Citizen Film-Makers

Can a movie produced on a shoestring ever be as good as the latest blockbuster? Explore some of the new technologies allowing amateur film-makers to produce films without the aid of a Hollywood budget.

Film-maker Henry Reichhold premieres his new film and explains why he prefers shooting on his mobile.

John O’Boyle from machinima pioneers Short Fuze shows how easy it is to create an entire set, complete with actors, on your home computer.

Warren Dudley and Roger O’Hara from Brighton-based Sixty6 Films tell us how they wrote and produced the feature-length comedy Dogberry and Bob through online collaboration.

Film-makers are being creative with new technologies. Why bother with expensive bulky camera equipment when you could just use your mobile phone? Who needs big-budget funding when you could just share the cost online? Do you really want actors when machines can do the same job? Share your own ideas and try some out for yourself.

Event organised by:
The Science Museum

Speakers

Henry Reichhold, mobile phone film-maker
John O’Boyle, Short Fuze
Warren Dudley and Roger O’Hara, producers of Dogberry and Bob
Camille Baker, SMARTlab