SJ Van Breda is celebrated for her beautifully filmed short documentaries about South African artists. Now, with “Something Is Coming,” she puts the spotlight on the Nharo Bushmen of southern Africa, who struggle to maintain their core values in a changing world. SJ van Breda SJ van Breda first trained as a mechanical engineer. After…
read more →Simon Manley is an English ex-pat living in a little village outside Salzburg, Austria. New to filmmaking, he has been learning by doing. In an interview (below), he explains why casting and other production decisions were governed by convenience. Interview with Simon Manley MobileMovieMaking: Where are you located? Manley: I am located in a little…
read more →Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman observed, “Everything is interesting if you go deeply enough.” As evidence, consider Jon Gill’s “Blackberry & Apple Crumble.” Gill uses a series of dazzling close-ups and POV shots to achieve the kind of depth that Feynman was talking about. The resulting mini-doc isn’t just interesting. It’s delightful. About Jon Gill…
read more →When it comes to mobile moviemaking, Simon Horrocks covers the field. In the fiction realm, he originated “Silent Eye” a sci-fi series available on Amazon. His nonfiction work includes “How an iPhone Film Shocked the Movie World.” He’s the co-founder with Andrea Holle of Mobile Motion Film Festival. On YouTube, he offers a wide variety of…
read more →In the early 16th century, the word aftermath referred to the second harvest of grass. A century later, the meaning darkened, referring to the consequences of unpleasant events. Such happenings often trigger intriguing stories. And that brings us to Christopher English’s “Aftermath,” a teaser in which he explores ideas for a post-apocalyptic movie. In the interview…
read more →J.B. Braud’s “Le Peintre” (“The Painter”) is a very funny comedy. It’s also a model of concise storytelling. In just 67 seconds, Braud introduces three memorable characters, a complex location, and important props. As the clock ticks, the filmmaker gives his protagonist a big problem…and then deftly solves it. The cinematic elements—such as the dramatic…
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