categories are: Best Short Film Best Documentary Best Feature Film Mojo Photographer of the Year Best Social Short Form Contest Best Mojo Vlog Best News Report Mojo App of the Year Mojo Radio Reporteer Best Mojo Lifestream Rising Start…

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SmartPhilm Festival 2017

SmartPhilm Festival 2018 Tickets Now Available

SmartPhilm and American University School of Communication present SmartPhilm Festival 2018, an annual film/tech festival that celebrates and showcases short films shot exclusively with smartphones and other mobile devices. The Festival will take place on June 2 in Washington DC. You get buy tickers online here.   FacebookTwitter

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