Our filmmaking technology continues to expand, and creators are making use of alternative cameras — particularly the iPhone, which is now responsible for shooting entire movies. Directors like David Lynch want no part in it. “You will never in a trillion years experience the film… you'll be cheated,” he said (ranted) of even watching said films on the iPhone. Countless YouTube videos show that many amateur videographers and casual observers still capture clips in vertical format. It doesn’t make sense to many, especially when the iPhone is fully capable of shooting widescreen, but to some it’s an art. A touring festival called Vertical Cinema offer artists and budding filmmakers a space to screen their works that stretch from...

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