Can You Shoot A Feature Film On An iPhone?

High Flying Bird is one of a growing number of feature films being shot on an iPhone. Is it REALLY possible to make a movie using the camera in your pocket?

AUDIO TIPS:

[Justin_Joy]

Yes you can especially if you film vertically!

[tsunderes]

i like the angle of "most of us spend so much money on cameras when phones arent that bad to use" but the other angle is that kids and young adults that want to get into film making but are broke may be inspired by this . imagine all of the stories that were never told because the person couldnt afford fancy equipment and cameras. imagine the stories that can now be told in this age. it really excites me.

[jerry]

Austin: It’s the one you have in your pocket.
Me: Looks at pocket

*Sees iPhone 4*

[joefission]

No mention of Tangerine, which came out 4 years ago, shot on iPhone5s, and currently sits on a 97% on RT.

[castsmith]

0:48 "right? right? not quite"
for some reason i love the rhyme

[celeste]

Aka theyre just flexing to us androids. But deep down we all know



The nintendo ds is the best phone camera to make a movie with

[xingcat]

Soderbergh's films on iPhone are terrific, but to see incredible guerrilla film-making that takes full advantage of the limitations and flexibility of an iPhone check out Sean Baker's "Tangerine." It's the film he made before "The Florida Project, " and if you see behind-the-scenes details of how he shot some of it (using things like filming on a bicycle for tracking shots), and his unbelievably tiny budget, it's way more impressive (to me) than the "bet you didn't know it was on an iPhone" quality of Soderbergh's ventures.

[JustinY.]

Good luck walking around with a 50 foot charging cable everywhere

[arthurg]

Shot on iPhone
**Additional equipment used**
And the additional equipments are literally remote controlled robots and massive drones. MKBHD also made a video on this.

[WorldWideWong]

"...is one of the very first critically acclaimed films shot exclusively on an iPhone"
**Sean Baker lets out a single tear**

[soundlyawake]

Tangerine is an AMAZING movie shot on an iPhone as well!

[butteredtoast]

“The camera you have a in your pocket”

*pulls out Android*

[TheGamerFromMars]

Or you can buy a $100 phone, then spend the thousand you saved on a dslr.

[DJDiarrhea]

Visual fidelity is probably not the problem with shooting with a phone. But you've got to have good sound. Bad audio quality will kill your film.

[JustAGiraffe]

_"And it's the one you've got in your pocket."_
*Shows iPhone X*
I'm poor, you think I can afford to drop $1k on a damn phone?

[MultiWilliam]

'work within limitations' is actually the best advice that one can give to a beginning filmmaker. I remember years back when I asked my dad for a dslr camera, and the best he could give me that time was a second hand Canon 1200D. I was sad, but nonetheless considerate of what my father could afford, so I made the most out of it. I remember watching hours of Indy Mogul, Tom Antos, Andyax, and Film Riot content just to get the perfect shot. I still remember when I had to use sunlight, a blank white cartolina paper, and flashlights/lamps to fake the 3-point lighting setup. I also zoomed-in my 18-55mm kit lens (to 55mm) to create that bokeh effect at the expense of my aperture, so i had to exaggerate the lighting. I didn't have a dolly, but I wanted that effect so bad that I recreated it just by holding the camera. And since I was using Photoshop before my interest in film making grew, I didn't hit a roadblock when learning color grading (though I still haven't mastered this art lol). In the end, we didn't win the best picture award. But we got awarded the best in cinematography and editing awards, which were big awards for me considering I was pitting my short film against those which were made with canon 5D mk3 and panasonic GH3.

[jmorales]

I feel like Tangerine would've been a better example for this video. It was made by Sean Baker, who was much more of an indie filmmaker at the time, it had a smaller budget, it was shot on equipment that was way more inferior (iPhone 5) and it's such a beautiful movie, visually speaking (better than High Flying Bird imo).

[BigDisappointed]

Austin Thanks a lot, you're filmmaking videos are great because I just entered production of our first feature film, your advice is strongly beneficial not just to me but to the entire crew on set. Keep making amazing content.

[superstudios]

I've spent months looking for a camera, and as soon as I found one, it wasn't available in my area at the moment and I fell into a creative road block, but you've inspired me, and production is about to begin, you've saved me so much money, and I'm gonna buy a new mic soon, didn't cost a bone, thank you Austin, seriously

[completelyoriginalname]

“It’s the one you’ve got in your pocket.”
Me: *watching on mobile* “...”