Technology takes smart approach to art

I’M from a town in Co Clare. If I was around in that town 50 years ago, and got it into my head to make a movie, I can’t imagine where I would start.

Would I go to the library to look for a book to explain how to make a film? Would I drive to Limerick city to try and buy the equipment needed? I reckon I’d probably have had to go to Shannon airport to board a plane for London so I could find some people with the smarts.

Today, all I’d need is a smartphone. I could scout the Internet for know-how first, but really the video cameras on phones are so intuitive nowadays you wouldn’t need much direction. I just watched a short French film on the Internet called Framed that was made with an iPhone 4S. The sound was perfect, and it was shot outdoors.