June 14, 2006
Italian directors shoot 93-minute film with cameraphone
Italian directors have completed a 93-minute documentary they say is the first feature film to be entirely shot by such a technique. (Not the first by my books*, but the longest - a 35mm feature film entitled Sugar Man was shot with the Sony Ericsson W900i last year).
Called "New Love Meetings," it was filmed in a MPEG4 format with a Nokia N90 -- a regular, higher-end cell phone on sale around the globe, documentary co-director Marcello Mencarini said.
"With the widespread availability of cell phones equipped with cameras, anybody could do this," Mencarini said in a telephone interview from Milan. "If you want to say something nowadays, thanks to the new media, you can."
[PhysOrg via The Raw Feed]
*The world’s first full-length movie to be shot entirely on cellphones - entitled SMS Sugar Man - was wrapped up in Johannesburg last Fall. The 35mm feature film was shot by Aryan Kaganof, the prolific writer/director of numerous feature films, shorts and videos.
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