Talking Anamorphic Lens with Pioneer Moondog Labs

Published: Sept. 10, 2019, 9:53 p.m.

b'The vision of imaging and optics in film technology brought together two individuals with a dedicated expertise in the field to create anamorphic lens for your smartphone camera.\\n\\nIn episode 66 of the SBP Podcast Mobile Filmmaking, we share the exciting story of how Moondog Labs came to be through the dedication of founders Julie Gerstenberger and Scott Cahall. Moondog Labs created the first anamorphic lens available to mobile filmmakers. Their background is with Eastman Kodak. Their expertise is impressive and so are their lenses. \\n\\nJulie and Scott can trace the beginning of Moondog Labs back to Sean Baker\\u2019s \\u201cTangerine,\\u201d shot with the iPhone 5s. If the film sounds familiar it\\u2019s because it was perhaps the first iPhone film to raise the bar in the mobile filmmaking industry. The film made waves when it premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Scott and Julie were invited to attend and witnessed the reaction from the audience when, only after the film was finished, the end of the credits announced the film was entirely shot with the iPhone. \\n\\nListen to both Julie and Scott share their accounts of why they do what they do, their experiences with the mobile filmmaking community and some details about their products. Amongst their stories, they share how far films shot with smartphones have come and a bit of what they see in the future of mobile filmmaking with smartphone cameras. \\n\\n\\u201cThe challenge of really taking what we know, which is imaging and optics specifically, and translating\\u2014you know, what filmmakers and some photographers want from the creative side of what they\\u2019re doing and the stories that they want to tell\\u2026\\u201d Julie Gerstenberger\\n\\n\\u201cIn the past you could change the film stock to get a different look. Now, you can change the lens to get a different look. And you could do that before but it\\u2019s become one of the more primary levers now, I would say than, I mean, you don\\u2019t swap out a sensor in your camera. But you can swap out a lens.\\u201d Scott Cahall\\n\\nThey shared a sneak-peek of their newest product to be announced very soon. If you are a filmmaker at any level of your interest of making feature and short films using smartphones, you\\u2019ll want to follow Moondog Labs on social media and visit their website. \\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\\nWebsite: https://moondoglabs.com\\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/moondoglabs\\nVimeo: https://vimeo.com/moondoglabs\\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1LfuAHYIVtcFsHAzoYVQGA\\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/moondog_labs/\\n\\nOur Links: \\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\\nGlobal Mobile Film Awards\\u2122 2019: http://globalmobilefilmawards.com\\n\\nFacebook: http://facebook.com/sbppodcast\\n\\nTwitter: http://twitter.com/sbppodcast\\n\\nMFTV - Mobile Film Network Distribution Channel: http://MobileChannel.TV\\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.'