Mobile Movie of the Week

Found Footage Horror Film Shot with a Phone

Smartphones are becoming increasingly competitive with traditional cameras. But as we see in Narelle Nash’s latest film “# Selfie,” sometimes a phone is the only way to go.  The Australian actor/director takes us behind the scenes in an interview that follows the movie. Interview with Narelle Nash MMM: Could you share your story about becoming a…

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Dramatic PSA Give a New Perspective on the Gun Debate

In dealing with complex societal issues, facts aren’t enough. What’s needed is the human context. That’s what Italian filmmaker Matteo Tibiletti  creates with “Ops!”—a dramatic PSA (Public Service Announcement) that deals with the role of guns in everyday life. As with his prize-winning “Yes, No.” this new film uses intense close-ups to bring us into the story.…

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Lessons Learned While Making a Prize-winning First Film

“Embrasure” is an extraordinary first film, which was the Fiction category winner in the FiLMiC Pro competition. The saga of the film’s production is also dramatic, as the novice director Jared Brown overcame numerous problems ranging from drunken tourists ruining the sound in a key scene to a near editing-app  catastrophe. Brown, a Londoner living in…

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Action Thriller Features Nifty VFX & Two Talented Young Actors

In 2018, the editors of this magazine chose “Robot Attack” as the Mobile Movie of the Year. Now, that film’s director Brian Vowles is back with “Run.” A Canadian-based 3D Artist by day, Vowles explained: “I made this short as an entry to the Collective/ Film Riot monthly film competition. It’s a 60 second Action Scene…

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Nonlinear Music Video Pounds Home a Message

“Begin at the beginning,” advises the King in “Alice in Wonderland, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” You can’t really go wrong with that structure. Yet, there are alternatives as we learn from movies such as “Rashomon,” “Pulp Fiction,” “Groundhog Day,” and “Memento.”  Filmmakers increasingly love to twist and bend…

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Creating a Memorable Drone Travelogue

There’s something inherently astonishing about viewing the world from above. And now, thanks to the development of consumer drones, aerial photography has been democratized. But there’s nothing automatic about creating a memorable drone travelogue. As with every kind of moviemaking, success requires knowledge, practice, imagination, and dedication. The work of Finnish filmmaker Timo Oksanen is…

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