Majek Pictures Shoots Feature on iPhone

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Unbelievable

First, many thanks to our unflailing Cape Town correspondant Dominque Vandenhoudt who tipped us off to this one.

Majek Pictures, a production company set up by Michael Korbel and Anna Elizabeth James, two graduate students at USC Film School, are shooting entire features using only an iPhone.

This is more than just a gimmick. Frankly, its the only way they can afford to make the pictures they want to make.

Says Korbel:

We wanted to bring what we imagine to life.  Funding should never hold art back, but in visual storytelling this is too often the case.  Using a mini device like an iPod Touch or iPhone allows us to go anywhere and do almost anything.  The potential is contagious.

Michael Rosenblum

For more than 30 years, Michael Rosenblum has been on the cutting edge of the digital video journalism revolution. During this time, he has lead a drive for video literacy, and the complete rethinking of how television is made and controlled. His work has included: The complete transitioning of The BBC's national network (UK) to a VJ-driven model, starting in 2002. The complete conversion of The Voice of America, the United State's Government's broadcasting agency, (and the largest broadcaster in the world), from short wave radio to television broadcasting and webcasting using the VJ paradigm (1998-present). The construction of NYT Television, a New York Times Company, and the largest producer of non-fiction television in the US. Rosenblum was both the founder and President of NYT TV, (all based on this paradigm (1996-1998). The President and Founder of Video News International, a global VJ-driven newsgathering company, with more than 100 journalists around the world. (1993-1996). Other clients include Spectrum News, Verizon and CBS News.

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