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Welcome to SBP Podcast by S. Botello Productions! I am Susy Botello.\n\nMobile Film and Video is our focus and innovation is what drives us.\n\nMy passion for storytelling and technology brings me to connect my experience in video and film to storytelling for everyone\u2014using mobile phones.\n\nHey, everybody, we\u2019re coming to you from San Diego but we\u2019re going down under to Perth Australia. We\u2019re gonna talk to Brian Hennings. His film Express was one of the films we featured in our film festival last April. So let\u2019s get started and let\u2019s talk to Brian.\n\nBrian Hennings submitted his short film shot with a Samsung Galaxy S7 Android smartphone and was accepted to the International Mobile Film Festival last April. Brian flew from Perth, Australia to San Diego to participate be a part of the festival. He met other filmmakers and was part of the Q&A Panel.\n\nAt about 2 minutes: Brian shares about his background and his experience as a storyteller and filmmaker.\n\nAt about 4:45: Brian shared how his project idea for the short film Express came about and how he got his production team involved to make a great story into a film shot with a smartphone. The film was their first mobile film challenge.\n\nAt about 7 minutes: I asked Brian about how he achieved the great look to his film and he explained the process. Brian then shared how testing before the production helped them work out the kinks and figure out what problems they would encounter beforehand. Especially, since the location for most of the film took place in a train station. He also explained why his footage was so stable.\n\nAt about 11 minutes: Since the filming was set at a train station, we asked Brian how he and the crew achieved the sound quality of the film.\n\nBrian credits his team for producing an ultimately great film.\n\nExpress credits:\n\nActors: Sarah Harris and Nicholas Di Nardo\n\nDirector: Lydia Brisbout\n\nWriter: Brian Hennings\n\nProducers: Brian Hennings, Lydia Brisbout & James Corker\n\nDoP: James Corker\n\nColourist: Matthew Gardner\n\nSound Design: Andrea Colbert\n\nComposer: Jamie Murgatroyd\n\nShout-out to Sean Hellend as well\n\nAbout 14:45: Then we ask Brian about the story behind the film. He shared the compelling story of the film and its message. It is a personal story for him as the writer but it\u2019s a story with a message for everyone around the world.\n\nAt about 23 minutes: Brian discusses the importance of submitting films to film festivals to share stories and give light to important messages.\n\nAt about 25 minutes: Brian shares submitting to film festivals and attending them and connecting with other filmmakers.\n\nAt about 28:55: He shares his experience in the International Mobile Film Festival in San Diego and about the filmmakers he met during our film festival, including an 11 year-old girl who made her film with a smartphone and also attended.\n\nAt about 32 minutes: We talk about the importance of mobile filmmaking for the youngest storytellers and the future of film using smartphones. We discussed a bit about the democratization of storytelling through mobile filmmaking.\n\nAt about 39 minutes: Brian shares his film, Express made it into several film festivals.\n\nAt about 41:40: We played a little game and then asked Brian if he had any last words or something else he really wanted to share. Brian shared films and television movies and shows coming out of Australia which he would like to recommend to people around the world to watch. He also recommended to seek out more international films in order to connect better as individuals from one country to another.\n\nAt around 48:20: Brian recommends that the people listening who are listening to the podcast that they make a film using their smartphones and submit them to the film festival and make the trip out to San Diego and connect to other people and filmmakers during the festival. He also shared that he is planning to submit another film to the festival and make the trip back to San Diego.\n\nYou can watch Brian\u2019s mobil