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Smartphone Cinema with Bart Weiss

Publisher: Focal Press

The film industry has usually set a pretty high bar for filmmakers to clear when it came to the technology and gear required to make a film. The book, "Smartphone Cinema: Making Great Films with your Mobile Phone," argues and provides the training needed to make films with your phone. In this edition of On Film, host Charles Horak welcomes Bart Weiss, filmmaker and film professor, to talk about his book and the latest filmmaking tool in for new aspiring filmmakers their mobile phones.

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Originally aired on December 14, 2024

Charles Horak didn't sleep much as a child, preferring instead to watch movies on late night TV. Not much has changed since then, except that he now shares his life-long passion for movies with others. Horak's association with On Film began in the summer of 2002 when he was interviewed by the show's originator, Cynthia Haines. In the summer of 2005, Horak took over for Haines as host of the show.
Sam Cassiano is a native Californian who spent his formative years in the Bay Area. An army brat, his family toured Germany and Japan before settling in El Paso in 1973. Initially a Communications Major at UTEP, a radio internship at KPAS-FM 94, the PASS launched his broadcasting career. He can be heard as the morning news anchor on KTEP during NPR's Morning Edition, and Friday evenings at 10 pm as the host of Friday Night Blues.
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