Smartphone Filmmaking: Theory and Practice

Mobile, smartphone, and pocket filmmaking is a global phenomenon with distinctive festivals, filmmakers, and creatives defining an original film form. This book explores diverse approaches to smartphone filmmaking and interviews the international smartphone filmmaking community. It highlights the mobile specificity of accessibility, mobility, and intimate qualities, contributing to new storytelling approaches. Vertical video and collaborative processes are evolving into hybrid formats that resonate in other film forms. Smartphone Filmmaking: Theory and Practice provides a framework for analyzing smartphone filmmaking and reviews contemporary scholarship and directions in the creative arts and industries.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 264 pages
Publication date: 04 November 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Mobile, smartphone, and pocket filmmaking have emerged as a global phenomenon, characterized by unique festivals, filmmakers, and creatives who are shaping a distinct film form. Smartphone Filmmaking: Theory and Practice delves into various approaches to smartphone filmmaking, offering an overview of the international smartphone filmmaking community. Through interviews with smartphone filmmakers, entrepreneurs, creative technologists, storytellers, educators, and smartphone film festival directors, this book serves as a valuable source of inspiration and insights for professionals, emerging filmmakers, and enthusiasts alike. While not every story can be effectively realized through a mobile device or smartphone, it is particularly valuable when working with communities, capturing locations, or engaging in personal or first-person filmmaking. The mobile specificity of smartphones is evident in their accessibility, mobility, and intimate qualities, which contribute to the development of new storytelling approaches. Vertical video and collaborative processes in smartphone filmmaking are evolving into hybrid formats that resonate in other film forms. This book not only provides a framework for analyzing smartphone filmmaking but also reviews contemporary scholarship and trends within the creative arts and creative industries. It initiates a conversation on current trends and their impact on adjacent disciplines, such as Mobile XR (extended reality). By exploring the world of smartphone filmmaking, this book offers a glimpse into the future of storytelling and media production, paving the way for new creative possibilities and pushing the boundaries of visual expression.

Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781501360329