Greetings from Mobbywood fellow film makers!
Entry is now open for the Mobile Screenfest 2011 and with only two months to go for the Best Drama and Best Comedy categories, and only three months to go for all other categories, its time to get down to business! Please continue to check out our blog regularly as we talk all things mobile, movies and fun (subscribe here – add link to blog). Reading this can increase your chances of winning Mobile Screenfest 2011!!
We want to take you through the process of brainstorming, writing, casting, shooting, editing and submitting you entry for 2011 – everything from A to Z – as well as show you some cool films, videos, blogs, websites, programs, apps and festivals from around the world along the way. Please comment and link us to what you want to hear about – we love feedback.
Your Entry Part One: Brainstorm
We’ve given you lots of practical advice for filming with your mobile phone, but the most obvious place to start working on this year’s entry is your SUPERCALIFRAGILISTIC IDEA. How is your film going to wow the judges? How is your story going to grab people’s attention? What makes a great film image? What excites the ears and eyes and the mind? What makes a great storyteller?
A good way to start is to think about the films and documentaries you like. Watch lots and lots and lots and lots of film. Take notes. Tag your favourites. Talk your friends’ ears off. Why do you like them? What genre are they? What kind of lighting, mood, costumes, actors, sound, and editing do they use? Are they loud and fast or soft and slow? Are they quirky or musical or arty or funny? Then think about how you can emulate them.
Next brainstorm on the story YOU want to tell. Film is all about storytelling, visual storytelling, and mobile phones are like diaries – you can capture ANYTHING about the world around you (or what’s going on in your head) with them. Individuality is key – no one is going to make a mobile film just like you.
Once you think you have a basic story idea, think about how you’re going to get it on screen. This is where you need to have a storyboard or script. Try not to make things too complicated as you’ve only got four minutes to get the message across. Work on characters, settings, plot development, scenes and drama, action or conflict, as well as resolution.
Next get all your friends and family on board to give you feedback on your story and script and rewrite, rejig and rework until you think its totally hot stuff. Then you’re ready for Part Two: Planning.
In the mean time, check out these great movies made with mobile phones for inspiration – you can do it too!
Don’t forget to register here
http://www.mobilescreenfest.com/Submit-Mobile-Entry.asp?active_page_id=164 to vote, comment and submit your entries on our website. And remember, you can enter as many times as you like in the following categories so there’s no limit to your creative possibilities.
1. Best Drama - Fictional drama scene, sketch or monologue. Intense or suspenseful
2. Best Comedy - Examples: a joke, funny moment, comedy routine or sketch, a comedic film
4. Two Best Junior Awards - Open to anyone in Australia aged 15 and under. There are 2 Junior Awards up for grabs- One 'Open' Award for any type of mobile film shot on a mobile phone or tablet device. One 'Recycle' Award for any story using the theme or word 'Recycle" in the film. Be creative with it!
5. Best International Film - Open to anyone from around the world (except Australia) of any age, using phone or tablet device to shoot the film.
6. Best Music Video- Examples: a song, a dance routine to music, a group performance
7. Best Journalism - Example: a story reported like a journalist, newsworthy moment, or interesting event
8. Best Mobile Photograph- Any still image captured on you phone
9. People's Choice Award - Its is decided by viewers rating your entry on the website combined with audience voting on the event night
Finally, please feel free to blog or comment on this blog. Also if you would like to be a Moblogger yourself, let us know and we’d be more than happy to see how you can add to our info to fans and have a lot of fun in the process!
Until next time…
phoebe mack: moblogger 2011
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