A Hollywood film crew typically employs scores of professionals handling such such tasks as directing, lighting, makeup, costumes, communications, set construction, continuity, and crowd control. Even a small-scale production of a 30-second commercial might involve dozens of people. But there is an alternative exemplified by Chilean-born Claudinho Andres, a self-described one-man-band moviemaker. As he explains in the interview (below),…
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3D films are not new. Early experiments date to 1915. The 1950s brought the form’s Golden Age with classics such as “House of Wax” and “Man in the Dark.” But what if you could shoot your own 3D video using a pocket phone? Enter the Red Hydrogen One smartphone slated to be released later this year. Created by…
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FiLMiC Pro has just announced that they are pushing back the deadline for the FiLMiC One World Contest to June 30, 2018. The competition is for short films shot using the FiLMiC Pro camera app. There are $25,000 in prizes. The company noted that their Terms & Conditions included a rule prohibiting entries that had appeared in other contests,…
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The iPhone’s built-in camera app works for casual shooting, but it offers limited control of important issues such as exposure, focus, white balance, and frame rate. That’s why experienced mobile moviemakers prefer to shoot with a third-party app. Of these, the most popular by far is FiLMiC Pro ($14.99). While it’s true that FiLMiC Pro’s…
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A year ago, this magazine featured a fundraising video co-directed by Renee Faia, whose work we earlier featured. The money was raised and the short film—”Beautiful Dead Things”—is having an impact. The movie, co-directed by Ingela Ogard who was the editor, has been shown in film festivals around the world and just had its LA Premier as…
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The wonder thing about vlogging is that it knows no limits. You can vlog about anything: motorcycles, knitting, rock climbing, driving for Uber or Lyft, quantum mechanics…it’s all there, waiting for someone to look into the camera and talk about it or–if words aren’t needed–simply demonstrate. Which brings us to He Yuhong, a Chinese vlogger…
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