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“Peacekeepers”: Google Glass trailer for a web series

“What would you do if you were getting text messages from God?” That question is at the heart of a new web series shot using Google Glass. Here’s the series trailer, which premiered today (November 14, 2014) at the Unofficial Google+ Film Festival. FacebookTwitter

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“The Run”: the art of the chase

This short iPhone movie by  Ettore Nicoletti demonstrates one of key techniques of the classic chase scene: the lead character at first does not know she is being stalked. In a kind of homage to  O. Henry, there’s a comic twist in the end.   FacebookTwitter

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“Drones at the Beach”: using aerial GoPros to study ocean pollution

We all can agree that GoPros can be used to make entertaining movies and to capture the joy of individual efforts. But as the accompanying video demonstrates, this new technology has great potential in the world of  science. FacebookTwitter

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“Halloween 2014”: how zombies celebrate the night

Movie fans have an ongoing love for zombies. While “Night of the Living Dead” (1968) made the genre popular, there were a number of earlier examples including “White Zombie” starring Bela Lugosi (1932) and “I Walked With a Zombie (1943).  Shot in Barcelona using a smartphone,  Sergio Munoz’s “Halloween 2014” ably carries on the tradition. FacebookTwitter

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“Framed”: an iPhone silent movie starring…a camera

In Mael Sevestre’s romantic short, a mid-20th-century photographer  makes a magical discovery when looking at the world through the lens of his ancient (to modern eyes) twin-lens Yashica camera, circa 1957. Shot with an iPhone 4S, “Framed” illustrates the technique of including shots taken from the protagonist’s point of view. This can be an effective way…

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“Splitscreen – A Love Story”: visually doubling the narrative

We’ve categorized James Grifffiths “Splitscreen”—shot entirely on the Nokia N8—as “experimental” because it still is a novelty with mobile moviemaking. FacebookTwitter

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