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Online Video Contests

MobileMovieMaking enthusiastically recommends Online Video Contests (OVC) for filmmakers who like the excitement of competing for prizes. OVC has supported our magazine since the beginning. But the main reason that we promote OVC is that it really is the best place to learn about every kind of video contest. If you visit their site, we hope you’ll come back here…

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Memorable Places contest

Memorable Places–a new video contest

Is there a place that has great meaning for you? A place you love…or fear…or use? Could be a city or a place in your home or your car. Anywhere that’s important. If you have such a place,  we invite you to make a short video about it–running time less than 5 minutes–and submit it…

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The Three-in-One Blended Music Video

The history of the music video goes back farther than you might think. According to music video historians—ah yes,, there are historians of everything—in 1894, sheet music publishers Edward B. Marks and Joe Stern produced a magic lantern slide show to promote their song, “The Little Lost Child.” According to a Wikipedia article, the advent…

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The Power of a Wordless Sequence in a Smartphone Video

No surprise that “Ligiron: King of the Downhill Cart” won this year’s FilMiC Pro’s Best Documentary award. Director Paul Benzi Florendo’s  five-minute video contains all the classic documentary elements: an original story, interesting characters, an exotic location, powerful close-ups, and enchanting music. But perhaps Florendo’s most powerful artistic decision was to open the documentary with a one-minute wordless…

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3 Directing Tips for the Novice Mobile Moviemaker

If you’re a new director, you might not have much experience working with actors. The first thing you need to know: Actors are sometimes strange, weird creatures. I speak from personal experience. I was an actor before I was a filmmaker. As a novice director, the chances are that you’ll be working with novice—even completely…

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