Music film 'shot on mobile phone'

By Andy Brownstone
Newsbeat reporter

Shoot The Summer was shown at the opening of the Electric Proms last night

Radio 1 has produced the first ever feature length music film shot just using mobile phones.

Bands such as Wombats and Black Kids were given mobiles to use at festivals over the summer, while music fans were told to film their experiences.

The hour-long film, Shoot The Summer, was shown at the Electric Proms and is now available online.

Radio 1 producer Hugh Garry went round festivals handing out mobiles to punters, all of which were returned.

Watch clips from Shoot The Summer

He said: "Giving the audience and artists the brief to 'film whatever you want' was risky but I think it paid off.

"At the start we were concerned that we'd get nothing but clips of bored bands on tour buses and wasted kids in tents, but Shoot the Summer is anything but.."

The film captures moments other cameras could not reach

Earlier this year, film director Spike Lee and Nokia announced they would be producing three short films shot on mobiles.

And last year, Paris held its own mobile film festival for novice filmmakers.

But Shoot The Summer is thought to be the UK's first ever feature length music film made using mobiles.

BBC interactive producer Jo Bellingham said: "Using the mobile phone as a video camera allows us to approach things differently and capture intimate and unplanned moments the BBC would rarely get to film using traditional production techniques."