Trailer for the feature “I Play with the Phrase Each Other”
Jay Alvarez’s smartphone-shot drama was featured in the 2014 Slamdance Film Festival. FacebookTwitter
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How Can Citizen Journalists Monetize Mobile Video?
Around the world, mobile moviemakers are capturing newsworthy events including crimes, accidents, and storms. If the resulting footage is clear, it can have value to media outlets such as TV networks and major websites such as Yahoo! and Huffington Post. These professional organization make money by exhibiting newsworthy video. But what about the people who shot it? Is there a…
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MojoCon: one of those great moments in moviemaking history
Graphic arts have been around more than 15,000 years old. Theater about 3,000 years. Movies are the new kid on the block, not yet a century and a half old. And yet, the history is astonishing. 1896: exhibition of the first popular movie (“Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat“) 1929: the first Academy Awards Ceremony 1952: Cinerama…
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iKan Fly Smartphone Film Contest
One of the most exciting ways to use a video camera is to create an entry for a contest. The good news is that there are more and more contests exclusively for mobile moviemakers. When we find these contests, we’ll post the news here. Which brings us to the iKan Fly Smartphone Film Contest featuring a top prize of $5,000 in…
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International Mobil Film Festival 2015
The fourth annual International Mobil Film Festival takes place the weekend of April 25-26 in San Diego, California, on the campus of Grossmont College. Founded by Susy Botello, the Festival will showcase 36 mobile-shot movies from around the world including the UK, Iran, Egypt, Hungary, France, and Spain. This year’s program includes a “Mobile Fashion Show” in which all the…
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