Another Major Director to Shoot a Smartphone Feature Movie

Claude LeLouch, the French filmmaker best known for “A Man and a Woman” has announced that he is working on a smartphone feature movie. As reported in Variety, “La Vertu de L’imponderable” will be shot this coming summer.  LeLouch, now 80, came up with the story after he was robbed of a valuable manuscript and other papers.…

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The Man Behind the Filmbreaker Movement

Jason van Genderen is a digital storyteller based in Sydney Australia. His production company Treehouse Creative helped brands such as Sony, Nokia, Nikon and Apple Australia tell their stories. In addition, Jason’s short movies have won awards at major festivals including Tropfest NY + Sydney and Sundance London. After shooting his first smartphone video in…

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Vodafone Blog Features Ideas from MobileMovieMaking Magazine

Not to toot our own horn—well, OK, that’s exactly what we are doing—some of our ideas were featured in the Vodafone blog. Ally Koehler’s piece titled “Picture Perfect” includes a number of practical tips for shooting mobile movies. The article includes planning, getting good audio, and using stock footage. It also promotes the benefits of making short videos. Vodafone…

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A-list Director Turns to the iPhone

Hits such as “Sex, Lies, and Videotape,” “King of the Hill,” “Erin Brockovich,” and “Traffic” established Steven Soderbergh  as one of Hollywood’s top directors. Always an innovator, Soderbergh used an iPhone to shoot his latest movie–“Unsane.” He didn’t do so as a gimmick or to save money. In an Indiewire article, Soderbergh expressed enthusiasm for the quality of the phone’s 4k capture, adding…

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Crowdsourcing for Filmmakers: Creating Support for Your Projects

Following “The End” of an indie movie I recently saw, there came the credits for the cast and crew. But then came what might be thought of as “The Beginning”— scores of people whom the filmmaker thanked for making film possible. Perhaps some gave notes on early versions of the script. Others may have offered…

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Cinephone Film Festival Has a New Address

Cinephone’s 2018 competition—its seventh—is coming soon. If you want to keep in touch with the organization, please note that they have a new online address: http://cinephone.es.   FacebookTwitter

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