Bentley, MōVI & iPhones
I often tell young filmmakers that the best way to learn the art of directing, is to take their iPhones and go out and shoot a sequence or short. That way, you won’t focus on the technical restrictions of lenses, camera support etc – you focus only on how you move the camera (and why) the length of each shot, and the art of sequencing… Point is: the lack of depth of field won’t make a good film… the depth of your storytelling skills (not to mention the quality of the original story and screenplay) will! This is a big focus on what we’re doing on tour right now, now on city 6 of 32.
Here is a great example of what an iPhone 5s, connected to a Freefly Systems MōVI M5 can do – and just how good it can get.
Now to be frank: I really don’t care what anyone shoots on… I just care about the result. I think it’s often superfluous to talk about the cameras, lenses etc when the focus should be on story. But this is a great example of that in an odd way as well: the use of the cameras and movement when combined with an iPhone and MōVI show you where things will head in the future… smaller cameras, new camera support and innovations galore. Because ultimately, none of your general audience cares about how your film was made – they just care if it holds their attention and entertains them. That’s my opinion anyway.
You’ll see a little BTS at the end of the video below that shows how the video was shot – and edited on an iPad in the plush seats of a Bentley… "as you do!"
With full respect for their art and craft, getting the video from the iPhone to the iPad must have felt clumsy. Video clips don’t sync between i-devices and/or iCloud. e.g., Someone may have done a lot of fiddling with Image Capture and iTunes.
This is quite the sign of the times we are living in. Fantastic. I’ve had to cut some iphone 5S videos lately that look great but always had problems when the focus shifts with movement. Watching this video made me wonder if they just cut around that, but with one dumb google search I finally learned the AE/AF lock method. so that squares that away. Now I’ve typed my thought process into a comment on a blog. apologies.
Did anyone catch the lens kit used with the iPhone? Is it https://squareup.com/market/chemical-wedding/ipro-for-artemis-kit-copy
The result here was incredible.
” I think it’s often superfluous to talk about the cameras, lenses etc when the focus should be on story.” Excellent point. I didn’t read the blog post until after I watched the video and actually said “wow” (out loud) when I realized it was shot with an iPhone.
Yep, content is king, but it doesn’t hurt if your iPhone is tricked-out beyond recognition.
Hmm. Comment withdrawn. I figured out that the “Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit” has a USBiPad adapter and it can be used to connect an iPhone as if it’s a “camera”.
nice tutorial video.
Wanderung what they used for the Audio as this is usually way more difficult to get then great looking video, in particular as a one man band.
Great video and inspiration. I have a iPhone and a iPad, all I need now in my video editing arsenal is a bentley mulsanne.