A tour of my video studio in Berlin – powered by iPhones and an iPad.
Build a low-cost home video studio with smartphones
Best apps for mobile filmmaking and video production
These video apps are popular with mobile journalists and smartphone filmmakers. These are the ones I recommend in my workshops and online courses that teach smartphone filmmaking.
iPhone filmmaking in the Alps – What’s in my backpack?
Can you film cinema-quality scenes while hiking between remote Alpine huts with your iPhone?
Mobile Journalism workshops in Las Vegas at NAB Show
I lead the Mobile Journalism workshop at the NAB Show in Las Vegas.
The Medill freshman class I taught mobile journalism back in 2007
I first used an iPhone to teach mobile journalism at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University at a workshop on Nov. 27, 2007. I also taught them social media and simple data visualization techniques in the same workshop. The first thing I did I was to poll the freshman class about social media […]
Steven Soderbergh’s new movie was shot on iPhone
iPhone Filmmaking “is one of the most liberating experiences that I’ve ever had as a filmmaker,” says Hollywood director Steven Soderbergh. Soderbergh shot his latest movie “Unsane” on an iPhone and said it was a gamechanger. He was so impressed with the quality of iPhone cinematography that he would likely continue to use then to […]
LumaFusion Tutorial: Complete Mobile Video Editing Bootcamp
The comprehensive video tutorials in this masterclass feature professional 4K cinema and video projects filmed in four countries – all edited with LumaFusion for iOS. Yes, you can edit 4K Video, add Effects, duck and mix audio, add text & graphics with your iOS deviceThis immersive course will teach you how to edit video like a […]
DJI Osmo Mobile Tutorials
These 10 expert tutorials from the Smart Film School will help you to quickly set up your DJI Osmo Mobile so you can get started recording stabilized video with your phone. Links to the gear shown in this series. DJI Osmo Mobile – Silver Osmo Mobile – Black Osmo Mobile tripod Universal Mount for Osmo Osmo […]
Innovation in storytelling – Building new business models – Startup Culture – Mobile video, Social
What media innovation actually looks like, up close. Innovation in storytelling Building new business models Startup Culture Mobile video, Social people. Here are some key slides from my Keynote Address presented at recent media events in Cairo, Singapore, Macedonia, London, Italy, The Netherlands, Helsinki, Poland, Austria, and points in between.
iPhone filmmaker: 80 days around the world with a mobile journalist
To know me is to to travel with me. When I make my way around the globe for work and holidays, I document the adventures with my smartphone and challenge myself to edit and post a fresh story every day. My recently-expired US passport has 80 pages (Extra pages for visa were added the first […]
Should you upgrade to iPhone X and iOS 11 for video production?
ADVISORY: iOS 11 and iPhone X and 8 The new mega-smartphone beast with the OLED glass front and all the latest AR technology (Apple iPhone X) is perhaps not in the most impactful upgrade for videographers. There are some new attractive frame rates on flagship model that allow you to record at 4K resolution. – […]
Reuters Institute – University of Oxford white paper on mobile journalism #MOJO
Closer to the Story? Accessibility and mobile journalismReuters Institute – University of Oxford have released this white paper on mobile journalism by Finnish journalist fellow, Panu Karhunen. Can journalists get closer to the story and subject by utilizing mobile journalism? Karhunen interviewed 11 mobile journalists. They said they were able to film stories that would […]