Drones are amazing. What seemed like magic only five years ago—an affordable, flying, radio-controlled camera—is now available to all film-makers on any budget. Yes, there are drones costing tens of thousands of dollars, which carry cinema-grade cameras on big productions. But with careful planning and a basic consumer-grade drone, filmmakers can add huge amounts of…
read more →Moving a camera during a shot can add drama and visual sophistication. The challenge is to do so smoothly, so that viewers pay attention to the subject and not to the camera. A classic way of accomplishing smooth motion shots is to place the camera on a slider, a device with rails. The camera can then…
read more →There are obvious differences between a Hollywood feature film production and an indie short project. What’s not obvious are the similarities. Just about all the creative opportunities open to a Spielberg are there for the mobile moviemaker who wants to delight an audience. A case is point is the everyday experience of Boston-based Waverley Knobs Entertainment. This small but…
read more →Robert David Duncan has been at the forefront of using small cameras (aka smartphones) to shoot small movies, that is, videos running about two minutes or less. MobileMovieMaking interviewed him about his micro-movie approach here. In addition to making shorts, he’s the director of the Miniature Film Festival. FacebookTwitter
read more →Why let Ken Burns have all the fun? If you’ve got a life—and a mobile device—you can make personal documentaries that will inform and delight viewers. The idea of local journalism isn’t new. Decades before the Web, New Zealand author Janet Frame wrote a short story “One Must Give Up” in which the narrator declares…
read more →Editor’s introduction: These days most mobile movies are created for a limited number of viewers: friends, family members, and colleagues. Some mobile productions—such as music videos, instructional videos, commercials, and video blogs—seek a larger audience. But until recently, very few mobile-shot movies have attempted to compete with Hollywood films. Exceptions such as TANGERINE have received huge media coverage…
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