Mashable: Are You Up for a Half-Hour TV Show About Mobile Apps?
With smartphone adoption projected to hit 50% by year’s end, one producer thought it was high time for a TV show about mobile apps. The 30-minute syndicated program, called The Mo Show [...] [more] AdWeek: New Syndicated Show Targets App Lovers
The brainchild of mobile-video pioneer Frank Chindamo and the Emmy-winning creators behind the tabloid TV staples A Current Affair and Hard Copy, The Mo Show is [...] [more] El noticiero: Unicorn Media Video Platform Monetizes Mobile and Webisodic Video Content for Fun Little Movies
Frank Chindamo, President, Fun Little Movies says, "Unicorn Media has given us the tools to deliver on the high demand for our content, making it possible for us to automate the process internally. We can also see who is viewing our movies, for how long, and on which devices. Gone are the days where we had to follow people onto the bus and look over their shoulders!" [more] Cloud News Daily: Unicorn Media Video Platform Monetizes Mobile Video Content for Fun Little Movies
Fun Little Movies is one of the top content providers for Sprint’s mobile deck since 2004 and currently has contracts globally with distributors representing mobile, web, television and DOOH (Digital Out of Home Advertising). [more] Variety: Biz hunts for internet dream stream
"The (return on investment) in TV commercials is going down," Chindamo says, and marketers are increasingly looking to "embed the message of the brand within the body of the entertainment, yet still provide entertaining content. It's really hard to do it well." [more] Time Out Chicago: Feature-length cell-phone movies? They’re not as far away as you think.
“Two minutes. That’s the attention span of mobile users because there are so many distractions,” Chindamo explains. “To combat that, you have to make the stories more compelling, faster and far more visual. The viewer has to understand the concept, the genre and the story within 15 seconds.” [more] Variety 411: Fun Little Movies: The Chat
Some say movies created specifically for your mobile devise are just a myth. However, our sleuthing detective has found a company that is making short comedic designed specifically for your phone, your blackberry, or whatever handheld communication devise you use. Join us at the headquarters of “Fun Little Movies” as we tap into the mobile production world. [more] CNN Video: Fun Little Movies produces grand prize winner at MoFilm / Mobile Content World 2009
Fun Little Movies’ short film “English as a Second Language” was featured on CNN video after winning the grand prize at the MoFilm competition at the 2009 Mobile Content World in Barcelona. [more] BBC News: Putting Movies On Mobiles
"English as a Second Language" produced by Frank Chindamo and directed by Jocelyn Stamat, won the MoFilm grand prize. [more] Washington Post: Kevin Spacey And MOFILM Film Festival Highlight Opportunities And Challenges In Mobile Film
The grand prize went to English as a Second Language, written and directed by Jocelyn Stamat, and produced by Frank Chindamo. [more] Los Angeles Times: I Can’t Talk, I’m Watching My Cellphone
In August, a Sprint representative saw one of his pieces at USC, where Chindamo lectures as an adjunct professor. The carrier signed him up to produce an entire channel for Sprint TV. [more] Forbes: Coming Soon to a Tiny Screen Near You
"Mobile is the fourth screen," Chindamo says, after movies, TV and the PC. He argues that one day it will be every bit as legit. Production costs are $2,000 to $8,000 a minute compared with $1 million a minute for big-budget films. "We're on the verge of something very exciting," he says. "We're going to make a lot of money on this." [more] Wall Street Journal: Mini Movies
"Love Bytes" Available for $4.95 a month on one of Sprint's 32 "channels," this 16-episode show about a dating service with clients that include extraterrestrials cost studio Fun Little Movies $75,000 to make. [more] New York Times: Video Seeks Its 90 Seconds of Fame
I sought advice from Frank Chindamo, a filmmaker whose specialty is funny short videos designed to be viewed online or on mobile phones. [more] Mobile Entertainment Magazine: Mobile Video – Unreel Expectations?
Fun Little Movies, on the other hand, has been delighting us with genuinely funny mobile series like Love Bytes and Turbo Dates since 2005 with no network of its own. Instead, it relies on Sprint TV, Verizon, MTV, Comedy Central and others for visibility. [more] RCR Wireless: HighSpeed Dating short on time, long on fun
Indeed, Fun Little Movies won the content award at the 2008 Mobile Entertainment Forum awards last month and other organizations are honoring content producers for their work in mobile. [more] Wireless Week: Content Still King; Delivery Climbing the Ranks
For Fun Little Movies and its President, Frank Chindamo, delivering non-traditional content is its primary focus. [more] Wired: Hooray for Cellywood
Frank Chindamo's big break in Hollywood might come on a screen the size of a ravioli. For years, he's cobbled together a living writing and directing short subjects for cable TV and film festivals. [more] USA Today: When the movie theater fits in your hand
Expect more of the same from the creative community, says Frank Chindamo, president and chief creative officer of FunLittleMovies.com, which is based in Burbank, Calif. Every technological leap has been matched by a new form of storytelling, he adds. [more] Extra Extra Show Daily: Cell Phones Ring for Cable Operators
When and how to produce original programming for the small screen is something that Frank Chindamo, president and chief creative officer of Fun Little Movies, knows about. His company began creating comedic interstitials for HBO, Showtime, A&E, MTV, Playboy and Comedy Central in the early 1990s [more] Hollywood Reporter: FLM dials up laughs on the go
FLM president Frank Chindamo said the programs were created specifically for the increasingly important medium of mobile entertainment. Then he couldn't resist joking: "We're not just going to conquer the medium. We're going to conquer the very small." [more] Variety: Stream Catchers
"The framing is very different, so mobile content is 80% focused on close-ups," says Frank Chindamo of Fun Little Movies, which presented the first mobile video at CTIA in 2003. "Repurposing content from existing properties doesn't lend itself to that." [more] Mobile Entertainment Magazine: Fun Little Movies his US living rooms
Fun Little Movies has made the transition from mobile to network US TV. [more] Mobile Entertainment Magazine: Gongs for mobile shorts
The MoTV Awards were created by iHollywood Forum, Fun Little Movies and NeTV to recognise mobile video content creation. Submissions were received from all over the world. Votes were cast live via live SMS, courtesy of the Mobile Media company, which also sponsored the event with Quick Play Media. [more] Los Angeles Times: Streaming flotsam at our fingertips
"It's kind of like this hippie generation of media," said Frank Chindamo, adjunct professor at the USC School of Cinema-Television and founder of Fun Little Movies, whose website, FunLittleMovies.com, features over 400 such short shorts as "The Mini Bikers," about midget crime fighters. [more] Hollywood Reporter: Lime animates ‘green’ living
Produced by animator Frank Chindamo of Fun Little Movies, the series features the voice of Victoria Jackson ("Saturday Night Live") as Ms. Rabble and takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to green living. [more]