IP Democracy: Tiny Art House Films on the Go

Niall McKay has this short piece at Wired News that talks about artistes developing little films for cell phones. At the San Francisco International Film Festival this week, 20 films made for tiny screens have been entered as part of the Festival’s Pocket Cinema program.

Independent filmmakers, who rely less on “action” scenes and more on character development and dialog, may actually fare better on mobile phones than their big studio peers.

Bachar [Joe Bacher, founder of Microcinema International] said videos that use less movement and fewer edits are easier to download and watch on a mobile. Also, mobile art videos that combine the use of sound and images to convey a nontraditional type of narrative are a lot easier to consume on a cell phone than a TV series.

Posted by Cynthia Brumfield on April 27, 2006 9:38 AM to IP Democracy