Smartphone feature film production rises and rises

As the funding environment gets worse, smartphone filmmakers get organised and grow their aesthetic.
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With government funding for Australian features primarily through the offset, which now excludes films costing under $1 million, independent filmmakers are increasingly finding it hard to make feature films. But is there an option to this model that sits in most filmmakers pockets? 

Angela Blake from the Sydney based SF3 smartphone film festival thinks there is. 

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Darcy Yuille made the smartphone feature One Punch, which emerged from his love of cinematography and an MA in Directing from AFTRS. He is a teacher who aims to democratise filmmaking through new technology and old school smarts.