5 Tips for Cinematic iPhone 15 Pro Videos

We took the iPhone 15 Pro Max outside again to shoot some videos in Apple Log, test Smallrig's new Filmmaking Cage and show you my post production process
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[@cmg]

The iPhone LUTs I used in this video 👉🏼 store.christianmategrab.com/products/iphone-lut-collection (Now includes LUTs for standard rec709 footage as well as for Apple ProRes LOG)

[@Traderjoefx.]

Im so thankful you explained everything with that eerie background music and monotone vocals. No fake over the top enthusiasm. This is how every content creator should be formatting their videos. 💯

[@potbtech]

This is phenomenal. I honestly think you are the best.

[@McDoogMedia]

Amazing - this bus exactly the tutorial I needed! Been using your awesome presets for years so please keep up the excellent work!!

[@muhtada_agad]

piece of art ❤

[@unknownman1]

So sick!!!

[@EricVasquezDesign]

Awesome tips! Just changed to log setting and lowered the exposure and already noticed a pretty big difference. Looking forward to trying out the Brandon Li collab with Smallrig to take it to the next level!

[@RE3DT]

So rad! That bird taking off was epic too!

[@AndrewPearsonFashion]

bird almost did a backflip

[@alexeast7635]

Nobody is gonna mention the haptic feedback this video is giving?! Very subtle and amazing! Love it

[@z73-dn9ts]

perfect🙂

[@juancarlosmiguel6341]

love the tutorial, where did you edit and how to download, thanks.

[@GeilerMayMixing]

Hey Chris! I bought your luts but when used on Blackmagic Camera it looks pretty different, can you do a guide on how to setup for that app? That could be awesome to take advantage of the luts, thanks!

[@MrSamPhoenix]

Very nice

[@ablelight6155]

Good Video Christian, I am still waiting for my Phone....

[@mouadbarouche637]

Good explination. I want to start a podcast wich camera settings are better for me

[@greenpearlstories]

Nice👍

[@wedomusic.]

nice

[@Majnun74]

Great video! Although I understood only half of this.

[@JEXADJ]

One question, what characteristic should the hard drive have to connect it to the iPhone so that the information remains there when recording and not on the cell phone?

[@theinterviewers6565]

This is what it called “straight forward to the point”

[@jaymills1720]

Subscribed ! Question(s). Can a 1tb iPhone 15 bypass the need to film with an SSD on the camera body and just off load the 1TB to the SSD when it’s full? And then you’d just need a 1tb iPhone and an attachment for an ND filter and use Blackmagic and internal LUT? If so I’m getting one today!

[@Pyramidz_]

Can your luts be used as a Preview lut on the Black Magic Camera App for iPhone 15?

[@Diablist]

Oi hold up , what filters are you using which brand etc

[@IBRAHIMROTERWOLF]

loveb

[@AndresDX1]

Can you do a tutorial for davinci resolve?

[@iPhone-Cinematograhy]

Very helpful, thank you.

[@888berg]

Amazing work!! Did you use a Variable ND for this? DO you you even use one with the iPhone 15? Cheers :)

[@cmg]

Thanks! No I did not use any ND filters

[@PHARA33]

"analog film" with pitch scared me lol. nah nice video :)

[@user-ry9zh6fo2h]

Does the phone have a lens sticker?

[@Callmeprod-g]

I have iPhone 14 and it doesn’t have proRes or proLOG What should I do?

[@cmg]

Damn, I misspelled your name Brandon Li 😪 sorry

[@sthielleux]

Epic one man! What about if your color LUT is on a base layer (adjustment) and you then need to change color correction on individual clips. If I retouch each individual clip it's gonna look "shit". Does this mean I need to apply the out on each clip instead and the color correction above?

[@cmg]

you can totally do this, just make sure that your LUT sits on top of the clip and make all adjustments before like color board and color wheels etc. in FCPX it's more "below" than "on top" so the LUT should be the last one in your effects list.

[@JoeMaranophotography]

When will you re release your deleted videos you know the old Berlin vlogs and more?!

[@richardstirling5799]

What about audio control?? No meters with native audio u need BM app for audio control

[@MkOne001]

Great advice, but does it work on my Nokia N-Gage as well? 🖤 okay, das Iphone Rig ist krank..

[@cmg]

of course 😂

[@DavidAdlawan]

Looks like he use Alexa camera daym so good

[@thewestpost]

I bought your LUT but I'm not sure why I can't get the color that I see in your video, I use IPProMax 15 and set it ProRes in Log but still the cloudy cover from ProRes Log footage is still there, I am waiting for it to look like in 0:51, I need help. I'm new to Davinci

[@UraFlight]

You better watch Darren Mostyn tutorials. You’ll will never buy LUTs again

[@daynightcircle5954]

What happens if you don’t have Final Cut Pro for color grading

[@rab2591]

Da Vinci Resolve is free and rivals Final Cut or Premiere. Not sure how different the free version is to the paid version, but the free version may still give you some options regarding LUTs and color grading.

[@Klartext.Germany-lg9dm]

💪💪💪🥜

[@Domon_luogcoy]

im'domon ❤❤❤

[@josef_dd]

Hi, have you filmed in 24fps with it, too? Heard from others that it looks somehow shaggy on theirs. However, filming in 24fps would be crucial for me. What is your experience with that on the 15 Pro?

[@gangs0846]

VNd filter for smooth motion Blur

[@rubenrudewig7217]

Nur mal so aus interesse :D Ist die Stimme gecloned mit AI? Das Voice Over klingt ziemlich gut aber es hat so ein zwei characteristics von einem AI Voice Over. Aber sonst super hilfreich 🙏

[@gotanlam]

Naja ich kenne auch viele echte Menschen die sehr monoton reden xd

[@alterschwede2808]

Does anybody know which AI tool he uses to perfect the English pronunciation? Quite convincing! 😁

[@cmg]

so if nobody knows I can tell you 😉 it's the pro voice clone made in elevenlabs, you need to provide around 3 hours of talking samples and they fine tune it within 2 weeks

[@greenwood7734]

Sir, we want to hear your German voice

[@sejrr5425]

listen to neil moody

[@greenwood7734]

I have, a lot, actually.

[@emilianoalessandro5]

I need help! I’m trying to recreate the blur, bokeh effect of your video. I know that you need certain lens when shooting with a camera but in this case, since you shoot on iPhone, it seems you add it in post. How can I do it myself??

[@cmg]

its made with mLooks plugin in final cut pro x and it's called lens blur and/or chromatic abberration

[@dankof]

@@cmg what leaded you to add the blur in post instead of using cinematic mode on the iphone ? love all your content, sorry if the question sounds silly, but I'm really confused about using cinematic mode or the blackmagic app to keep the 180 degree rule ...

[@cmg]

@@dankof Cinematic Mode on the iphone has nothing to do with the motion blur - it only adds a "fake" shallow depth of field to your image digitally like you would get from a f1.4 lens for example. When I shoot with the regular iphone camera app there is no real control of shutter angle or speed so for me its easier to add motion blur in post production (I am using a plugin called "Real smart motion blur" to do this). This way I don't have to keep the 180° shutter or double the frame rate shutter speed.

[@cmg]

no, you really can't add blur or bokeh in post (I was talking about motion blur in the comment below). when you shoot cinematic mode on your iphone it adds a fake blurry background like you would get from a fast aputure lens like f1.4 but its not "real". on the other hand if you use the telezoom lens like 3x on the iPhone you already get some kind of bokeh.

[@dankof]

@@cmg oh man, huge thanks for replying and for the great information shared :) I guess it is a "must" to block always AE/AF prior so start shooting on the native app ?

[@alsaadchowdhury7672]

Wait my usual use case is to record my kid and my family making memories. Should I do all these to make the video files future proof or maybe its not worth it and only good for people who are profesdional?

[@victorgxn]

Big difference between iphone 15 pro and iphone 15 pro max?

[@oscar.edits__]

Which one is good ?

[@antonisdavis2288]

I NOTICED THAT AT 4K 60P, HAS GHOSTING!!

[@_letescapetogether_]

Your accent sounds Australian in this video 🇦🇺

[@samuelbeniuga9116]

I paid attention to your voice. It's either your accent improved (sounds somewhat australian like) or it's some AI involved

[@cmg]

it's an AI clone of my voice 😉

[@ilaxin8887]

more interesting about video shooting in the studio on an iPhone

[@jdi365]

..and what about shutter? Speed? 24 fps - 48 shutter....25 fps - 50 shutter? Video from IPhone is the only for internet...no TV and cinemas...Filmic Pro and Blackmagic App - solutions....

[@relaxomon]

meine hook lässt euch tagträum...

[@808KONOSURF]

His is a joke right. I bought a iPhone 15 max pro but his isn’t that.

[@chhandakmallick]

Why??😅

[@CRISSBLAZINY]

Sir, looks so bad your grading

[@TheLinesEnd]

Huh? His grading looks fantastic

[@adit12345678]

What's wrong with you? This is awesome.

[@PrimVB]

I've been trying to get this look for the longest time. Any tutorial on the graphs/steps? Nice colour grading man

[@gerygabriel6508]

nice