When I started out in television production, the cost of a camera was out of sight. And depending on it being a film or video project, the cost continued to climb. But today, we carry around a TV studio in our pocket and more and more filmmakers are embracing the idea of producing projects on using mobile phone video.
The bottom line is that it’s time to stop complaining that we don’t have a budget or the right equipment to make a high quality project. In fact, when it comes to mobile phone video, I don’t have to defend myself. Just take a look at some amazing examples.
This is a short documentary filmed in Paris on an iPhone X:
Here’s Steven Soderbergh’s trailer for his Netflix feature: “High Flying Bird”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No8PhSlunfk&feature=emb_logo
