Origins of Self-filming: Video diaries of Nelson Sullivan
‘Mobile Journalism has introduced a specific audiovisual language with self-filming as the main characteristic element.
If self-filming is fully associated with the Mojo movement and the era of social media, especially with the selfie in photography, this method of filming has already seen its appearance in the form of video diaries and vlogs.
This new culture of “Picture of Self” and communication with others has been able to flourish for some three decades.’
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Nelson Sullivan — Sunday Afternoon in Central Park in 1988
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Also see:
The Academy’s section on filming and recording, including on smartphone (BBC)
BBC Academy blogs by:
BBC smartphone reporting specialist Marc Settle, who offers a fuller guide to working with a range of smartphone apps