The 9:16 Film Festival

Jul 20

Reminder

We are still taking submissions.  I’ve seen some good work so far from you guys but I’m selfish and I want more.  There are 41 days left to submit your film. Get to it!

Jul 12

Check out this tripod mount for the iPhone.  There are currently no submissions in the one shot category… just sayin’

[OhGizmo]

Jul 06

I know you are hard at work on your short films.  They’re going to be awesome. I can’t wait.  But if (for some reason) you haven’t started and you’re shooting on an iPhone check out this hot glide-cam-like device.  pretty cool.

Just remember that you can shoot on anything.  Any camera turned 90 degrees will get our desired output.

[Gizmodo]

Jun 27

I’ve had a couple of questions regarding how to attain the 9:16 aspect ratio.  If you are not shooting on an iPhone, and you’re shooting on a regular camera all you have to do is turn it on its side.  Poof. Instant 9:16.

Jun 26

The official site for the 9:16 film festival

What is 9:16? At its basic it’s an aspect ratio. It’s certainly tall and it’s a screen size I’ve not considered until Apple added video to the iPhone.

There are 2 categories for this online festival.

One Shot: It is a video in one shot. Maybe it’s shot on an iPhone 3GS since that is the reason for this format and festival, but it does not have to be. It is one shot no longer than 3 minutes. Show me your best.

5 Minutes: This one can be edited. You can use whatever format you like as before, just make sure the final cut is no longer than 5 minutes.

Export and Upload: We’re going to use Vimeo for this because Vimeo supports the 9:16 format. We will accept videos in 360x640 and also 480x640.  That last one is actually the native aspect ratio of the new iPhone.

Submission: Once you upload your video to Vimeo email me with the link so I can view it. Though I haven’t assembled one, there will be a panel of judges. NineBySixteen (at) gmail (dot) com 
Deadline for submissions is Sept. 1st 2009.

More news to follow in the coming weeks.