“Over a series of late October days, camera operators working on an episode of ABC’s ‘Modern Family’ set aside their typical high-definition videocameras and picked up iPhones,” Nick Bilton reports for The New York Times. “The command ‘Action!’ was followed by a tap of that familiar red button on the device’s small video screen.”
“The result, which will be shown next Wednesday, Feb. 25, is an episode shot almost exclusively on mobile devices, an approximation of the way that many actual modern American families (of a certain class) communicate today,” Bilton reports. “‘Connection Lost’ begins on the [MacBook Pro] screen of Claire Dunphy (Julie Bowen), who sits in an airport waiting for her flight. It becomes apparent very quickly that she is struggling to find her daughter Haley (Sarah Hyland) after a fight. Before long, the screen is filled with text messages, emails and FaceTime video chats with the rest of the family.”
“‘I have two daughters at college, and we do a lot of FaceTiming,’ Steve Levitan, the show’s co-creator and executive producer, said at a Q&A session last week on the Fox studio backlot when asked about the episode’s inspiration,” Bilton reports. “‘Everything was shot on the iPhone 6 or new iPads,’ Mr. Levitan said. ‘“With one or two small scenes shot using MacBook Pros.'”
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[Attribution: TIME Magazine via Fortune. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Arline M.” for the heads up.]