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Short Film Shot and Edited Entirely on iPhone 4

I was impressed when I saw this the other day and I agree it is really the result of the person making it and the equipment he uses to move the iPhone even more so than the iPhone itself. But the whole "edited entirely on iPhone 4" should have a caveat. I believe he said he offloaded the video from iPhone to his computer to do some audio work then loaded it back onto his iPhone for the editing in iMovie. iMovie for iPhone lacks the audio customization needed to add layers of soundtrack and voice recording from a separate device. It just adds one audio to the entire movie. But the quality for an iPhone is great IMO.

Here is his quote:

"Michael Koerbel 3 days ago
ADR recorded on the iPhone in a closed car, then clips were extracted and added and mixed with the score track prior to syncing in iTunes and putting back onto the iPhone to be used in iMovie ... it took us a bit to figure it out, but it worked."
 
That was really cool. I see a need for a dock-connecting device that allows for connecting professional microphones and not rely on the internal mic. That would be sweet.
 
MacRumors said:


A short film shot and edited entirely on an iPhone 4 has been making the rounds over the past day or two, demonstrating the camera and video capabilities of Apple's newest device. While the video itself is less than 90 seconds long, it shows off iPhone 4's HD video recording feature and camera quality while also proving that simple, high-quality editing can be performed using Apple's iMovie for iPhone application on the device.

The footage has also been expanded to include behind-the-scenes video of how the shoot was conducted, including the various mounting methods used to capture desired perspectives and motion. The entire shoot and editing process was conducted in 48 hours.

Article Link: Short Film Shot and Edited Entirely on iPhone 4
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WOW - Amazing, great job :D
 
Wow! I'm impressed! The iPhone 4 seems well worth the price as just a dedicated video camera. I've worked with 720p 24fps cams costing $700 that didn't look as professional.

But I'm just an amateur, and more interested in the photo quality.
 
124151155 said:
Really nice short film, but I'm not really blown away by the results from the iPhone.

The auto exposure adjustment in the outdoor scenes is pretty bad. It'd be nice if there was an option to keep the exposure that it picks at the start, and not auto-adjust as you go.

Just keep in mind that this short film is great because of the person who made it, not the device. I'm sure he could shoot something just as nice on any other 1 or 2 megapixel phone.

That aside, the video quality of the iPhone is much nicer than I have seen from any other phone.
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So your point is? The video quality is great. The director was great. The editing with iMovie was great. Yes he could have shot on any other device. The difference would be that 99% of other devices shooting 720p in this price range look like utter crap. Plus, they don't have decent editing tools built in, meaning the video has to be transfixed to something else, dumped on another machine, etc.
 
bassjunky said:
That was really cool. I see a need for a dock-connecting device that allows for connecting professional microphones and not rely on the internal mic. That would be sweet.
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How about plugging in some boom mic into the headphone jack? I have used the headphones/microphone to record some simple voice overs for web videos in using my iphone 3G. The only problem I see, is whether when the recorder is recording it will be know to pull the audio through that jack.
 
Inevitable....

My brother brought up a great point - how long before someone touts the first p0rn flick filmed and edited entirely on the iPhone. Someone in the San Fernando Valley is probably working on it now.
 
Chris Blount said:
This is another example of how it doesn't matter what camera or editing software you are using, if you have the talent, you can make some pretty impressive videos.
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+1 However, good software and hardware helps.

iphones4evry1 said:
It's clear that these people were professionals - did you see that expensive device at the beginning of the behind-the-scenes part that held the camera as she slid it on a track? They basically took a bunch of professional movie devices and techniques and harnessed the iPhone camera into those situations. It is cool though that the iPhone was able to capture and produce this high quality footage though. Excellent job by iPhone. But I wouldn't plan on being able to make this at home yourself ... although you may be able to get close.
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I think someone pointed out, upthread, that the devices used weren't all that elaborate. Even if they are expensive, don't you think someone would be able to MacGyver a DIY solution? For example, they affixed the iPhone to the train using some tape. That doesn't sound like very expensive equipment to me. :rolleyes:
 
that girl was "fake licking" the ice cream cone.

video quality wasn't bad. definitely shows some limitations with respect to exposure and color and depth of field, but nothing you wouldn't expect from a small camera. The ability to edit on-camera is unique at this point, so that's pretty cool, although the imovie app itself isn't quite what it should be.

still, better than anything else out there that's on a cell phone, by far.
 
Simply amazing. Nice work all around and amazing it was shot on a cell phone. You wouldn't know if they didn't tell you.

We've come a long ways in the last 20 years.
 
iphones4evry1 said:
It's clear that these people were professionals - did you see that expensive device at the beginning of the behind-the-scenes part that held the camera as she slid it on a track? They basically took a bunch of professional movie devices and techniques and harnessed the iPhone camera into those situations.
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The devices they were using are actually quite simple and not at all expensive. A slider such as the one mounted on the tripod in the BTS footage can be had for a couple hundred dollars. The dolly they used was homemade out of plywood and pvc pipe track. These are very basic tools that work with the iPhone because it is neither large nor heavy. Professional techniques yes, but not expensive.
 
Possible: Yes.

Practical: No.

I'm not referring to shooting the movie, merely the editing on an iPhone. Did you see how absolutely spent they all were after working for 24 hours at 5am? My guess is that it all could have been edited in iMovie on an MBP in a fraction of the time and not because of the power of the MBP but because of the screen size and interface of a mouse versus a touch screen allows you to accomplish that much more.

All that said, way to go - nice piece of film-making guys!
 
cohibadad said:
"Michael Koerbel 3 days ago
ADR recorded on the iPhone in a closed car, then clips were extracted and added and mixed with the score track prior to syncing in iTunes and putting back onto the iPhone to be used in iMovie ... it took us a bit to figure it out, but it worked."
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that's the one thing i was thinking.... "how are they doing the sound?"

and that also explains why the looping is off... because he couldn't see the video and record the audio at the same time. maybe with 2 phones?

i think they had to motion-track the heck out of some of that footage... the video is good, but with ZERO image stabilization, it jumps all over the place. riding on that train like that would be jumpy as heck i would think.
 
muskratboy said:
that's the one thing i was thinking.... "how are they doing the sound?"

and that also explains why the looping is off... because he couldn't see the video and record the audio at the same time. maybe with 2 phones?

i think they had to motion-track the heck out of some of that footage... the video is good, but with ZERO image stabilization, it jumps all over the place. riding on that train like that would be jumpy as heck i would think.
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I don't think so, otherwise they didn't do it on the iphone, because at least I couldn't find any image stabilisation features on iphone imovie implementation. I think they probably realised pretty quickly that the only way to make anything look professional with a phone is to do every shot with dollies... same as most other pro productions. The train ride is fairly bumpy.
 
nickXedge said:
My buddy showed me this video about 10 hours ago because he knows I got my iPhone 4 today. Pretty cool, though I just downloaded the iMovie app and it doesn't seem as easy to use as I thought it would be. I'm not really a video editing guy though, so I'll pick it up eventually.
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Check my sigline for tips :)
 
Chris Blount said:
This is another example of how it doesn't matter what camera or editing software you are using, if you have the talent, you can make some pretty impressive videos.
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That's just it for me. I would go one step further and ask "why do it on an iPhone?". Were they making an Apple commercial?
What was the REAL point of this video?
I have no idea.
 
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