First Movie Shot And Edited on iPhone 4

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Shot and edited entirely on the iPhone 4 / iMovie App (in 48 hours).


Directed by Michael Koerbel
Produced by Eric Edmonds and Rebekah Koerbel
Written by Anna James and Michael Koerbel
Edited by Anna James
Production Design by Leigh Koerbel
Original Score Composed and Conducted by Corey Wallace

Starring Greta Charness and Timothy Guest

Special thanks to
Allied Model Trains, Culver City, CA
Birns & Sawyer, Burbank, CA
Michael Rogers
Greta's parents

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