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Soderbergh's Thriller Shot on iPhone Premieres in Berlin (reuters.com)
Director Steven Soderbergh said this week he so enjoyed making his psychological thriller "Unsane" on an iPhone, he would find it hard to go back to conventional filmmaking. From a report: "Unsane", which premieres at the Berlin film festival, was shot over just two weeks - way shorter than the months a movie usually takes. It tells the story of Sawyer Valentini, who moves to a new city to escape her stalker David but finds herself admitted to a mental health institution where he works.
What?!
Entierly shot on an iPhone and there is no VV syndrome? I don't believe it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
- greger
The main advantage isn't the Camera, but the fact that you have a device that you use for a bunch of other stuff with a Camera good enough for quality video work if needed.
Often with technology the generic consumer device gets to a point where getting a specialized device just isn't worth it, because the difference is much more minute. While the convenience of a general purpose is quite handy.
I am sure this could had been done nearly as well with some sort of Android phone too. There is no Magic Apple feature, but it may be the fact it was the phone he had.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
What makes the iPhone Superior to... a GoPro or small video camera?
Snapchat filters. During the really intense scenes, the psycho-stalker has a puppy nose and floppy ears to cut the tension.
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.
i wonder if Apple is offering some special technical support to get people to do these kinds of things. If they're not, they really should.
There is nothing preventing them from mounting the iphone on a tripod or a gyro-stabilized drone.
Because nobody would give a shit if it was done on an LG or Samsung phone, and you would not be able to get hipsters in to the theater using that as the hook.
I'm a good cook. I'm a fantastic eater. - Steven Brust
Well, they can mount the phone on gimbals and use other stabilising devices.
They can post-process to standardise colour tones.
They can add after market lenses to provide telephoto or other perspectives.
They have the advantage of having an accomplished film director involved.
So I don't know if it's any good, but I'm willing to believe it's better than your average Youtube upload.
at that point though, other than the gimmick factor, why bother using an iPhone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
If he's trying to make it look like a no-budget amateur movie, he's succeeded. Not only is the actual technical quality cheap and nasty (depth of field, lens distortion, shutter speed), it's also been coloured in an ugly way and he's chosen what seem to be stereotypically amateur angles and shots.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
"shot over just two weeks - way shorter than the months a movie usually takes" ... why shooting on an iPhone would reduce dramatically the time it takes to release a movie? Most pro video cameras are digital anyway. Doesn't really make sense.
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