A video story for a mobile user consuming video content on Facebook has to be produced and edited very differently than for a broadcast news package to be viewed on television. In my research and practice as a video consultant on new story forms for news, I am constantly researching and testing the latest […]
What are the right ingredients for online video?
What are the right ingredients for online video? Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently told Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner that “Video is a megatrend.” That bombshell revelation signals that publishers have to become much more video-savvy and focused on the behaviors and trends for engaging with mobile video consumers. From silent and square video formats […]
MOJO is the cover story this magazine
MOJO (Mobile Journalism) is the cover story of APPLICANDO Magazine (Italy) Back in November I was interviewed about smartphone mobile journalism by Silvia Malnati, a reporter for WIRED Magazine. She actually did two separate interviews with me, the other one was for an Italian magazine called Applicando. Guess, what? MOJO is the cover story of […]
Kinograms are silent video reports for social media
Videos with text overlays that can be read quickly and silently by mobile and social media consumers are called Kinograms. Which translates to “cinema writing.” Modern kinograms are time-consuming and require expensive video editing software to produce. I show a foolproof method for how to achieve professional results making kinograms, using just an iPhone in […]
Waterproof video backpack for filmmaking and mobile journalism
I travel for a living and make movies with small cameras. This approach allows me to film life unscripted from places where larger cameras can’t easily get to (like in my hand while bicycling, on sand dunes, in Qatar.) The smartphone movie making gear in my backpack https://t.co/LQWgQywALR pic.twitter.com/XTHtN2rdaA — Robb Montgomery (@robbmontgomery) February 17, […]