Jan 29 2006

Cell Phone Movie Competition

Posted by Natalie as Cellphones

When I was in college I worked on a lot of student films with writers and directors from a very expensive film school in New York City. Some students would spend an exorbitant amount of money to make their films by flying their entire cast and crew to Asia or Arizona to shoot. They did all of their work on film which by the foot would run them into thousands of dollars.

Digital film making has been a blessing and a curse as some films made are just plain bad. (A recent conversation with someone who helps organize The Hamptons Film Festival said that movies submitted on film were more likely to be seen while the ones shot on digital were more likely to be tossed in the reject pile.) The upside, of course, is that digital film has democracized film making allowing film makers from all cultural and economic backgrounds showcase their unique voice.

The film making process has become even more accessible with mobile phones. Portugal is having a cell phone film festival and will show the winners on a large screen in Libson.

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Rosco
02|Feb|2006

Hi there,
This is Rosco of roscoland.com and I was doing some searching for film makers to inviter to our new film and video contest. I found your site among some others and want to extend you an invitation to enter. Please take a minute and look at http://www.roscoland.com/contestpage.html I am not trying to advertise. Go ahead and erase this comment, but if you have something to enter please take a look and strongly consider it. Thanks for your time Rosco of roscoland.com
J. Angelo
02|Feb|2006

Hello. Saw the contest page. Do you have more details as to the criteria for judging?

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