Nokia announced an multimedia film production with Academy Award nominated director, Spike Lee. Nokia
Productions will create the world’s first social film built entirely by
everyday people using their mobile devices to generate and submit
original content which will then be combined into one artistic
multimedia film created by Spike Lee.
The program will evolve around a central theme of humanity,
specifically the way music tells the story of humanity. The film will
consist of three acts each of which will include an “assignment” for
participants which Spike Lee will announce throughout the program. To
participate in Nokia Productions, consumers can submit their original
content consisting of any combination of text, music, video or images
during certain time periods between now through August 21 at http://www.nokiaproductions.com.
Each act of the production will last for four weeks. Spike Lee will
direct the collaboration digitally from the Web site, guiding and
critiquing creative submissions throughout the production. There will
also be online assistant directors that will personally help
participants revise their entries and then repost for consideration.
After each act closes, Nokia will choose the “Top 25” submissions, and
visitors will vote for their favorite submission creating the “Top 10”
from which Spike Lee will then choose the winning submission from each
act to be integrated into the final film. Five randomly selected
contestants from each act will win a Nokia N95 and the opportunity to
travel to the film’s premier in Los Angeles and meet director Spike Lee.
There will also be weekly giveaways including a new Nokia device and free music download cards.
The final collaborative film containing the three winners’
submissions along with other contributed content, will premiere this
fall at the soon to open Club Nokia in Los Angeles.
“The future of filmmaking is changing and mobile-generated art is
fast becoming the next medium for film. In five years, I believe we
will be watching films in movie theaters that have been shot on a
mobile phone,” said Spike Lee, director for Nokia Productions. “Today,
with state-of-the-art multimedia devices like what Nokia has to offer,
you are seeing first hand the democratization of film. Aspiring
filmmakers no longer have to go to film school to make great work. With
a simple mobile phone, almost anyone can now become a filmmaker.”