Percepciones de realizadores sobre la producción audiovisual con smartphones en Argentina, Colombia, México y Perú

Félix Enrique García Anhuaman; Victor Omar Vite Leon; Luis Felipe Cardona del Real; Christiana Poggi Parodi

doi:10.4185/rlcs-2025-2432

Authors

Enrique García Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5949-766X
Omar Vite Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0206-5858
Felipe Cardona Universidad ICESI https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8889-8358
Christiana Poggi Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8401-6020

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4185/rlcs-2025-2432

Keywords:

Audiovisual Production, Smartphones, Latin America, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Peru

Abstract

Introduction: Smartphones have become a versatile tool for many audiovisual communicators due to their accessibility, practicality, and cost, as well as the technical and aesthetic possibilities they offer. This research aims to contribute to the understanding of audiovisual production practices with smartphones in four Latin American countries. Methodology: For our analysis, semi-structured interviews were designed and conducted with 18 directors of short films recorded with smartphones from Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. Results: The findings provide an overview of audiovisual production with smartphones in four Latin American countries and identify the possibilities and limitations of this mobile device from the perspective, training, and practice of different directors. It also presents a discussion and reflection on its impact on the audiovisual industry in each country. Discussion and Conclusions: It is demonstrated how smartphones have become a great option for audiovisual production and independent productions in Latin America. However, it remains an underestimated tool within the audiovisual industry and higher education in audiovisual training, relegating it to the category of amateur and informal learning.

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Author Biographies

Enrique García, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas

He holds a degree in Literature from the Federico Villarreal National University, a Master's Degree in Communications from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and a Master's Degree in Audiovisual Scriptwriting from the International University of La Rioja (Spain). He was awarded in the 2013 Youth Scientific Conference competition organized by CONCYTEC. He has worked as a teacher in several educational institutions and is currently a professor at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC). He is also a cultural manager, writer, scriptwriter, researcher, and founder of Ojo Móvil Fest, the first international film and video festival made with mobile devices in Peru. He has developed various literary and audiovisual projects that explore the relationship between technology and the creative arts.

Omar Vite, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas

Professor at the Faculty of Communications at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences. He holds a Master's degree in Communications and in Educational Integration and Innovation of ICT, and a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He has specialized in Marketing, Digital Marketing, Advertising Creativity, Design Thinking, Innovation and Future Thinking, Service Design, Social Network Analysis, and Applied Qualitative Research in Social Sciences at institutions such as the Escola Massana, the European Institute of Design, Pompeu Fabra University, and the Complutense University. He is currently a PhD candidate in Sociology at the PUCP. His research focuses on media competence, artificial intelligence, and new media.

Felipe Cardona, Universidad ICESI

Pioneer of mobile filmmaking and winner of 10 international festivals, such as the Micromovie Award (Interfilm Berlin 2004) and Mobifest (Toronto 2008). He has been a speaker at MINA (New Zealand) and FELAFACS (Lima). He teaches and researches at universities such as the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and the Externado de Colombia. He is a Social Communicator from the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, with a Master's in Information Society (UOC, Spain) and training in scriptwriting at EICTV (Cuba) and with Robert McKee. Winner of calls from the Ministry of Culture of Colombia and the Buenos Aires Talent Campus (2005). He has also coordinated the audiovisual area at the Universidad Externado de Colombia and has experience in management of audiovisual companies.

Christiana Poggi, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas

Audiovisual communicator and professor at the Faculty of Communications of the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas. She has served as a research assistant at CENTRUM PUCP and is currently conducting research under the affiliation of the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC). Her lines of research focus on the analysis of interactive media and the impact of technology on communications, with a particular emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI). Through her publications, she seeks to contribute to knowledge about the integration of emerging technologies in the communications field, exploring their influence on the production and dissemination of content.

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