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b'He shot a photo of a gas station with his iPhone and wrote a treatment. He sent them to an old friend, who was a professional actor. That is the beginning of the backstory to Blue Moon, a feature film shot with an iPhone 7 in New Zealand. The director, Stef Harris is our guest on the SBP Podcast episode 54.\\n\\nStef Harris is the writer and director of the, roughly 85 minute film shot with his iPhone. The film\\u2019s principal actors are Jed Brophy and Mark Hadlow. The Director of Photography, Ryan O\\u2019Rourke, had to shoot the film with the iPhone and had to deal with long takes and a single location. \\n\\nThe story behind the story of the characters is connected to the backstory of how the film evolved. Stef Harris is a police officer in New Zealand and took a picture of a lit up lone gas station using his smartphone. A picture of a thousand words is the saying. But literally, it turned into a screenplay filled with dialogue between two protagonists in a story: Horace Jones and Darren Cates. \\n\\nListen to Stef Harris explain how the town came together to help him complete his film. A very inspiring story which may lead to inspiring you to make films using your own smartphone. Because no matter where you are, who you are\\u2026with a good story and the willingness to reach out, you can be a filmmaker. \\n\\nFilm Credits: Rueben \\u2013 Doug Brooks, Gina \\u2013 Liz Mullane, Security Guard \\u2013 Nathan Green, Police Officer \\u2013 Mathew Crawford, Police Officer \\u2013 Nicole Gardiner, Newsagent \\u2013 Kyle Abbott, Police Officer - Jeshurun Scheib, Police Sergeant \\u2013 Robert Ballantyne, Veronica Jones \\u2013 Alison Lenton, Wahoe Chan \\u2013 Lai Zhouwen, Gilly \\u2013 Doug Brooks, Motorist \\u2013 Simon Paynter, Geoffrey the cat.\\n\\nDirected by Stefen Harris\\nWritten by Stefen Harris\\nDirector of Photography Ryan O\\u2019Rourke\\nEditor Judd Resnick\\nSound Design Chris Winter\\nComposer Tane Upjohn Beatson\\nSound Ben Dunker and Janja Heathfield \\nProduction companies Dark Horse Films - Kahu Media\\nProducers Stefen Harris and Pegeen O\\u2019Rourke\\nExecutive Producer Tim Riley and Rich Vizor\\n\\nSBP Podcast: The Voice of Mobile Film\\u2122 is for everyone who ever wanted to or is curious about making movies and videos using smartphones.\\n\\nSBP Podcast: The Voice of Mobile Film\\u2122 is for everyone who ever wanted to or is curious about making movies and videos using smartphones.\\n\\nWatch the trailer for Blue Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxmyCH8-ztk\\n\\nFollow Blue Moon on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlueMoonNZFilm/\\n\\nWebsite for Dark Horse Films: http://darkhorse-films.com\\n\\nOur Links: \\n\\nGet Tickets to the International Mobile Film Festival April 27 & 28: https://www.freshtix.com/events/international-mobile-film-festival-2\\n\\nGet all the details about this year\\u2019s film festival: http://bit.ly/MobileFilmRocks\\n\\nSubscribe, support and listen to bonus episodes and more on Patreon: http://patreon.com/sbppodcast\\n\\nSBP Podcast Blog: http://sbppodcast.wordpress.com\\n\\nSBP Podcast Website: http://sbppodcast.studio\\n\\niTunes/Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sbp-podcast/id1296673665\\n\\nInternational Mobile Film Festival Website: http://internationalmobilefilmfestival.com\\n\\nFacebook: http://facebook.com/sbppodcast\\n\\nTwitter: http://twitter.com/sbppodcast\\n\\nHashtag: MobilizeStories Mobile Film Community Website: http://mobilizestories.com\\n\\nSusy Botello on Twitter: http://twitter.com/susybotello\\n\\nSBP Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ISEF0SZOLyRpw20loXzlo#upsell\\n\\nSmartphone Filmmaking Publication on Medium: https://medium.com/smartphonefilmmaking\\n\\nAre you starting a Podcast? Create a new podcast or network and use the code sbppodcast to apply a 25% discount and save: https://pcast.link/sbppodcast/\\n\\n\\xa9 Copyright 2019 S. Botello Productions\\u2122. All rights reserved.'