Last week, the iPhone Photography Awards showed us some of the best images captured on Apple's phones this year. Now, YouTuber Faruk Korkmaz, aka iPhonedo, has provided an example of how good the iPhone's video can look. The video, shot on the iPhone 15 Pro Max, is truly impressive and was made without a lot of the gear that usually adds a lot to a phone's production value.
Of course, immaculate-looking 'shot on iPhone' videos are nothing new. Apple has been shooting its keynote presentations with its phones since last year, and the music video for Olivia Rodrigo's "get him back!" was made using the iPhone 15 Pro. Even going back to the mid-2010s, Casey Neistat was shooting commercials using a Samsung Galaxy, and Sean Baker was making entire movies on iPhones.
However, if you peek behind the scenes of most phone-driven productions, it can be difficult to see the device in question... because it's buried behind a cage, add-on lens, matte box, and other pieces of expensive professional video equipment. They're also often in the hands (or motion control rigs) of top-tier talent.
In other words, the phones are operating in conditions that would make all but the most dismal cameras shine. But Korkmaz says he kept the gear to a minimum for this video; the description states it was created using the stock camera app, with no filter, lens, or gimbal.
The video does make use of some features that aren't available on non-Pro iPhones; it was shot in ProRes onto an external drive. However, it's clear the main ingredient is a copious amount of effort and talent. While it's undoubtedly impressive that this was shot on a (not quite pocket-sized) phone, it's still more of a testament to what you can do with over a decade of filmmaking experience than an example of technical prowess.
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