One of mobile journalism’s pathfinders, Philip Bromwell has taken MoJo Fest’s Best News Report award. After years of using traditional video equipment, in 2013 Bromwell began shooting with a smartphone. Working as a one-man-band journalist, he’s shot and edited dozens of video stories for RTÉ, Ireland’s national public service broadcaster. Bromwell also trains journalists in the art and technology of…
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What do “The Wizard of Oz,” “Gone with the Wind,” “Blade Runner,” “The Graduate,” “War of the Worlds,” and “The Maltese Falcon” have in common? Along with hundreds of other memorable feature movies, these hits were based on previously published material. Often the source was a novel. But in some cases the underlying text was a…
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Alfonso García López’s “iMedium” has won the Audience Choice Award at this year’s SmartPhilm Festival. Based in Washington DC, the festival showcases shorts shot on smartphones. You can see the complete winner list here. For more about “iMedium” see the piece we did on the movie’s trailer. In the near future, MobileMovieMaking will comment on other winners…
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A memorable travelogue isn’t just a collection of pretty shots. Like a movie in any genre, a travelogue needs a defining idea, for example, “Manhattan Is a Place of Surprising Sounds.” You can focus your travelogue before you leave home, or—as with William Long’s “Pushkar,” you can discover the essence of your movie during the trip. Either way, the…
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For the first time, MoJoFest is honoring apps that enhance video production. Their first App of the Year winner is FiLMiC Pro, the popular camera app that adds great functionality to smartphones. FiLMiC Pro, which is now available for both iOS and Android phones, gives users greater control over tasks such as focus, frame rate, and color balance. This…
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The popular image-sharing site Imgur now makes it possible to post videos. And that makes possible audio GIFS. Will the impact be as great as what happened when the “Jazz Singer” was released in 1927? With running time limited to 30 seconds, greatness could be a challenge. Yet a quick Google search reveals that there have been…
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