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.
Yeah, they've proven that you could shoot a movie on a such low budget as 1000$ for the iPhone, 500$ for a mic, and two more million dollars on actors, writers, fees, make up, costumes, editors, visual fx, cgi, and other equipment, like drones, railed stands, high precision low noise low vibration set, lights (those can be very costly), computers powerful enough to edit and render this whole thing (And render of 4K 90min video is long, I think for theaters it's actually rendered more than that, but idk, I know for the fact that in 2011 one fully cg feature film took 2 weeks to render). If you watch TH-cam (And I assume you are), almost every video you have watched, every video that you think is very well shot, was shot on a phone or on a very low budget camera with a crew of one to four people. It's not that inspiring when they replace a good thing with worse and worse to use one BUT it's inspiring when they make shots dirt cheap, like the Evil Dead open sequence was made using a skateboard, Shaun of the Dead called out the Silenced fans, the Terminator lied to police that it's a student film, they built a fake bar because it's cheaper to build from the ground up, they used twins a lot, Back to the future movies mostly are splitscreens, Deadpool is CG because it's cheaper, Clones of Bruce Lee uses mrs.Sanders backyard for a kung fu movie, Luc Besson's Taxi is cheap as hell in the most of it's impressive shots, all of the music videos are cheap as fuck
@@andrewmirror4611 watch "To Jennifer," it's on Amazon Prime. It was shot on an iPhone. The cast and crew all did a profit participation deal as I understand it and the biggest expense was two plane tickets from LA to Las Vegas that the two leads, one of whom was the director, used for guerrilla shots in the film. I think it's total budget was $500. King Kelly was shot on an iPhone the same year with a modest budget, under $100k and it should be a cult classic. Tangerine likewise under $100k shot on the iPhone. 9 Rides shot on a phone. You could definitely have shot most of the mumblecore films on an iPhone for $50 and food for the cast and crew. The LG v50 ThinQ I'm typing this comment on has three 4K UHD lenses on it and one of those sensors comes with HDR10. It is 4:2:0 HDR10, but 10 Bit Rec. 2020 on a phone is pretty damned good. It shoots great night scenes and the windows don't blow out when I shoot in my house during the day. I can set the ISO at 50 indoors most days with zero added light and get a noise free highly usable image on the HDR10 lens and sensor.
Seriously, it's kind of embarrassing frankly that he didn't even mention it in this video. Then again, it would pretty much negate the entire question of the video, so....
Gwen C I like the video overall but I think including Tangerine would have helped make his point even more. Tangerine is an example of using low quality equipment to its advantage as it complements the tone and setting. Its basically the modern day version of John Waters’ first set of films.
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.
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 5(!!!!!!), 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.
While Florida Project was shot mainly on film, the last scene was actually shot entirely on a iPhone 6S Plus (as they needed a way to shoot in the Magic Kingdom without anyone at the park knowing they were shooting a movie).
@@TheNamesDitto although you could get fairly decent audio with even a cheap Movo VXR10 on a boom attached to another iPhone with the Zoom app, or the Apogee app, or the Tentacle Systems Timecode audio recorder.
If the budget is 2 million dollars a 2000 dollar DSLR which is 1000 times better than an iphone is what like 0.1 percent of the budget for arguably one of the most important equipment.
Keep in mind the cost of paying/feeding/housing: actors, sound, lighting, cinematographers, script writers, editors, paying for licensing rights to songs or paying for permits to shoot somewhere, kitchen staff, etc. Just because the camera is cheap (you can actually get far better and cheaper camera for half the price of an iPhone X), doesn't mean everything else it takes to make a film like this will be cheap as well.
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).
@@skylake8123 Well, Yes! But with one you film, and with the other while filiming "Oh sorry guys, me mum is calling, gotta put a break on the recording" The point is, you already have a phone anyway, why buy another, and $2Mil is enough for a 1000$ camera, there's no need to go as low as an iPhone
Can it run apps????7 years software support???? Can it be a computer in your pocket???? Just don't talk shits...... camera is just one of the features in the smartphones!!!! Ffs ..... you're the type of guy that say *"wHy We NeEd A sMaRt Tv WhEn We AlReAdY hAvE a SmArtPhOnE"*
The people saying "if you can afford an expensive smartphone, then you can afford an expensive DSLR" are dumb. A phone is a general tool that you need for life nowadays, so spending a lot on one isn't a problem, because you'll need it for work, socializing, school, etc. You're getting a lot of value on it. A DSLR, however, is something with very limited capabilities. All you can do with it is shoot video/pictures. You're getting way more value from a phone. Also, these people fail to realize that no one's buying a phone specifically to shoot a movie. They probably bought the phone years ago, so they probably don't have the money now.
No one needs a 1200 dollar phone in 2021, unless you're a programmer or a pro-gamer, it's dumb. 400 dollar phones are so good now. No need for the latest iPhone
Android phones have also been getting better. The Google Pixel 3 has a really good camera that does well in low light, Samsung's camera's have been improving too and Nokia has a phone with 5 cameras. All of the techniques for shooting on an iPhone such as using an external mic, tripods, wide angle lenses and e.t.c still apply to Android.
@Mert Ertuğ The Mate 20(especially in low light),but overall the note 9 is better,The S10 should be better than both when it comes out on March 9(wait a month more and the price will go down)
Hey Austin, I'm seeking ideas for short film documentary type videos for my channel. There's one big twist though which is I'm limited to using only stock footage & b roll to create my videos, no actors/interviews etc. Although this style of creating videos is widely frowned upon by professional filmmakers who shoot their own scenes etc, it's something I enjoy doing & find very convenient & affordable. Long story short, I used to make daily/weekly videos w/minimal dialogue on various current events via creative commons using licensed stock footage in addition to 3rd party news clips/archive footage etc. The result was a mix between a dramatic short film/unorthodox doc.. Due to recent TH-cam policy changes which now require original commentary for videos, I've been left w/no other option but to delete nearly all my preexisting content & millions of views. I'm now in the stages of starting over from scratch in attempts to salvage my channel that I worked so hard on creating. My new plan is something completely different which is foreign to me, & that includes incorporating original scripts for each video which will be narrated by a voice over artist & written by an award winning screenwriter... The goal is to create informative proper short film docs minus the traditional format which includes interviewees etc as previously mentioned.. Since I previously made videos with no script or dialogue & rather just "winged it" on each video given my frequent upload rate, I'm now having an extremely difficult time coming up with new ideas. I mainly focused on geopolitical tensions & day to day news/current events instead of topics that were thought of in advance & created from scratch. The only genres I've come up with so far include humanitarian issues, climate matters, endangered species, sci-fi/space, military & politics. Although I can branch out on these various topics I'm looking to expand the list for more options. The transition from video news journalism to narrated short films is much tougher than I ever anticipated. Any opinions or advice would be welcomed & greatly appreciated!
@Twelve But he didn't. Yes, you can spend the money on a DSLR camera, but what Austin is trying to say is that people spend more time looking at reviews for various cameras as opposed to going out and shoot a simple film. There are only 3 types of iPhone 10 on the market. The only thing you have to decide on is which size to pick.
Henriko Magnifico most likely people aren’t BUYING an iphone to shoot a film. They already have one. The message here is basically “use what you have.”
Film Riot made a video explaining how they shot a short with an iPhone and complained about how it would overheat really fast, causing the screen to dim which made it difficult to get proper focus in bright sunlight, and since you can't adjust the aperture, they had to awkwardly tape a ND filter to it. You're also limited to either wide shots or digital zoom. Sure, you can get an _acceptable_ image out of an iPhone, but working with it sounds like such a pain in the ass that you might as well spend a few hundred dollars and get a nice DSLR or mirrorless camera. At least then, you won't have to worry about running out of day light while you wait for the battery to recharge every hour since you can just swap it out for another one. You can get a used Canon EOS M or Sony NEX-3N for less than $150 on ebay, along with a cheap manual lens (sure, neither of those will do 4K, but if you're _just_ getting started as a filmmaker, you probably don't have a PC adequate for editing 4K anyway). And if you're an amateur, using an interchangeable lens camera with full exposure control is a much better learning experience. As you learn how a camera works, you will begin to understand the actual craft of filmmaking. Simply having a story to tell doesn't mean anything if you don't know what you're doing. And to those who say the camera doesn't matter, yes it does. The camera is a visual storytelling device, and your visual storytelling is limited by your equipment. For example, you're not going to do a slow motion shot if your camera can't record slow motion, and you're not going to do a low light scene with an iPhone and expect it to look good. To a degree, you can get by with a cheap DSLR, or even a smart phone, but you will always be constrained by the limitations and you will eventually want something better in order to achieve the specific look you're envisioning in your head as an artist. There's a reason Michelangelo didn't paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel with crayons. Also, not all phones have good cameras. I would never even consider shooting a movie with my piece of shit unless I was shooting a found footage movie and I wanted it to look like amateur video.
How about a film made with an android, a rig made out of tape, a ton of green screen, with footage from video games. (Don't worry about the video games the one I'm making is not a let's play.)
Hey... Hey... Should of shot it on an Android. I'm just saying we got those crisp higher quality images, better color correction, and the background bokeh Or maybe I'm just salty
im sick of this channel being nothing but useless information, fix it or im leaving. EDIT: So many people have not got the joke. See Austin’s 10 minutes of useless information to get it. Yikes.
I hate to be that guy, I’m not a big cinema guy or anything, I don’t know the names of any cameras, but that movie doesn’t look very nice. Maybe I couldn’t pin it down it being shot on an iPhone but it looks very unprofessional and I definitely think the whole thing would be better if it were shot with a professional camera. It seriously bothers me how it all looks like regularly recorded video, I honestly never noticed until now just how much a camera can affect video quality
This is probably mostly due to the fact that an iPhone can only produce one single focal length. Professional movies typically use lenses between 15 and 200mm and switch rapidly, even within a scene. With an iPhone, you only get 29mm. For many settings, this is a really shitty focal length due to the fact that it isn't really wide angle to capture the whole scene, but also not a telezoom which would allow you to capture undistorted closeups.
Write a story for one lead actor and only one character. I mean think about story ideas that lend themselves to one person for the whole film like Castaway if you take out the beginning and the ending. Find one person to film or write something to film yourself in the lead
'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.
8:04 Their are plenty of better phones in the market camera wise than iPhones. In fact, they have some of the worst low light performance on the market
There is a movie called _Tangerine_ that came out in 2015 and was shot entirely with an iPhone 5s. I haven't seen it but it was on YMS's Best Films of 2015 list. So yes, and it's already been done before High Flying Bird
I agree with the core idea of the video that not owning a proper camera shouldn't stop you from presenting a good story. I also agree that instead of 'researching' new cameras, looking for stuff to buy, and procrastinating, people should instead just go out and create something. However, I don't think that big film studios with big budgets (even though 2mil is comparatively small) should stoop to the level of making movies on (objectively) inferior cameras when indie films with less than 1% of that budget look far better. I mean, It's not like they filmed the whole movie on the same phone or on the personal phones of the production crew, they went out and bought a box of Iphones to use as cameras. Instead of buying those, they could have bought cheap cameras with many more features and a far better video quality. While the story that you tell in a movie or other visual format is probably the most important part, I don't think people should undermine the "visual" part. If people wanted a story, they could read a book or, if they're more passive, listen to one as an audiobook. People like to think that the visuals aren't important but that's simply not true. I mean, look at videogames. There are plenty of great games that were created before computers even had dedicated graphics cards but now, very few play them. Even games that are less than a decade old just don't hold up to modern expectations of graphics (with exceptions). We've just moved on. Same with special effects in movies. Lots of older movies look dated when special effects don't look good and a bad CGI scene can completely pull you out of the moment. There's also a reason people go to movie theaters (besides movies coming out earlier) or owning HD televisions. High quality image is just better. This isn't just some personal preference thing though, it's biological. People are attracted (in a neurochemical and emotional sense) to things that are aesthetically pleasing to the eye and look beautiful. Hell, even though people don't like to admit it, romantic relationships that don't contain physical attraction just don't work that well (many even say that attraction on an aesthetic level is the foundation of a good relationship). When I see the clips from the movie shot on a phone it just subconsciously turns me off to watching it just like bad cover art to a book will make me pass it by when looking for something to read even though I know you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover and many good stories just have bad coverart.
Honestly, all you need is one NAME star and a good script... the technology is now so available that only technophiles care about the niceties of $$$ equipment...
Eddie Van Halen used a discount reject for his guitar body and manually hacked together parts from several different types of guitars. Tools are not talent. In the hands of a talented film maker, even a cheap camera will produce a good movie.
I'm sure the subject matter definitely didn't have anything to do with him excluding one of (if not *the*) most critically acclaimed "shot on an iPhone" films made, during a video literally titled "Can You Shoot A Feature Film on an iPhone." 😒
@@Eric-Truong If you have enough money for a fucking mid-end or high-end smartphone (the majority of people), you probably have enough money to buy a used low-tier dslr. Which looks 100x better than ANY smartphone.
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.
The conclusion I have drawn from this video: The average viewer is stupid. I guess that includes me? I mean, I could tell there was something off about most of the footage, but I don't think it would ruin the viewing experience for me. Or maybe it would... I should watch it and find out.
5:20 I’m such an idiot... When you said DSLR, I thought you were talking about a Nintendo DS XL, and my first reaction was, “Who would pay 2000 bucks for a DS XL?”
Or here's an idea, instead of buying the Iphone in the first place why don't you buy an entry-level smartphone to use as a phone. Then use the 800 dollars you saved to buy a decent DSLR.
They're called both but in the film industry you'll get weird looks sometimes if you say lapel mic. Most of the audio guys I know that work with big budget studios call them lav mics as well.
Ok but a few hundred quid on a entry level dslr and a few more hundred on a few vintage lenses and a steadycam ends up cheaper than an iphone and 10x better looking footage, aswell as actually having depth of field (not just software blur at best) and the 'support' for stuff like magic lantern. Not tryna hate tho, good vid
just watching the trailer for this film, observing the locations, sets and background actors in the scenes -there is no way this film was shot for 2 million. NO WAY
As cool as the idea of a feature film shot on an iPhone is, it just....looks bad. I watched the trailer for High Flying Bird and my first thought was "ew, it looks like it was just filmed on some dudes phone"
I actually sort of agree with this. It's fine for people who already have one, but I don't have a smartphone so for me, it'd be silly to buy one for film making.
The movie trailer just plane doesn't look very good at all. The director probably made ana amazing story and his name got people to check it out, but anyone else releasing a moving with no name actors that looked like that movie would have a very slim chance of getting noticed. You CAN, but it looks bad is my conclusion
Is it a little diengious to all the great actors and people working on the movie, to film it with an iphone camera, you could have better shots, better composition of the actors playing out this great story if it was shot on decent equipment, I'm just saying is all
5:32 hey, that's my mic! Had it for a few years, it's fantastic for the ~80€ I bought it for back then. Sound Quality is really nice, it's USB not XLR meaning you don't need a mixer to use it on PC and it comes with the mic stand you can see in the Video.
If you're cheap like me, you don't even need to buy an external microphone or a tripod/stabilizer. I built a pretty decent tripod and stabilizer out of Legos and duct tape. And for audio, I recorded it all in my closet using my phone on-board mic and dubbed it over the footage.
Tip: if you're doing this, hold the mic about 6 feet away from your face, to avoid getting lip/tongue smacks, etc. Also, having background music in your film can help cover any background noise or little mess ups that you get from this.
Yes you can especially if you film vertically!
Yeah I’ll be sure to shoot it
@@skibur848 Shoot what because if that happens its gonna be my head
M Kid yes
Yeah, filmed with an iPhone but color corrected and filtered with 100,000 editing software.
Austin: It’s the one you have in your pocket.
Me: Looks at pocket
*Sees iPhone 4*
I have an LG V30...so I'm way off
Keep it for a few years. A crazy collector might pay a lot for it.
I had and iphone 4s for 5 years................
5
Years.
Austin: It's the one you have in your pocket.
Me: look at pocket
*Sees Samsung*
i got a Alcatel ONETOUCH Pop Astro
aka probably the cheapest smart phone in existence
Good luck walking around with a 50 foot charging cable everywhere
I’VE FOUND YOU AGAIN!!!!
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Woah I'm early
Yeah
Oof ur early
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.
Yeah, they've proven that you could shoot a movie on a such low budget as 1000$ for the iPhone, 500$ for a mic, and two more million dollars on actors, writers, fees, make up, costumes, editors, visual fx, cgi, and other equipment, like drones, railed stands, high precision low noise low vibration set, lights (those can be very costly), computers powerful enough to edit and render this whole thing (And render of 4K 90min video is long, I think for theaters it's actually rendered more than that, but idk, I know for the fact that in 2011 one fully cg feature film took 2 weeks to render).
If you watch TH-cam (And I assume you are), almost every video you have watched, every video that you think is very well shot, was shot on a phone or on a very low budget camera with a crew of one to four people.
It's not that inspiring when they replace a good thing with worse and worse to use one
BUT it's inspiring when they make shots dirt cheap, like the Evil Dead open sequence was made using a skateboard, Shaun of the Dead called out the Silenced fans, the Terminator lied to police that it's a student film, they built a fake bar because it's cheaper to build from the ground up, they used twins a lot, Back to the future movies mostly are splitscreens, Deadpool is CG because it's cheaper, Clones of Bruce Lee uses mrs.Sanders backyard for a kung fu movie, Luc Besson's Taxi is cheap as hell in the most of it's impressive shots, all of the music videos are cheap as fuck
Oh yeah, if I am a broke film maker, nothing better than spend $+1000 on an iPhone instead of, say, $600 on a proper camera.
@@andrewmirror4611 watch "To Jennifer," it's on Amazon Prime. It was shot on an iPhone. The cast and crew all did a profit participation deal as I understand it and the biggest expense was two plane tickets from LA to Las Vegas that the two leads, one of whom was the director, used for guerrilla shots in the film. I think it's total budget was $500. King Kelly was shot on an iPhone the same year with a modest budget, under $100k and it should be a cult classic. Tangerine likewise under $100k shot on the iPhone. 9 Rides shot on a phone. You could definitely have shot most of the mumblecore films on an iPhone for $50 and food for the cast and crew.
The LG v50 ThinQ I'm typing this comment on has three 4K UHD lenses on it and one of those sensors comes with HDR10. It is 4:2:0 HDR10, but 10 Bit Rec. 2020 on a phone is pretty damned good. It shoots great night scenes and the windows don't blow out when I shoot in my house during the day. I can set the ISO at 50 indoors most days with zero added light and get a noise free highly usable image on the HDR10 lens and sensor.
You are right 👍
@@Lambda_Ovine Or the point is you already have a cell phone, so you don't have to spend anything. Focus on stories, not excuses.
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
nah
No... the gameboy camera is the latest and greatest yo.
Wow you guys are so dumb. I use my refrigerator camera.
All of you are idiots I use my slippers camera
Bitch I use my Magnavox Odyssey camera
No mention of Tangerine, which came out 4 years ago, shot on iPhone5s, and currently sits on a 97% on RT.
Seriously, it's kind of embarrassing frankly that he didn't even mention it in this video.
Then again, it would pretty much negate the entire question of the video, so....
Because he's not Steven Soderbergh?
:(
I didnt know roosterteeth was rating movies now
@@notreallysure4575 He meant Rotten Tomatoes.
Gwen C I like the video overall but I think including Tangerine would have helped make his point even more. Tangerine is an example of using low quality equipment to its advantage as it complements the tone and setting. Its basically the modern day version of John Waters’ first set of films.
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.
200+ plus likes and no one disagreed. Legendary comment.
Shivam Mhaskar ye I was about to comment this:)
a dji phantom four is literally the price of an iphone
@@flamingfive3893 true, but most people already have a phone camera; most people don't have a phantom.
High Flying Bird din't use any fancy equipment. If you look at behind the scenes photos and interviews with Soderbergh, it's very minimalistic set up
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 5(!!!!!!), 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.
This is what I was thinking of!! Tangerine is one of my *favorite* movies
@@lucislibari It is such a great film.
xingcat I really need to break the plastic on my Florida Project DVD...
Yes! I was waiting for him to talk about tangerine
While Florida Project was shot mainly on film, the last scene was actually shot entirely on a iPhone 6S Plus (as they needed a way to shoot in the Magic Kingdom without anyone at the park knowing they were shooting a movie).
Or you can buy a $100 phone, then spend the thousand you saved on a dslr.
Why hello there.
Dude. When u go back to Mars, Can u save Opportunity Rover?
Or just get a $1k phone and ur all set
Like me!
Lmao
"...is one of the very first critically acclaimed films shot exclusively on an iPhone"
**Sean Baker lets out a single tear**
At least he said “one of”
"One of" kinda makes a big difference.
Yeah, the title of the video is silly because it's already been done. Of course you can. Tangerine is incredible.
Sean Baker: Am i a joke to you....?
I was literally typing a comment about Tangerine when I saw this lol
0:48 "right? right? not quite"
for some reason i love the rhyme
sounds like it's straight out of a dr seuss book
😅
Right? - Right? - Well - not-quite
Shits' TIGHT.
“The camera you have a in your pocket”
*pulls out Android*
Haha, exactly!!!
*pulls out Nintendo 3DS*
*pulls out gamecube*
@@constellationgacha6311 -holy hell how big is your pocket-
useless trash #23 bigger then ur-
Tangerine is an AMAZING movie shot on an iPhone as well!
And it was cirtically acclaimed and it was way lower budget. 100 000 usd.
As well as it being shot on an iphone 5 or 4 i think
Tangerine was shot on a Iphone 5s! Yup it is a great movie!
Why wasnt it filmed on a tangerine
Yes 10/10 masterpiece
_"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?
Huawei flagship phone is cheap now
@@LastBastion and spies
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.
Sound engineer here. Pretty sure they didn't use the iPhone mic.
Sound Devices Mixer was on set from BTS I saw.
@@TheNamesDitto although you could get fairly decent audio with even a cheap Movo VXR10 on a boom attached to another iPhone with the Zoom app, or the Apogee app, or the Tentacle Systems Timecode audio recorder.
10:12 Woah! How much money do you spend on a cup of coffee, Austin? o-o
Austin McConnell $299
PewDiePie $399
2.98
Coffee is expensive man lol
If the budget is 2 million dollars a 2000 dollar DSLR which is 1000 times better than an iphone is what like 0.1 percent of the budget for arguably one of the most important equipment.
I think you missed the point lol
I'm not blaming talking about this video I'm talking about the movie
Agreed. If you can afford a 1000$+ iPhone then you can afford a DSLR and get so much better video quality
A 1000 USD DSLR is also better than any iPhone camera
Keep in mind the cost of paying/feeding/housing: actors, sound, lighting, cinematographers, script writers, editors, paying for licensing rights to songs or paying for permits to shoot somewhere, kitchen staff, etc.
Just because the camera is cheap (you can actually get far better and cheaper camera for half the price of an iPhone X), doesn't mean everything else it takes to make a film like this will be cheap as well.
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).
A 1000$ camera is far better than an 1000$ iPhone.
The point is you already own the phone.
@@MarioPowerx these people just like any excuse to rag on iphones, leave em to it
Faiz Saleem Why don’t people just let others enjoy the phone they bought, for god’s sake.
@@skylake8123 Well, Yes!
But with one you film, and with the other while filiming "Oh sorry guys, me mum is calling, gotta put a break on the recording"
The point is, you already have a phone anyway, why buy another, and $2Mil is enough for a 1000$ camera, there's no need to go as low as an iPhone
Can it run apps????7 years software support???? Can it be a computer in your pocket???? Just don't talk shits...... camera is just one of the features in the smartphones!!!! Ffs ..... you're the type of guy that say *"wHy We NeEd A sMaRt Tv WhEn We AlReAdY hAvE a SmArtPhOnE"*
What about a Samsung smart fridge?
The neglect of Tangerine in the video breaks my heart but the love for it in the comments heals it
The people saying "if you can afford an expensive smartphone, then you can afford an expensive DSLR" are dumb. A phone is a general tool that you need for life nowadays, so spending a lot on one isn't a problem, because you'll need it for work, socializing, school, etc. You're getting a lot of value on it. A DSLR, however, is something with very limited capabilities. All you can do with it is shoot video/pictures. You're getting way more value from a phone.
Also, these people fail to realize that no one's buying a phone specifically to shoot a movie. They probably bought the phone years ago, so they probably don't have the money now.
No man on earth "needs" an iPhone.
@@Generic8864 and those are junk
No one needs a 1200 dollar phone in 2021, unless you're a programmer or a pro-gamer, it's dumb. 400 dollar phones are so good now. No need for the latest iPhone
big tip if you have a hoverboard use that to stabalise moving shots
Short Answer: Eeeh Kinda
Long Answer: *watch the video*
Thanks for being useless
Short answer is too long. Shorten it. Now.
@@ytcorporate9237 Shorter answer: Meh
@@masht-5029 When I say short, I mean fucking short God damnit!
The O in STORY not being quite centered on the lens at 2:59 is mildly unsettling
“It’s the one you’ve got in your pocket.”
Me: *watching on mobile* “...”
That’s what he said?
Who else is watching on android XD
@@NCozy me me shot me...🙎
For video, LG V30, Huawei is amazing for stills but sucks at video
Android phones have also been getting better.
The Google Pixel 3 has a really good camera that does well in low light, Samsung's camera's have been improving too and Nokia has a phone with 5 cameras.
All of the techniques for shooting on an iPhone such as using an external mic, tripods, wide angle lenses and e.t.c still apply to Android.
@Mert Ertuğ Pixel 2/3*
@Mert Ertuğ The Mate 20(especially in low light),but overall the note 9 is better,The S10 should be better than both when it comes out on March 9(wait a month more and the price will go down)
I’ve been making videos for 6 years. I’ve only used iPhones
Hey Austin, I'm seeking ideas for short film documentary type videos for my channel. There's one big twist though which is I'm limited to using only stock footage & b roll to create my videos, no actors/interviews etc. Although this style of creating videos is widely frowned upon by professional filmmakers who shoot their own scenes etc, it's something I enjoy doing & find very convenient & affordable. Long story short, I used to make daily/weekly videos w/minimal dialogue on various current events via creative commons using licensed stock footage in addition to 3rd party news clips/archive footage etc. The result was a mix between a dramatic short film/unorthodox doc.. Due to recent TH-cam policy changes which now require original commentary for videos, I've been left w/no other option but to delete nearly all my preexisting content & millions of views. I'm now in the stages of starting over from scratch in attempts to salvage my channel that I worked so hard on creating. My new plan is something completely different which is foreign to me, & that includes incorporating original scripts for each video which will be narrated by a voice over artist & written by an award winning screenwriter... The goal is to create informative proper short film docs minus the traditional format which includes interviewees etc as previously mentioned.. Since I previously made videos with no script or dialogue & rather just "winged it" on each video given my frequent upload rate, I'm now having an extremely difficult time coming up with new ideas. I mainly focused on geopolitical tensions & day to day news/current events instead of topics that were thought of in advance & created from scratch. The only genres I've come up with so far include humanitarian issues, climate matters, endangered species, sci-fi/space, military & politics. Although I can branch out on these various topics I'm looking to expand the list for more options. The transition from video news journalism to narrated short films is much tougher than I ever anticipated. Any opinions or advice would be welcomed & greatly appreciated!
If you can afford a 1000$+ iPhone then you can afford a DSLR that will make 1000x better looking shots
True
That’s not the point...
@Twelve
But he didn't. Yes, you can spend the money on a DSLR camera, but what Austin is trying to say is that people spend more time looking at reviews for various cameras as opposed to going out and shoot a simple film.
There are only 3 types of iPhone 10 on the market. The only thing you have to decide on is which size to pick.
Henriko Magnifico most likely people aren’t BUYING an iphone to shoot a film. They already have one. The message here is basically “use what you have.”
THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE VIDEO IS TO WORK WITHIN YOUR LIMITS
You wrong about me having Iphone in pocket...
PhantomDogman yeah! Do you also keep your phone in your mouth?
@@SlightlyToasty Maybe...
Film Riot made a video explaining how they shot a short with an iPhone and complained about how it would overheat really fast, causing the screen to dim which made it difficult to get proper focus in bright sunlight, and since you can't adjust the aperture, they had to awkwardly tape a ND filter to it. You're also limited to either wide shots or digital zoom. Sure, you can get an _acceptable_ image out of an iPhone, but working with it sounds like such a pain in the ass that you might as well spend a few hundred dollars and get a nice DSLR or mirrorless camera. At least then, you won't have to worry about running out of day light while you wait for the battery to recharge every hour since you can just swap it out for another one.
You can get a used Canon EOS M or Sony NEX-3N for less than $150 on ebay, along with a cheap manual lens (sure, neither of those will do 4K, but if you're _just_ getting started as a filmmaker, you probably don't have a PC adequate for editing 4K anyway). And if you're an amateur, using an interchangeable lens camera with full exposure control is a much better learning experience. As you learn how a camera works, you will begin to understand the actual craft of filmmaking. Simply having a story to tell doesn't mean anything if you don't know what you're doing.
And to those who say the camera doesn't matter, yes it does. The camera is a visual storytelling device, and your visual storytelling is limited by your equipment. For example, you're not going to do a slow motion shot if your camera can't record slow motion, and you're not going to do a low light scene with an iPhone and expect it to look good. To a degree, you can get by with a cheap DSLR, or even a smart phone, but you will always be constrained by the limitations and you will eventually want something better in order to achieve the specific look you're envisioning in your head as an artist. There's a reason Michelangelo didn't paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel with crayons.
Also, not all phones have good cameras. I would never even consider shooting a movie with my piece of shit unless I was shooting a found footage movie and I wanted it to look like amateur video.
4:41 Thought that said "go shoot a short person"
4:01 Mr. Flare get out of Austin's video.
When I saw the orig trailer, I thought that it was filmed on a Phone from the start.
Is that just me?
I’m going to make a 3D film with the 3Ds
How about a film made with an android, a rig made out of tape, a ton of green screen, with footage from video games. (Don't worry about the video games the one I'm making is not a let's play.)
Also good, but make sure you look at copyright issues before posting it online.
@@lunayen Thanks!
Or better yet, use a web cam. Both Searching and Unfriend have a budget of 1 mil. Lower then even Unsane (at 1.5 mil) and looks better.
“A good story will almost always overcome technical limitations” Hits home, doesn’t it. ;)
Imagine if that director accidentally shot the entire movie horizontally
"it's the one you have in your pocket"
android users rise up
Hey... Hey...
Should of shot it on an Android.
I'm just saying we got those crisp higher quality images, better color correction, and the background bokeh
Or maybe I'm just salty
"you've got it right in your pocket"
Bold of you to assume I can afford an iPhone
Why not use a Google pixel? It's not a great phone but has objectively the best camera and its cheaper
im sick of this channel being nothing but useless information, fix it or im leaving.
EDIT: So many people have not got the joke. See Austin’s 10 minutes of useless information to get it. Yikes.
have you ever had an original thought?
leave then lol
@@themightydash1714 it's called a meme.
@@andrewmtgx did u miss the joke?
to 50% of the replies, r/WOOOOSH
boy this thing would have been 10 times better if they would have actually shot with a chromo subslamping at 4:4:4 in a global shutter
I hate to be that guy, I’m not a big cinema guy or anything, I don’t know the names of any cameras, but that movie doesn’t look very nice. Maybe I couldn’t pin it down it being shot on an iPhone but it looks very unprofessional and I definitely think the whole thing would be better if it were shot with a professional camera. It seriously bothers me how it all looks like regularly recorded video, I honestly never noticed until now just how much a camera can affect video quality
This is probably mostly due to the fact that an iPhone can only produce one single focal length. Professional movies typically use lenses between 15 and 200mm and switch rapidly, even within a scene. With an iPhone, you only get 29mm. For many settings, this is a really shitty focal length due to the fact that it isn't really wide angle to capture the whole scene, but also not a telezoom which would allow you to capture undistorted closeups.
I agree, looks like shit. Looks like a high school media project haha
I think the close up angles have a weird camera tilt or something. But the wider angle shots and the follow shots look pretty decent
3:27 Samsung has entered the chat
You didn't even mention Sean Baker but okay
The problem is actually finding people willing to stand in front of my camera :(
You need friends as much as you need equipment.
Write a story for one lead actor and only one character. I mean think about story ideas that lend themselves to one person for the whole film like Castaway if you take out the beginning and the ending. Find one person to film or write something to film yourself in the lead
'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.
8:04 Their are plenty of better phones in the market camera wise than iPhones. In fact, they have some of the worst low light performance on the market
Can I eat the iPhone I want to see what it taste like
like iphone
and chinese worker sweat
Please no, you'll feel sick afterwards.
Sure.
The new iphone 12 pro max can shoot Dolby vision.
There is a movie called _Tangerine_ that came out in 2015 and was shot entirely with an iPhone 5s. I haven't seen it but it was on YMS's Best Films of 2015 list.
So yes, and it's already been done before High Flying Bird
The only problem I see with the visual side of the film from the footage you've shown is that it looks visually identical to youtube blog videos.
Don't forget to use Filmic Pro instead of the awful default camera app
Louz worth every penny of the $15
I agree with the core idea of the video that not owning a proper camera shouldn't stop you from presenting a good story. I also agree that instead of 'researching' new cameras, looking for stuff to buy, and procrastinating, people should instead just go out and create something. However, I don't think that big film studios with big budgets (even though 2mil is comparatively small) should stoop to the level of making movies on (objectively) inferior cameras when indie films with less than 1% of that budget look far better. I mean, It's not like they filmed the whole movie on the same phone or on the personal phones of the production crew, they went out and bought a box of Iphones to use as cameras. Instead of buying those, they could have bought cheap cameras with many more features and a far better video quality.
While the story that you tell in a movie or other visual format is probably the most important part, I don't think people should undermine the "visual" part. If people wanted a story, they could read a book or, if they're more passive, listen to one as an audiobook. People like to think that the visuals aren't important but that's simply not true. I mean, look at videogames. There are plenty of great games that were created before computers even had dedicated graphics cards but now, very few play them. Even games that are less than a decade old just don't hold up to modern expectations of graphics (with exceptions). We've just moved on. Same with special effects in movies. Lots of older movies look dated when special effects don't look good and a bad CGI scene can completely pull you out of the moment. There's also a reason people go to movie theaters (besides movies coming out earlier) or owning HD televisions. High quality image is just better.
This isn't just some personal preference thing though, it's biological. People are attracted (in a neurochemical and emotional sense) to things that are aesthetically pleasing to the eye and look beautiful. Hell, even though people don't like to admit it, romantic relationships that don't contain physical attraction just don't work that well (many even say that attraction on an aesthetic level is the foundation of a good relationship). When I see the clips from the movie shot on a phone it just subconsciously turns me off to watching it just like bad cover art to a book will make me pass it by when looking for something to read even though I know you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover and many good stories just have bad coverart.
0:56 "The one you have in your pocket"
*has an android*
Honestly, all you need is one NAME star and a good script... the technology is now so available that only technophiles care about the niceties of $$$ equipment...
Lol the battery would die out in the first scene
Not related but hi fellow Madeon-er :)
so charge your phone before you start.
What do you mean my phone doesn’t die that fast
@@koushuu Beings is my favorite wbu?
Lol y'all iPhone users trynna cover up that weak ass 2800 mah battery 😭😂😂
Eddie Van Halen used a discount reject for his guitar body and manually hacked together parts from several different types of guitars. Tools are not talent. In the hands of a talented film maker, even a cheap camera will produce a good movie.
nice job excluding tangerine, a movie that also used iPhones before this one.
And it also looked awful, honestly if you have a budget that's over 200 get yourself a better camera.
I'm sure the subject matter definitely didn't have anything to do with him excluding one of (if not *the*) most critically acclaimed "shot on an iPhone" films made, during a video literally titled "Can You Shoot A Feature Film on an iPhone." 😒
Exilion that’s not the point, not everyone has a camera but everyone has a phone
@@Eric-Truong If you have enough money for a fucking mid-end or high-end smartphone (the majority of people), you probably have enough money to buy a used low-tier dslr. Which looks 100x better than ANY smartphone.
@Andrius Bandzinas My point is that if you can get a dslr, please get one.
I could make several feature-length films of my life if only the NSA would release the footage they have in my file...
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.
1:08
I can _guarantee_ this is not the case; we are all poor.
When they shot it in such a short time and with that equipment. What did they spend the 2M on?
Actors probably. Also locations.
actors crew locations props
The conclusion I have drawn from this video: The average viewer is stupid.
I guess that includes me? I mean, I could tell there was something off about most of the footage, but I don't think it would ruin the viewing experience for me. Or maybe it would... I should watch it and find out.
Magic Mike was a masterpiece of cinema that was subtly about the economy, Austin. How dare you show it disdain!
All it takes is a camera software update but instead they make you buy the newer phone just to have some feature... smh
It just works
Or get a cheap used dslr that looks better than an iPhone, instead of trying to go for the headlines in the news just because it was #shotoniphone
Tangerine did it first but go off I guess
Actually they did it third behind To Jennifer and King Kelly.
It would’ve been awesome that you talked about Dogma 95, it’s pretty fitting.
5:20 I’m such an idiot...
When you said DSLR, I thought you were talking about a Nintendo DS XL, and my first reaction was, “Who would pay 2000 bucks for a DS XL?”
I broke my phone so can I still enter the contest if I use a DSLR?
no one ever talks about sean baker's Tangerine when talking about iphone movies, that is by far the best one
I'm partial to the earlier film King Kelly which had a motivation for the use of the iPhone beyond just economy.
3:35 I think the A12 soc inside can barely handle this. Maybe with this year's iPhone Apple pushes hard on video portrait mode
Or here's an idea, instead of buying the Iphone in the first place why don't you buy an entry-level smartphone to use as a phone. Then use the 800 dollars you saved to buy a decent DSLR.
Then you make a movie about a million different ways to send the iPhone to kingdom come 😂
Ethan Turner you definitely are an iphone hater lol
@@axellepatriadi5162 lol don't worry even if you blow it up a new one's coming next month 😂
Ethan Turner androids blow up, not iPhones lmao
*S7s not iphones 😂
5:43 isnt that called a lapel mic youknow cuz its on the lapel?
They're called both but in the film industry you'll get weird looks sometimes if you say lapel mic. Most of the audio guys I know that work with big budget studios call them lav mics as well.
Try it with an android
even easier
Well nowadays the flagships cost the same but who cares
ur mom
midlowreborn ur mom's mom
Reverse card
They should have used a pixel
I agree, probably would've been better since the pixel does less video processing making it easier to to change color in post.
Ok but a few hundred quid on a entry level dslr and a few more hundred on a few vintage lenses and a steadycam ends up cheaper than an iphone and 10x better looking footage, aswell as actually having depth of field (not just software blur at best) and the 'support' for stuff like magic lantern.
Not tryna hate tho, good vid
Just because one can doesn't mean one should, like awful SoundCloud rappers. The technology is there, but the talent isn't.
Wrong.
@@jmorales09 about the rapping?
just watching the trailer for this film, observing the locations, sets and background actors in the scenes -there is no way this film was shot for 2 million. NO WAY
Samsung note 7 + overcharge = makeshift grenade
I wonder why Lars von Trier hasn't made a movie with an iPhone yet.
Yes, Sean Baker's "Tangerine." looked awesum shot entirely w/ an Iphone
As cool as the idea of a feature film shot on an iPhone is, it just....looks bad. I watched the trailer for High Flying Bird and my first thought was "ew, it looks like it was just filmed on some dudes phone"
Nah iPhones are too expensive.
I actually sort of agree with this. It's fine for people who already have one, but I don't have a smartphone so for me, it'd be silly to buy one for film making.
The movie trailer just plane doesn't look very good at all. The director probably made ana amazing story and his name got people to check it out, but anyone else releasing a moving with no name actors that looked like that movie would have a very slim chance of getting noticed. You CAN, but it looks bad is my conclusion
you cant even make a movie with proper gear so why should you try with worse gear?
I make all of my videos on my channel *RyoichiTV* from my cellphone.
Is it a little diengious to all the great actors and people working on the movie, to film it with an iphone camera, you could have better shots, better composition of the actors playing out this great story if it was shot on decent equipment, I'm just saying is all
*diengious*
@@GummyDinosaursify Your comment is diengious.
5:32 hey, that's my mic! Had it for a few years, it's fantastic for the ~80€ I bought it for back then. Sound Quality is really nice, it's USB not XLR meaning you don't need a mixer to use it on PC and it comes with the mic stand you can see in the Video.
If you're cheap like me, you don't even need to buy an external microphone or a tripod/stabilizer. I built a pretty decent tripod and stabilizer out of Legos and duct tape. And for audio, I recorded it all in my closet using my phone on-board mic and dubbed it over the footage.
Tip: if you're doing this, hold the mic about 6 feet away from your face, to avoid getting lip/tongue smacks, etc.
Also, having background music in your film can help cover any background noise or little mess ups that you get from this.
Android > iOS
Totally
Photo taking, sure. Film making? MacOS and iPhones trump that area.
@@paragonoxy7670 Oh god, another uneducated I-sheep.... (satire)
Only for some things, there are plenty of areas iOS is better
@@sgrube2 only for some things, there are plenty of areas Android is better
For me, the tough part about getting started with filmmaking is that... I have no friends.
I hate the fact I'm about to say first but...
First