“A Homeless Woman Was Given an iPhone to Share Her Experience”

Homelessness is a worldwide problem. You can find plenty of articles and videos on the topic. The challenge: how can you keep the homeless issue alive so that people pay attention? The title of this post reveals the answer. Instead of reporting on homeless people from the outside, UK-based director and producer Giulia Gandini created…

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High-flying Selfie Draws a Big Audience

Texas-based Prakash Gandhi Natarajan recently won the People’s Choice Award in MobileMovieMaking Magazine’s first Instagram contest. The challenge was to shoot footage out various windows. On holiday in New York City, Prakash took the assignment to a higher level by including a clip taken from a helicopter. His high-flying selfie demonstrated the impact of including…

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Drone Rescue Is the Ultimate Selfie

When Dave Svorking’s drone ran out of juice over a lake, odds weren’t good for the survival of the UAV  (unmanned aerial vehicle). But like “Sully” Sullenberger, the pilot was determined to do everything he could to avert catastrophe. In this case, it meant plunging into the lake, swimming like an Olympian, and reaching up…

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Selfie As a Plot Element

Accomplished filmmakers have proven that mobile devices, even with their limitations, can be used to shoot prize-winning movies. Now, celebrated Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi demonstrates another use of the medium. In his latest film—“Three Faces”— Panahi incorporates a selfie as a plot element. As seen in the trailer (below), a selfie serves as the movie’s trigger event.…

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The Selfie Interview Comes of Age

The selfie interview can be a powerful way of sharing personal information for business, training, and other purposes.

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“Requiem”: autobiography in the 21st century

“Requiem,” shot on an iPhone 4s  by Jeffrey Turboff, combines stunning visuals and a spare narration reminiscent of Truffaut to pack a lifetime into a two-minute movie. You’ll need to play “Requiem” more than once to see–and hear–all that it has to offer. FacebookTwitter

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