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The Feature Film That Blew Everyone Away at Sundance Was Shot on an iPhone 5s
NoFilmSchool.com ^ | January 28, 2015 | V Renée

Posted on 01/31/2015 1:47:34 AM PST by Swordmaker

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To: huldah1776

I signed up for the mailing list.

The smart phones will only get better and more powerful. At times I question the Lumix 4K I bought but love it when I get to use it plus I am used to weight. Smartphones weigh nothing and I get the shakes too easy. Not everywhere has a prop surface.

A few years ago I transitioned out of TV to make a living and because of office politics of the network.

I helped on some indie film once and throw out some stock footage. At one time it seemed like I had half decent writing capability but that was years ago.


21 posted on 01/31/2015 4:31:51 AM PST by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: wally_bert

I signed up too.

I’ve been into photography forever but when I wanted to film my son’s graduation from Marine boot camp I actually got a little video camera. I love visuals but my problem is I can see the camera shaking with my heart beat! I am also so used to shooting stills that I forget to stop scanning and just shoot the scene for a minute.

I love movies with good music and just moments of transition where a still will intro into the next scene. I love “Horse Whisperer” because of the technical side, not only the story.


22 posted on 01/31/2015 4:56:37 AM PST by huldah1776
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To: Swordmaker

Yes, that’s amazing. Of course the sound is always the problem, so I’d be interested to see if they really were able to get good sound. If they could that’s pretty much a technological miracle.

My daughter takes great photos with her iphone, they are just amazing.


23 posted on 01/31/2015 4:57:28 AM PST by jocon307 (Tell it like it is.)
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To: Swordmaker

You would probably know, how do you record a video in the wind but not hear the wind on your mic? I go out in all weather but only go to the beach on stormy days or in the winter. I wanted to piece together some stuff for my daughter-in-law and will just use music at the rough parts but for future reference?


24 posted on 01/31/2015 5:03:04 AM PST by huldah1776
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To: LittleBillyInfidel
That's kind of what I was thinking about Sundance.
25 posted on 01/31/2015 5:10:20 AM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: huldah1776

The pro who did our wedding years ago who has all the high end Canon stuff never uses the video side. It is a different line of thinking. I tend to machine gun stills since I think like a TV person.

Even with snapshots with the toy camera as a teen, people liked what I did.

TV was fun when it was allowed to be TV and not a dilbert-esque environment which it became.

I went into IT and became better off.


26 posted on 01/31/2015 5:12:21 AM PST by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: Swordmaker
it's a story about two (black) transgender women

I'm always confused about this.
Is a "transgender woman" a man who had a chopadickoffame done, or a woman who had an addadicktome done?

Regardless, with a subject like this, the "artist" could have used animation of still shots made by a 50-year-old Brownie camera using 60-year-old black and white (heh, heh) film, and still got accolades.

27 posted on 01/31/2015 5:42:55 AM PST by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: Swordmaker
What does it take to wow sundance?

...it's a story about two transgender women...

sundance is a joke.

28 posted on 01/31/2015 6:07:04 AM PST by SunTzuWu
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To: Swordmaker

May have to rig this up......looks like good quality videos if they’re honest on what was used.....:o)

Thanks for the ping......Stay Safe !!!

Apple or android ....I enjoy what works. Motorola Razr an my iPhone 6 both are flawless pieces of gear. Don’t understand the idiot phone snobs.... ya like brand X use brand X....gheesh !!

My opinion....


29 posted on 01/31/2015 7:52:26 AM PST by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: pepsionice

From the technology side...it means any kid with a summer school period off...could make a movie with a dozen people from the neighborhood,

...

Didn’t Spielberg start with an 8mm camera as a kid?


30 posted on 01/31/2015 7:57:22 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Swordmaker

The overall cost of this setup — a setup that shot a feature film that is just killing it at Sundance? Well, Moondog’s adapter costs $160, FiLMiC Pro is $8 in the App Store, and iPhones range from — what? $200 to $600 depending on service and features? So, you’re looking at $168 to $768 to get high quality images for a feature film.

...

That accounts for the images. How about the sound equipment?


31 posted on 01/31/2015 7:57:59 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: wally_bert

The smart phones will only get better and more powerful. At times I question the Lumix 4K I bought but love it when I get to use it plus I am used to weight. Smartphones weigh nothing and I get the shakes too easy.

...

People have come up with steadycam type hacks for cameras. They’ve probably done the same for smartphones.


32 posted on 01/31/2015 8:00:04 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Swordmaker
a story about two transgender women....

Gong!

33 posted on 01/31/2015 8:42:32 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Begin

Pointless trolling


34 posted on 01/31/2015 8:43:46 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Swordmaker

Bingo!!!

Quentin Tarantino said you could make a feature film on an Iphone two years ago...


35 posted on 01/31/2015 12:03:04 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: jocon307
Yes, that’s amazing. Of course the sound is always the problem, so I’d be interested to see if they really were able to get good sound. If they could that’s pretty much a technological miracle.

I just don't want to see THIS film. Not at all!

36 posted on 01/31/2015 12:14:36 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
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To: Swordmaker

I get what you say about the story line. But I’d watch it just to see how it is.

I remember going to the movies and seeing a film by, oh I can’t think of his name, but he made some “independent” movies back in the day. I think “Matwan” (sp?) was his biggest hit. And “City of Hope” I think it was called, that people I knew liked because it was clearly about a fictionalized Jersey City.

The sound, in the one I saw was dreadful (earlier than both those I’ve named and I can’t remember the name of the movie either, sorry I’m so opinionated yet uninformative, so internet, eh?). I could barely pay attention, it was verging on static. That was when I realized how sound was the tricky part, cue Al Jolson, etc!


37 posted on 01/31/2015 12:35:50 PM PST by jocon307 (Tell it like it is.)
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To: Begin

REALLY are you such a moronic 14 year old? Did you NOT get the message when your previous obscene post got deleted by the admins? Why post another to pollute the threads?


39 posted on 01/31/2015 3:07:03 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
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To: Moonman62
People have come up with steadycam type hacks for cameras. They’ve probably done the same for smartphones.

Steady Cam for iPhones and other phones

40 posted on 01/31/2015 3:09:13 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
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