2. Romance in NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9utEs6Ki4Q
Tristan Popes award-winning seventeen-minute short is a lyrical, deeply affecting film intent on capturing the nuances of the relationship of a couple in love. Set in the iconic environs of New York City and starring
Rachael McOwen, Romance In NYC was filmed entirely using an iPhone 6 (assisted by a few bells and whistles, but fundamentally just with the smartphone itself). Its a beautiful, elegant piece of work, filmed from the point of view of the boyfriend the iPhones camera becomes the direction and the focus of his gaze, framing the dozens upon dozens of tiny little moments of intimacy and affection that characterise their life together. Pope used a filmmaking app called MoviePro to piece together Romance In NYC, even going so far as to contact the developers with feedback and ideas as to how to improve it those ideas have now been incorporated into the app available to the public on the App Store, making our Mr. Pope a technical innovator as well as a damn fine filmmaker. Romance In NYC is a masterclass in maximising the potential of your budget and equipment. Pope deliberately limits himself to create a lo-fi, authentic vibe that could easily have been lost with the use of more film-specific cameras. Its been travelling the festival circuit this year, garnering significant praise: the film won an award at the New Media Film Festival this year.