TWO SCREENING PROGRAMS
-Mobile Exposure 2006 (moving images made by mobile devices)
-Mobile Exposure 2006 Video Ringtone Festival (on-line/on-mobile device)
Mobile phones, PDA's, i-pods, and other hand-held devices have already gained widespread acceptance as tools to capture as well as experience music and photographs. Now these devices are being further designed and equipped with video capabilities - both for viewing as well as capturing. What are the potentials of the handheld device as a cinematic tool for expression, activism, experimentation, and exhibition? With the recent announcement of the i-pod video device and the Emmy Awards creation of a new mobile film category, the advancement of this medium is now a foregone conclusion...the train has left the station that is for sure, but on what track is it heading?
How will viewing images on the small screen change our perception of the moving image arts? How will the moving image arts change to present works on a hand-held device? These are some of the questions that Mobile Exposure 2006 hopes to address.
CONCEPT Mobile Exposure 2006 is looking for works that address mobile culture and/or are made WITH or to be EXHIBITED ON mobile/handheld devices.Our criteria are very broad; reflect on the mobile and locative through the medium or the concept. We encourage hybrid works as well (for example: imagery made with hand-helds and then post produced, mixed with sound in a classic filmmaking procedure).
CALL FOR WORKS The Mobile Exposure 2006 handheld moving image program is an exploration of the potentials of mobile video and culture.Practitioners are invited to submit all genres of work, less than 15 minutes in length. Video Ringtones should be 2 minutes or less in length.
WHAT WE WANT: We are looking for two types of works:
Made for viewing on a mobile device and
Made WITH a mobile device for viewing on the big screen (or little screen too if possible).
We are looking for works made using cell phones, obsolete video cameras, wrist cams, toy (NON-vhs/dv/hi-8) video cameras, PDA's, and even small cameras that create mpg moving images. Please do not send any material using conventional video cameras unless it specifically relates to mobile culture. For films destined FOR the small screens of hand-held devices, any method of filmmaking is acceptable.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES and CHECKLIST see our Submission FAQ see the Submission Checklist at www.microcinema.com/index/checklist