First feature-length movie shot with Nokia N8 smartphoneDecember 9, 2011 - 15:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - An independent U.S. filmmaker has made what is believed to be the first feature-length movie shot with a smartphone, to be released next week - with actress Gena Rowlands in the starring role, AFP reports. "Olive," about "a little girl who transforms the lives of three people without speaking one word," was filmed using only a Nokia N8 cellphone, with a high-resolution camera adapted with a 35 mm lens to give added depth of field. "Technology is moving so quickly and cellphones are really going to be the thing that does everything eventually," director Hooman Khalili said ahead of the U.S. theater release of his movie on December 16. "They already do so much, and in January 2010 I came up with this idea and I saw there was nothing out there that existed," added the 37-year-old, who began pre-production of the movie last year. The first five minutes of "Olive," viewable at www.olivethemovie.com, have already set tongues wagging in Hollywood, where the movie industry is gearing up for its annual awards season. Set for release in Los Angeles next week, the movie is eligible to be nominated for the Oscars in February. In pictures posted on the Flickr photo-sharing website, the filmmaker, who also hosts a radio show in San Francisco, holds acellphone taped to the 35 mm lens and mounted on a tripod, with a viewfinder sticking out one side. The movie cost less than $500,000 - a fraction of a typical Hollywood budget - and is financed by Chris Kelly, an executive with social network giant Facebook, and William O'Keeffe, a San Francisco-based philanthropist. Technology aside, the film boasts the involvement of the two-time Oscar-nominated 81-year-old actress Rowlands. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |