Filmmaking on a Smartphone

Authors

  • Vadim Staver UNATC ”I.L. Caragiale”, Bucharest, Romania Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37130/xg70jh38

Keywords:

filmmaking, smartphone, technology, iPhone, anamorphic adaptor, post-production, cinematic

Abstract

The article presents a primary exploration into the world of entry-level digital cinema, that has reached the hands of aspiring filmmakers, enthusiasts of the new minimalist wave, who are not ashamed to use their personal phones as professional digital video cameras. When I say filmmakers” I do not mean are also known, as they are a completely different “videographers”, as they category of video content creators. Here we are talking about creators of fiction films, screenplays, actors, producers, all united under the same artistic goal. The concept is simple: if the chosen subjects are torn from the real life of the average man, then why not film with a simple camera, like the one we all carry in our pockets?

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Author Biography

  • Vadim Staver, UNATC ”I.L. Caragiale”, Bucharest, Romania

    Vadim Staver is a sound engineer and a PhD student at UNATC “I.L. Caragiale” Bucharest. A graduate of UNATC, the Faculty of Film, Multimedia Department, he has more than twenty years of experience in the field of audio production, audio post-production and video editing. Over the years, he has collaborated with famous film directors from the country and abroad, such as: Malvina Urșianu, Anca Damian, Șerban Marinescu, Nicolae Mărgineanu or Paul Schrader and Francis Ford Coppola.

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Published

2020-12-03

How to Cite

Staver, V. (2020). Filmmaking on a Smartphone. CONCEPT, 21(2), 174-179. https://doi.org/10.37130/xg70jh38