Mobile Story Making in an Age of Smartphones

Description

The participatory turn in media, arts and design along with interrelated developments in the proliferation of social and network media have changed our understanding of the contemporary mediascape. Mobile Story Making in an Age of Smartphones reveals how smartphones and storytelling are forming a symbiosis that empowers twenty-first century citizens and creatives around the world. The edited collection further develops definitions and debate around creative mobile media and its impact on media, art and design. It brings together mobile artists, digital ethnographers, filmmakers working with smartphones, illustrators, screenwriters as well as musicians utilizing apps and mobile devices, who explore new directions in the creative arts with a focus on screen production. Lastly, it demonstrates how mobile devices and smartphones can make a difference in peoples’ lives and catalyses creativity in order to tackle current socio-cultural issues. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Introduction: Creative Mobile Media II—Making a Difference (Max Schleser, Marsha Berry)....Pages 1-7 Front Matter ....Pages 9-9 Multimodality and Storytelling (Caroline Campbell)....Pages 11-20 Digital Development: Using the Smartphone to Enhance Screenwriting Practice (Craig Batty, Stayci Taylor)....Pages 21-29 From the Studio to the Bush: Aboriginal Young People, Mobile Story-Making and Cultural Connections (Fran Edmonds, Richard Chenhall, Scott McQuire, Michelle Evans)....Pages 31-40 Smartphones and Evocative Documentary Practices (Dean Keep)....Pages 41-50 Wayfaring, Creating and Performing with Smartphones (Jess Kilby, Marsha Berry)....Pages 51-61 Front Matter ....Pages 63-63 Perspectives on Music Sharing via Mobile Phones in Papua New Guinea (Oli Wilson)....Pages 65-73 Stories from the Field: Playing with Mobile Media (Larissa Hjorth, Ingrid Richardson)....Pages 75-85 Creating an Experiential Narrative: The Making of Mobilarte (Gerda Cammaer)....Pages 87-95 Mobile Virtual Realities and Portable Magic Circles (Michael Saker)....Pages 97-105 New Contextualised Perspectives: Using Bluetooth Beacons and Drones for Mixed-Reality Storytelling (Patrick Kelly)....Pages 107-116 Interface Is the Place: Augmented Reality and the Phenomena of Smartphone–Spacetime (Rewa Wright)....Pages 117-125 Front Matter ....Pages 127-127 Siyashuta! Capturing Police Brutality on Mobile Phones in South Africa (Lorenzo Dalvit, Alette Schoon)....Pages 129-137 Devising Mobile Apps: Participatory Design for Endemic Diseases Transmitted by the Mosquito Aedes (Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya) (Tiago Franklin Rodrigues Lucena, Ana Paula Machado Velho, Vinicius Durval Dorne, Diana Maria Gallicchio Domingues)....Pages 139-150 Mobile Framing: Vertical Videos from User-Generated Content to Corporate Marketing (Dave Neal, Miriam Ross)....Pages 151-160 Pasifika Youth and Health Perspectives: Creative Transformation Through Smartphone Filmmaking and Digital Talanoa (Max Schleser, Ridvan Firestone)....Pages 161-171 Back Matter ....Pages 173-179