There is a new genre under the sun: the collective movie. Contrasting with traditional moviemaking that expresses the vision of a single filmmaker, collective moviemaking brings together images shot by a number of filmmakers. While the finished film may reflect the personality of the editor-director, the visual style has the diversity and richness of a patchwork quilt.…
read more →Here’s a suggestion: In addition to thinking up an idea, writing a script, and doing all the other chores filmmakers do, maybe you should get a sponsor for your next smartphone movie project. Follow in the steps of Sean Baker, the director of the hit mobile shot “Tangerine”. His recently released short–“Snowbird”–was commissioned by KENZO, the French clothing designer. You…
read more →In Matthew Cherry’s “9 Rides” an Uber driver clocks in to work on New Year’s Eve, the busiest night of the year. The night takes him all across the city as he transports nine different groups of passengers who help him come to terms with life-changing news. FacebookTwitter
read more →Anyone need more proof that there are no limits to mobile moviemaking? If so, take a look at and enjoy Tokyo-based filmmaker Daito Manabe’s experimental drone music video “Cold Stares.” Wired.co.uk calls the piece a collision of “virtual and real worlds” filmed by drones. What’s astonishing is that a music video that is digital, abstract, and analytical,…
read more →A hundred years from now, movie fans may look back on our time as the Golden Age of short-form storytelling. Mobile moviemakers around the world continue to demonstrate that brevity works well in a variety of genres including documentaries, narratives, commercials, and instructional videos. And now, Instagram has inaugurated the 15-second thriller series—“Shield5.” The rise of the…
read more →Young children tell stories by stringing together incidents with “ands”: This happened and then that happened and then something else happened. This kind of episodic narrative works, but experienced storytellers–especially Hollywood screenwriters– have long understood that building on “but” can add more drama. Here are examples in loglines from movies you might have seen: A band of adventurers capture and…
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