Just before the traditional Lunar New Year in our country, this past weekend, Apple brought you their "Shot on iPhone" New Year short film "Daughter". The story is based on real events and tells the story of a taxi driver who drove his daughter. A story about a working single mother who meets her mother by chance on New Year's Eve and the reunion of three generations of a family. This time, not only will it continue to be directed by a great director, but a movie queen-level actor named Zhou Xun will also be invited to play the heroine. Compared with the past, Both games require the use of various professional "gun and cannon" lenses and additional accessories to assist in shooting. "Daughter" can be regarded as truly "shooting with iPhone 11 Pro."
In the earliest "Three Minutes" directed by Peter Chan, an adapter was needed to allow the iPhone to use a professional photography lens to shoot the material. That was because the iPhone X only had wide-angle and telephoto lenses, and in weak Shooting under light conditions is also relatively poor, but by the time of the second film "One Bucket", the iPhone XS has a higher dynamic range shooting capability, so the need for auxiliary shooting equipment has been reduced. As for "Daughter" this time, The iPhone 11 Pro is even more true to its performance. Thanks to the addition of the ultra-wide-angle lens, it can shoot more impactful wide-angle images, and the enhanced low-light shooting capabilities allow it to still capture a lot of images in the rainy night scene at the end of the short film. High quality video footage.
Of course, this does not mean that only an iPhone 11 Pro can complete the shooting of the short film. In addition to the necessary lighting and radio systems, the unchanging accessory is the handheld stabilizer. However, the film’s director of photography, Lawrence Sher also praised the anti-shake performance of the iPhone 11 Pro. In the short film, the scene where Zhou Xun and his mother argued in one shot was shot using only the iPhone 11 Pro's own anti-shake. The picture was completely usable. Another important accessory for shooting is the rabbit cage (a frame with expansion screw holes), whether it is purely handheld with iPhone 11 Pro, mounted on a stable gimbal, or even installed on a drone for aerial photography. All need to be installed with the help of a rabbit cage.
But equipment is always only a small part of content creation. Director Theodore Mayfair believes that using iPhone 11 Pro to shoot short films brings a new way of creation, providing higher video picture quality, and In addition to anti-shake and slow-motion shooting, the iPhone 11 Pro is also compact and can be placed in various positions in taxis, mounted on drones, or even mounted on tires, etc., allowing you to capture photos from different perspectives. To tell the story, especially when the director used a homemade kaleidoscope to put on the iPhone lens and combined with small pendants to create a depth of field effect, those few clips are indeed very creative ways of playing.
We ordinary consumers may not be able to use more professional equipment to shoot short films with movie-level images, but Apple wants to convey to everyone that their mobile phones are already capable of professional production. As for how to express the story, We still have to leave it to ourselves to discover. After all, ideas and content are always the basis of creation. Of course, whether you use iPhone 11 Pro or other mobile phones in your hand, there is nothing better than recording beautiful moments with your family and friends. Fun too.
"Daughter" Watch: Apple/YouTube
