A drone’s maneuverability enables filmmakers to create visually rich films in a single shot. The latest example is Luke Bell’s drone music video “We Can’t Breathe.” The two-minute movie features rapper Phehello Makgoe. Like the director and the singer, the entire crew is from South Africa. Key members are the drone pilot Bradyn Hopking, the…
read more →In 1932, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to Freud. The great physicist speculated on what it might take to make war obsolete. Unsure of the validity of his ideas, Einstein asked the celebrated psychoanalyst to give his vision of what might end international conflict. Two months later, Freud sent a reply to Einstein. Freud agreed…
read more →“Singing in the Rain” is best remembered for its outside dance scene. Of course, that rain-drenched sequence was actually shot on a sound stage. It’s taken the smartphone to bring dance movies into the real world. We’ve featured many films in this guerrilla-dance genre including Tristan Pope’s “Dancers of New York,” Blake Calhoun’s “First Dance”…
read more →What kind of person comes to mind when you see the word skateboarder? If you envision young guys doing insane tricks, “Skate Birds” may add something new to the image. Shot for RTÉ News by celebrated mobile journalist Philip Bromwell, the two-minute news report illustrates the growing presence of women in the skateboarding world. It also…
read more →Beraat Gökkuş is a jack of many genres. A Turkish-born journalist by trade, his body of smartphone videos includes a docudrama (“The Lost Pen“), a fantasy (“Take a Breath“), and now a single-shot music video (“Sweat”). An interview with the director follows the movie. Interview with Beraat Gökkuş MobileMovieMaking: How did you connect with Joseph Langley?…
read more →The harm caused by the pandemic is incalculable. But if we look for a silver lining, we recognize that COVID has inspired many filmmakers to capture life during the lockdown. One of the major topics has been relationships. Can they be maintained via the cloud? No one suggests that online communication equals the real thing.…
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