Six Cinematic Storytelling Techniques in “Trash to Treasure”
A short drama film—like Ayesha Jordan’s “Trash to Treasure”—can teach many powerful yet easy to implement cinematic storytelling techniques.
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Mobile Film Festival 2017 top film: “I Love London”
A one-minute film about a Syrian refugee has won the Mobile Film Festival 2017 International Grand Prize.
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Surprising Your Audience
Use the art of surprise to engage audiences and make your movies more entertaining and memorable.
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Cinematic Storytelling in a Silent Mobile Movie
The one-minute mobile-shot drama “Blind Date” illustrates seven classic cinematic storytelling techniques
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Secrets of a prize-winning filmmaking team
Manuel Imboden is co-founder of Rise and Shine Films, where he works as a Producer and Account Manager. He was the producer of “Balloon” and also another mobile-shot short: “Nachtschicht” (“Night Shift”). In the interview that follows, he combines basic information valuable to a novice and insights into advanced filmmaking for those who want to produce works at…
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“Death Row”: an example of solo moviemaking
A great Hollywood truism is that moviemaking is a collaborative activity: You have a writer, a director, a location scout, gaffers, grips, the editor…the list goes on. This team approach certainly has resulted in a lot of magnificent films. But as Malyvann Keo demonstrates, there is viable alternative: solo moviemaking. FacebookTwitter
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