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Susy Botello
@susybotello
Smartphone Film and Storytelling Advocate
San Diego, CA
I enjoy reposting and sharing photos and stories, useful info and creative content. I also tend to follow back, so don’t be shy. 😊 I’m a Mobile Film Advocate & Podcaster: I'm passionate about storytelling and film. I'm a pioneer, an avid speaker, and storyteller spreading the message of the mobile smartphone film community worldwide. I am the founder of International Mobile Film Festival based in San Diego, California. 👉Please follow @mobilefilm and @sbppodcast on this platform. I have a publication on and . You can read my writing and subscribe to read my articles and stories.
365 Posts
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Sad to hear that Post.News is shutting down. Hope you’ll subscribe through my publication/newsletter. Share yours in the comments. We can follow each other in a way that no social platform can take away. Stay safe. Stay on course. 💖 💫 #postfilm #Newsletters #Community #Posties #pos Story is Everything Everywhere
By Susy Botello I realize most people are not passionate about the power of story. Story is at the forefront of my mind all the time. But it wasn’t always that way. Story and storytelling has always been something that meant a lot to me, but I wasn’t conscious about it. It was an a Influencing Film Through Art
By Susy Botello The art of everything stands beside our emotions. A movie I watched a long time ago with Christian Bale called “Equilibrium” is a good depiction of what can happen in society when creating and enjoying art is disallowed. Wish I would have brought it up in my podcast How We Started
Do you remember your first few posts in @Post when it was beta? I remember coming here and saying something like, let’s follow each other! That was fun. Of all the platforms out there, you all don’t follow-unfollow. I like that about you. It’s one Tonight’s moon in San Diego telling me that to dream is to feel your heart. What does your moon say tonight? #smartphonephotography #moon #dreamtheimpossible Will AI Destroy Movies?
By Susy Botello A few days ago, people on social media began to share the ability of AI text-to-video in the way we have come to witness text-to-image over the last year. Prompting creation of image and not video just as writing, from prompts which then takes results from its data Who’s got my back? When the Batman has your back. Throwing a smile in your feed because it’s Friday. #Batman #happyfriday Alt Text: Myself posing with a big smile and batman standing behind me with wings/cape spread out blocking the sun from ruining the shot. Hey Cali friends, play it safe this week. #CaliforniaRain #AtmosphericRiver #SouthernCalifornia Are You An Ambitious Artist?
By Susy Botello There are many I remember learning in school that I cared about only to pass a test. But there are others, like anthropology, which were fascinating to me. I remember when I worked in sales, there were many people talking about ambition. Throwing it around like an i Filmmaking Priorities for Good Storytellers
By Susy Botello Amongst all the important things there are equally important things. In my podcast , I have the privilege of chatting it up with some intelligent, experienced and incredible professionals in the film industry. The most intriguing thing happens during most of my discu Social media has a dual effect on the history of humanity. On one side, it’s a historical archive of our expressions in all mediums. On the other, it marginalizes us all and is not genuinely reflective of the reality we all face offline. It’s unfortunate how some of the most well Happy New Year 2024! #HappyNewYear2024 I’ve lived in Europe and it’s incomparable in its beauty to San Diego, structurally. But one thing San Diego has is my heart. Step out into all four corners of the county and experience dunes, chaparrals, mountains, hills, beach towns and marinas, urban cities and friendly people Thanks for sharing this great story, @katchat . So inspiring! #NoradSanta #storytelling #christmas Did You Get A New Smartphone for Christmas?
By Susy Botello During this holiday season you may be gifting yourself with a new smartphone. If you are, your first reaction may be to want to make a movie. You have my total support if that is what you wish to do! But a phone alone, or even the best camera, will not make a great My BFF dresses like a British Hipster. Wishing you and this world peace and prosperity on this holiday season 2023. #holidayspirit #dogsofpost #BFF This story is so heartbreaking, it’s a gut-punch to the hope many hold for some sort of relief on both sides of this nightmare. Uplifting - great reminder to all of us creative writers and storytellers that the sky is the limit! That’s definitely my philosophy. Learn To Teach Yourself
By Susy Botello It was something I looked forward to while my colleagues grunted. My cinematography class in my Media Communications major studies stirred up my passion for storytelling in a new way. I met my instructor in a previous class and for this semester, I was excited to tak
