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Sundance kid puts mobile in the spotlight

Published by Stuart Houghton on February 14, 2008 in Mobile TV, Mobile video and Other stuff. 0 Comments

greenporno.jpgMobile video continues to be big news.  With the Viewty’s support for DivX movies, the Nokia N96’s TV streaming and multi-format playback and the ubiquitous multimedia behemoth that is the iPhone, the only thing missing is something to watch.

No less a being than Robert Redford descended on the Mobile World Congress to talk about his solution - short films in bite-sized mobile chunks.

Redford’s nonprofit Sundance Institute is working with mobile operators to bring video ‘content’ to the small(est) screen in a bid to create new outlets for filmaking talent.  “There are new forms of storytelling coming,” said Redford “I don’t think we’ve explored all the possibilities yet.  The only thing you know will keep going is change. If you can’t ride with it as a wave, you’re out.”

Blue Velvet star Isabella Rossellini was also on hand to promote a series of mobile-targeted short films about ‘insect sex’ entitled Green Porno.

As Nelson from The Simpsons put it after seeing Naked Lunch - “I can find at least two things wrong with that title.”



iPhone Web Apps No.14: Jumper Movie site

Published by Stuart Dredge on February 4, 2008 in Applications. 2 Comments

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Like surely everyone else who’s seen the trailer, I thought ‘Jumper’ was a rubbish name for a film. You might as well call it ‘Tank top’. However, once I found out it relates to some kind of interdimensional whizzy leaping, I was more excited. And ‘whizzy’ is the word for the film’s official iPhone site too - not least because it’s one of the first movies to actually have an iPhone-friendly presence.

There’s the usual elements you’d expect - a trailer, a plot synopsis and character guide. There’s a wallpaper section that puzzlingly doesn’t seem to work, but far better is the graphic novel, which gives you a taste of Jumper in a slick comic style. Finally, a neat touch is the feature that lets you ‘jump’ to other iPhone sites at random, hitting the Back button to return to the Jumper site for another go.

It might not be directly promoting the film, but it’s a welcome feature all the same - if only to help you find some new and interesting iPhone sites.

Jumper iPhone site link