“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” and Lilian Manansala’s “lo-fang’s #88”). Now, Jamiel Laurence’s prize-winning “Master Plan” takes things a step further. The camera doesn’t just document the dance set in a background of trees and traffic. By responding to the moves of the primary dancer —16-year-old Jamie Campbell—in effect the smartphone becomes a dancing partner.

More About the Film

“Master Plan” was shot using Moondog Labs lenses and filters. The location was Glasgow’s iconic Great Western Road. The film won the “Best Music Video” award at the Super 9 Mobile Film Fest 2020 and “Best interaction between Dance and Camera” at Dare to Dance In Public 2020.

About Jamiel Laurence

Based in Glasgow, Scotland, Laurence is a choreographer for stage, screen, and events. You can learn more about him on his website, his YouTube channel, and on Instagram. His other dance films include 43 Dancers, One Staircase, One Take” and “To the Sea.” As in this film, he often features students from the Dance School of Scotland.

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The editors of MobileMovieMaking have chosen “Master Plan” as the Mobile Movie of the Week.