As cameras developed, the filming capabilities of mobile phones evolved much faster than their still image capabilities. VGA-capable phones debuted 2 years ago, subsequent releases quickly put them on par with consumer digital camera movies.
Thus, Nokia’s announcement of a music video shot only with N-Series devices shouldn’t surprise anyone:
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“Each of the Nokia Nseries devices I used was perfectly suited to the kind of experimental, ‘out-there’ shots I wanted to capture for ‘Surfing at 32ºF’. For example, as a highly compact slider, the Nokia N95 slotted neatly into the customized pouch I attached to my fishing-line monorail, while the flip-out screens on the Nokia N93 and N93i allowed me to cover the lens with DIY color filters quickly and easily,” said Hodgkinson. “Everything I imagined, the Nokia Nseries devices let me create. I really wanted to push the Nokia equipment to its limits, and each responded brilliantly. I’ve taken Nseries devices underwater, attached them to helium balloons and dangled them 100 feet above the Los Angeles River . . . and I’ve never lost a shot.”“Surfing at 32ºF,” the second video directed and shot by Hodgkinson using Nokia Nseries devices, continues to stretch the capabilities of Nokia’s high-end mobile devices. Hodgkinson chose to use only the Nokia N93, Nokia N93i and Nokia N95 as his arsenal to shoot the music video, as well as a “behind the scenes” video – all three of which feature top of class Carl Zeiss optics and a variety of on-device editing capabilities. …
Eskimohunter is a band based in Los Angeles. They produce music they describe as shoegaze – I would describe it as a mixture of rock, ambient and pop which I personally find pretty cool (as much as I can hear of it on the MSI Wind).
Both videos(the video itself and a making-of) can be viewed at YouTube’s:
The Video
Making-of
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