Lights, camera, dial! Nokia and the Discovery Network are trying to promote the idea of shooting a film ... on your mobile phone?
The companies have just announced their Mobile First Time Filmmakers Contest 2005. Fledgling directors are invited to send in a photo or video lasting no longer than nine seconds with a brief description of something that 'best defines the values and hopes of their community'.
It could be a local store, a street sign, an animal, anything under the sun, really.
Fifteen applicants will then be shortlisted and flown to Singapore next month. There, they will get a special Nokia N90 and a lesson in how to use the high-performance multimedia device to create their own high-quality mobile films. The winner will walk away with a grand prize of US$10,000.