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March 1, 2006
Cell Phone Cinema
This story is a few days old, but given my upcoming talk, it's still worth mentioning. South African filmmaker Aryan Kaganof has just completed the first cell phone feature film, SMS Sugar Man, which focuses on a pimp and two high-class prostitutes. The film, which was shot using available light, was completed for about $164,000US according to the article, and according Kaganof, using cell phones allowed actors greater improvisation with multiple cameras recording at the same time.
There's a clear marketing angle with Sony Ericcson providing the W900i cell phones Kaganof used to record his feature. Also interesting: there are plans to blow the film up to 35mm and to have a "collapsed" release with DVD, theatrical, and Internet versions launching at around the same time.
More discussion at Metafilter and JD Lasica's blog where I found the story. Kaganof has a blog, and it seems like he updates fairly consistently.
Posted by chuck at March 1, 2006 11:53 AM
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