Mobile "chick flick" with a twist

If somebody told you that a film was being made featuring mobile phone clips of women from around the world, you’d be forgiven for thinking that it was of the R-rated nature. But, a project underway in the UK called Overheated Symphony is calling for women around the world to make “quick flicks” on their mobile phones, then send them via the internet to a London-based film director who will pull them all together.

It’s all in aid of a film festival taking place in London that showcases the work of female film-makers. Other than the theme of “Overheated”, women can film whatever they want and the call-out on the website says: "Ladies, wherever you are, whoever you are, we want you to join in". Sarah Turner, the British film director who will create the final edit, said the inspiration came from a 1927 film by German filmmaker Walter Ruttmann Berlin - Symphony of a Great City, which used a montage of still pictures from many sources to document city life.

The deadline is 2 March and the film will be aired on 9 March at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts. According to Turner, "Making a film from all these female voices around the world is quite a beautiful thing, but also it's about shooting down the idea that women are not up to date with technology."

MyTake – A damn cool way to share content on a global level and to mash the content together brings a great sense of unity. Mobiles are becoming increasingly popular as “content capturers” with lots of people publishing their experiences to the likes of YouTube. Sharing the content in this way creates an instantaneous network with an actual output – in this case a film. The possibilities of this could extent to “instant networks” creating news reports, mini films – how cool would that be!