The Secret Formula for Cinematic iPhone Videos

[@fulltimefilmmaker]

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[@IsaacSmithProductions]

This is what we want more of. This was awesome. Less gear reviews, more tutorials on how to use what we already have.

[@kostashalabalakis4352]

Yes almost ren year's and people still use the cinematic on their KZbin videos as click 🪤...it's not cinematic it's far from cinematic....is just another iPhone video with some tweak's in colours that make it look better. Nothing more 😐 oh my god... If you want to be creative or you want to be realistic and understand the cinema definition...start to accept and understand what is what...

[@beiyongzui]

@@kostashalabalakis4352 What are you? The judge of what "cinematic" means? Meaning of a word shifts all the time. Don't be like a lonely old guy shouting at his new neighbor.

[@kostashalabalakis4352]

@@beiyongzui i love your way of thinking

[@curiosidades_superincriveis]

@@kostashalabalakis4352you must be really fun at parties

[@X_Entity_X]

I do not have an iPhone 15 pro max

[@gianniskamakas3578]

Full Time Filmmaker provides more for free than any other paid service. I could imagine how many tips they provide in their paid services. That's Great, thank you!

[@isaacdynys6518]

It's insane. They go into every imaginable detail in ftf

[@alfzai.recond]

just bought an iPhone and always tried to learn HOW to make better videos with what i have..no add ons, just better ways to improve the video quality. this video is awesome, thanks man!

[@fidlar777]

this madman really filmed the best cinematic videos for an iphone with the stock camera and no attachments. He just humbled a lot of people

[@georgeandsuzy]

You really didn’t say anything entirely groundbreaking. But holy hell, when you put them all together it makes such a big difference. Very impressive, great video.

[@georgeandsuzy]

I’ve come back to this video multiple times since my original comment. I learn something new (sometimes a small thing, but still a new thing) every time I rewatch it. This was jam packed with information, tips and tricks. I’m impressed.

[@lucas_92]

This is probably the best and well balanced tutorial on KZbin to date. Enough technical information to be informative, but not getting into heavy details to deter the audience. Kudos for doing such a great job!

[@anthonyfrison9828]

As a 15 Pro guy. What I learnt from this is - Editing. That’s where it’s all at. I constantly shoot in normal mode with all the usual stuff but I never use Davinci Resolve. Looks like I’m going to have a good six months learning. Thanks a lot man. 😊

[@daviddavis8053]

Android guy here, galaxy s10. If iphone has a pro mode, switch to that. You'll get much better quality video. Normal mode is OK, but not for this king of filming.

[@filgiupo4853]

@@daviddavis8053really doesnt matter when you can’t set shutter speed lower than 1/1000th in broad daylight

[@p1roncho]

its not though, its always about the shooting first-if you have a bad shot, you cant save it with editing. but you can make a good shot better.

[@hoodedmexican]

Out of the hundreds of these exact types of videos on KZbin, yours is one of the only that are worthwhile. Genuinely good to watch even if I know most of the stuff in here

[@rocheuro]

grading , color, composition, flow, sound and storry telling.

[@DMProductions]

Walt and Tim Apple is applauding 👏 amazing results Landon

[@EmilyDelk]

Switching from 24fps to 30fps blew my mind! I had no clue how choppy my videos were until I did a back-to-back comparison. Genius!

[@donboyfisher]

I’m surprised you didn’t use / suggest the blackmagic camera app for the capture section. It lets you shot the log colour , but save it in h.264/5 formats greatly reducing the file size, and means you can save a lot more footage on the phone without worry of running out of space.

[@fulltimefilmmaker]

Absolutely. The approach on this was to shoot with no accessories and directly in the native camera app, but the BlackMagic app is great!

[@islam.raisul]

@@fulltimefilmmaker I understood this point while watching this video, this is what made the video great, thanks!

[@magnusowe217]

Right. Now you also have the final cut pro app, witch is great at at a lot of things too. You cant shoot log in h264 though, but grading log footage shot in h264 will in a lot of cases introduce bad cases of banding and other artifact, so be careful doing it harsh lighting or other high conrast or low light situations. I wouldnt use it I think

[@ramonamirzinkeviciene9887]

The emotions conveyed in the cinematic sequence , really touches the heart. Bravo

[@AlexArrigoni71]

Hi, thanks for your videos. This is huge because people often don’t get that shooting at 24 FPS makes no sense nowadays just because all of our screens, even in theatre, are set to 30/60 Hz, all over the world. 24 FPS were used in analog cinema just to save film roll. Oh and with Final Cut Camera App 1.1 you can shoot LOG HECV now 😊

[@pvp_bmx]

adding motion blur is truly the secret sauce! But you can actually do it already in the Davinci Color tab - there is is an effect called Motion Blur and if you play with it a little bit, it works just as good in my opinion! great video btw

[@MissMoffet19]

Nice video❤ For me the most important thing is the lack of sharpening in the pro res. I have regular iPhone and can't turn it off. It's just ridiculous that they didn't put that in the settings because let's be honest shooting on pro res isn't a requirement for the sharpening to be turned off but they made it this way to lure people to buy more expensive device but still it's ridiculous because even if you have pro version you'd want to turned it off without recording in heavy pro res. With sharpening image looks shite. Especially frustrating when raws from that camera look great

[@XC999_Akainu]

I am glad Landon says the same thing about 4K 30fps. I feel the same, 24fps just feels choppy to me.

[@fluttershypi]

saving this for when i go to europe next year!! im so excited to be able to take high quality pics and vids with just my phone

[@d.rrel_]

6:46 i like the part about not having to record at midday. it makes sense. shooting from the opposite direction the sun if coming from is also new to me 8:30 also great points about movement vs static shots. will be useful for trips!

[@klingon1001]

This is brilliant, I've been searching for something like this for ages, thank you

[@sleepydumplingart]

I'm so glad you talked about motivated camera movement. Thanks for the video, it's been super helpful!

[@RiverHeights]

I'm planning on getting a 15 pro, and wanted to start vlogging like a movie. This is what I needed. Love the way this video was edited

[@IlyaYeromenko-p7c]

Simply the best video on how to shoot on IPhone on YT, thank you!

[@Ccrytzz]

That is one of the best video I’ve seen shot from a smartphone

[@zalsify]

This s the best tutorial shot on iphone, thanks Landon.. I’ll save anyway

[@TheRowdTrip]

Wow, this is what I needed! I was sitting here trying to asses what I need to do to take my videos to the next level and your video came across my timeline. Thank you, thank you, thank you! SUBSCRIBED!

[@sn1p3r847]

It's funny, when I was watching the video at the start, the POV on the swings I could tell RSMB was being used because after years of using it, you start to notice the artifacts of it quickly. Obviously anyone who doesn't know about the plugin won't pick up on it, but I definitely had a feeling it was being used here.

[@PositivitysDust]

Love it! Can't wait make memories with my 15PM as well. (Just bought it) Thanks for the tips! 🥰

[@DaDaytripper]

Just bought a vnd filter for my iphone and then I watched this 😅. I’m ready to ditch it for RSMB. Makes life so much easier. Thank you so much!

[@gregjoblove672]

The reason you mention at 6:30 the 2x and 5x being muddy at close distances is because it is just digitally zooming on the 1x lens. The 2x always does this, and the 5x has a further minimum focus distance. The 5x uses the true optical 5x lens when focusing on further objects and looks much better.

[@AltaCine4k]

Although all of this is amazing... your framerate control is the shining example of good editing here

Nice to see your ears in full detail, as the focus point is there...

[@IrfaanAllyShawh]

Okay I honestly didn’t want that intro to end 😭

[@EliezerRoqueCisneros]

subbed just for this type of content: making magic with simple things

[@brianmcdonnell2466]

Great video. Have barely used my Sony a7iii since getting the iphone 15 pro. I do love using Cinematic mode when I have subjects though. I switched to FCPX and the ability to switch focus during edits is great.

[@TRUEFACTSMMA]

Really good quality of video! Hope to see you in the next one! Good luck in your journey!

[@Gordonbanksapp]

Good stuff. The cinematic caged iPhones with all the add-ons is really over the top and kills the fits in your pocket camera beauty.

[@passarinhofotoefilme2530]

Man... you've got an alive little action figure of yourself, Landon! Ah... nice content! Thank you!

[@lfcruzsierra]

Nice Video, for those that can't afford RSMB, there's a Motion Blur Simulation inside Davinci, might not be as good but it works and it's waaaay faster.

[@jtthorn]

That Intro gave me all kinds of feelings. Incredible stuff, Landon!

[@ThisIsDisneyLife]

This is really helpful. I was just in Disney World and mostly used my phone because it’s a pain to pull out the big camera every time. It’s so nice to watch practical videos like this, because sometimes the only camera you have is the phone in your pocket. My regrets from my last trip though was doing 4k 24fps…the footage is so jittery. So frustrating. As well, I don’t know if my phone is glitchy, or what, but sometimes I find that it wants to switch which lens it is using…I don’t know if anyone else has run into that problem, or if it’s just me. Also, if anyone knows how to stop the light reflections from ruining all the night shots, that would be great! Anyways, thanks again for the video! It’s really helpful.

[@colorless3560]

really great walk through!!! not just talking about technical but through experience! thanks! saving this

[@notwoez]

instead of buying rsmb you can add motion blur through davinci (free) btw, in fusion add two nodes, optical flow and vector motion blur. Davinci resolve studio you can add just motion blur in the edit or fusion page (I'd also still recommend optical flow)

[@fyoghome]

Thank you so much for this. I don't have a professional camera yet so the iPhone is what I'm working with in the meantime. Excited to make it work!

[@pinzino8638]

Fourth step: buy an iphone 15 pro max

[@chukwuemeka_agu]

😂😂

[@PepsiCat321]

With a Terabyte of storage for all the storage needed to shoot in RAW

[@Maxx996]

will it work for iphone 11

[@stupidnb7]

😅

[@asadfarraj]

I do this on a regular android phone. The filming techniques and colour grading is where it's at. It's just that if your device can't shoot well in the night or evenings, you'll have to do that in the daytime.

[@CoachSherri]

Great tips. I totally was following along with my phone. Thank you

[@4thechelonx]

Thank you for this info. I can use it at Disney since we go often me and my wife. Great filing tips..

[@Jenniesvisualdiary]

Just discovered my camera settings was wrong after watching this video, all set now 👍🏻

[@dawqu7108]

Holy... the intro was soo good that I taught it was an add and was looking for a skip button hah

[@marc-xw6yq]

the result is truly amazing, great work

[@nagarjunakolli]

Thank you so much for the free assets. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@internisus]

I'm just learning about shooting video with my phone for the first time, and this is by far the most useful video I have come across yet. The main thing I'm left wondering though is how the camera movement is all so smooth, even while following a fast-moving subject. Also, for some reason I see judder in this video's playback; is that just me? It's especially noticeable and consistently present with the train shot that provides the RSMB before-and-after example.

[@cweb1988]

It's amazing to be able to have good, editable footage from Iphones finally. Once they make the ultra wide the same quality as the main camera.....it's gonna be really amazing. Seems like an ND filter is totally necessary though.

[@JustinDangerpants]

This is a great video. I knew a few of the things covered but learned a lot. Simple things that really makes a huge difference.

[@TimothiusMartin]

Can’t believe this tutorial is free. Thank you!

[@prodbyrt1956]

pls make a video on regular iphones too.. cause max ppl use a regular iphone and taking cinematic shots on regular iphone seems crazy

[@SoloFinau]

Oh man, that RSMB is such a God-send. I was wondering how you got motion blur straight out of camera without NDs! Incredible!

[@jej3films]

That's some of the best iPhone footage I've seen! Killer job with the edit 🙌

[@juenixthelostboy]

Okay i must say this iphone footage looks good, but you can't put a 30fps Clip in to a 24 fps timeline without reducing the speet to 80% cause the framrates dosen't match and you can acually see it in your video you got some Lagging it's because every 1.25 frame get processed wich means there will be on frame in probably a second that get processed twice so you see it longer than the ohter frames and that causes the lagging

[@patrickk908]

Thanks for the info! Never thought of it but makes sense

[@syahss8630]

So it’s better to record in 24fps?

[@juenixthelostboy]

​@@syahss8630 yes if you have 24p timeline you should record in 24fps or for slow mo 48/96 ect. The same with 25p and 30p this produces the best looking image

[@fabrizioroscini]

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed. Pretty basic stuff tbh, seems nobody has eyes anymore.

[@juenixthelostboy]

@@fabrizioroscini Yes, it's true, for example in a 3D cinema, when you take off the 3D glasses, everyone says it's blurry without the glasses, but you only see two images at the same time because the two different images for each eye are not polarized , so you can see them with both eyes, so it's like you're drunk, but I don't understand why people can't see that there are only two pictures and nothing is blurry

[@bakkesb1863]

This is insanely good video! Thank you so much for this inspiration and all the advices you shared with us!

[@Joe-ij6of]

Came here from Part Time Video Spammer... this channel is so much better!

[@JJ_Hernandez]

That video was a little too good especially for iphone! Well done 👏

[@NourryAymeric]

What you’re telling is mostly true, one big mistake you’ve given is to choose « most compatible » format ! It’s a very unwise advice since it will provide a better image especially in the high lights environment and this by taking less storage on the iPhone ! The only reason to chose « most compatible » is if you’re OS or software is really old ! H.265 is kind of common now, it’s compatible with Windows 10 or later, macOS since 2017 and all the professional video editing tools are capable of editing such rushes and that for years now (FinalCut Pro was in 2017, Premiere Pro was in 2015) ! The rest of the video is a gem, thanks for it !

[@Dstick1Spearfishing]

Great info and video, cheers for sharing it! Stay safe, have fun! 👍😁

[@danielh7624]

So good. It looks and feels incredible. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@michelangeloboldri9893]

That RSMB tip really is something. It still doesn't look like something shot at proper shutter speeds but when you mentioned just using the camera app I was really weirded out about that motion blur. Nice.

[@michelangeloboldri9893]

Also, I'm still on iphone 11 ( still a beast) and I think that a lot of the stuff here applies. There's no log but that does not mean that you cannot work with it.

[@morganhodges25]

can we just appreciate how good landon's new setup actually looks....the color...the lighting...backround...just...wow @landonbyetheway

[@goodluckwijesooriya2434]

Full time filmmaker awesome❤ Don't stop🥺

[@ClaudioVideoEdit]

This insights are just the incredibly valuable 😲

[@NoItGrl]

Best breakdown. Definitely would watch a series on this topic. Thank you sm!

[@JosephBuenen]

Bro loved it! Best video I’ve seen all year haha, nice work man

[@littlegsaguleid9907]

best video , since last month

[@DojoFromYT]

The Florida Project Vibes

[@Singhk47]

can you make a detailed colour grading tutorial please

[@joshdiditt]

Can you do a video of editing behind the scenes? Those videos help alot.

[@lexxieb787]

Push in, push out, and tracking the subject is very helpful advice. Thank you.

[@thegrizz__]

INCREDIBLE RESULTS

[@robertjackson8790]

Love what you are doing with the channel bro! And I really appreciate that 30 FPS tip because 24 was not working on the iPhone

[@jayceea3056]

This is so amazing, I really thought you were using an ND filter for your iPhone to get that smooth feel of the video.

[@Princeunique4life]

Thanks for sharing the tips. I’m going to deftly try them out. I’ll let you know how it works out.

[@LolaIzKola]

Most (and only ) important step : Content

[@clovercoporation]

Very informative, thx for the tips.

[@norgerichard]

Very good Landon . Your KZbin videos are getting better

[@giacomotognoni9865]

What a master you are. Missing walbeck but you are better

[@nikachachua5712]

first time I'm watching you, you deserve subscribe, I love you for this, thanks

[@discovernhe]

I just participated in making videos and it's great, I learned many things in this video, thank you for sharing. 👍

[@hmr9990]

Insane quality, congratulations!

[@theasianwhiteguy1]

Amazing, cant wait to see you do stuff with the 16th

[@yuridavy]

6:25 you are somewhat incorrect here saying that 2x is not looking as good as 1x. 2x is simply cropping of the main 1x sensor from 48mpx to 24mpx. Yes, you can get a very slight bit of extra noise as you are averaging over fewer pixels to downsample to 4k, but with a good amount of light it should be irrelevant in practice. 24mpx is plenty to work with.

[@inwinben4234]

Literally a usefull video except other iphone filming videos

[@WwkeshathebestwW]

Please more videos with iPhone, it would be great how to shoot cinematic food videos!!!

[@UN7X]

I heard the first few seconds of the song and immediately recognized it, bringing back so many memories of listening to Utah D: (Ps: it’s either Obvious (Remix) by Utah or one of the alternate or original versions Obvious by CHPTRS)

[@ohbaddestxb]

This is awesome!!! Thank you so much!

[@kadenkelsch4487]

That photo at 7:03 cracked me up.

[@googleone5867]

That RSMB is quite an eye-opener

[@Dan_photo]

This was great! Thanks.

[@p3d3stri4n]

thank you soooo much!!

[@harshmistry7226]

Hey man i know giving away hrs and hrs of your work wasn't a easy decision to make, appreciate the assistance provided to us keep up the good work man👍

[@iiiKomi_Korneriii]

I’ve been really wanting to make a disney video based from my iPhone. But my quality probably won’t look as good as this. I’ll have to try as much as i can with the settings to improve my quality! I have a iPhone 14 Pro Max. Though i was supposed to have a iphone 15 pro- but hopefully the settings can be similar! Thank you for a great video. I really thought it was a disney advertisement!