This year five filmmakers are showcasing their movies at the MAMI film festival which have been shot using the iPhone 15 Pro series. Last year's short film Fursat was shot by Vishal Bharadwaj on the iPhone.
19 Apr 2024
Last year, Apple showcased “Fursat”, a movie directed by Vishal Bharadwaj, which was shot completely on an iPhone. This year five filmmakers are showcasing their movies at the MAMI film festival which have been shot using the iPhone 15 Pro series.
One of them is Archana Atul Phadke, whose film is titled “Mirage” and incidentally is based on a young boy who spends all his time on his iPhone, only to lose it — and himself — in the desert. Phadke says that she used the iPhone 15 Pro Max to compress and decompress her visual storytelling. “With the default 24 mm Main camera, I explore wide shots in the beginning,” she explains. And then to add depth, she moves to the 120mm telephoto camera. Phadke is reliant on the Apple ecosystem as she uses her Apple Watch to operate and monitor the iPhone camera, an iPad as a larger monitor, and the AirPods for sound check and edits on the MacBook Pro.
Saumyananda Sahi, the cinematographer behind the BAFTA- and Academy Award-nominated documentary “All That Breathes” has also shot a movie on the iPhone 15 Pro. His short film “A New Life” has been filmed entirely on the iPhone. Sahi says that he doesn’t treat the iPhone like a phone at all. “I can peg exposure or shoot Log like I usually do on an Arri Alexa cinema camera,” he explains. He finds it remarkable that the iPhone 15 Pro Max can match that.
Another filmmaker whose short film will be showcased at the MAMI festival is Prateek Vats. The short film he is co-directing with Shubham is inspired by Anton Chekhov’s short story The Death of a Government Clerk. Titled “Jal Tu Jalal Tu” (You Are Water, You Are the All-Powerful), it captures the anxiety of a factory worker who accidentally offends his employer. Vats has been shooting the film in a 4:3 aspect ratio. By using the 24 mm Main camera of iPhone 15 Pro Max, he frames character portraits that allow the audience to see them through his eyes, says the director.
Faraz Ali has shot his short film Óbur in Kashmir and recorded ambient sounds on iPhone 15 Pro Max using the Voice Memos app and an external mic. He also said that shooting on the iPhone 15 Pro Max gave him the freedom to go to places where big film cameras couldn’t go.
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