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- As iPhone’s camera quality improves, many directors are using them to create films.
- The Oscar-winning documentary, “Searching for Sugar Man” was partially shot using an iPhone app.
- “Unsane” and “Tangerine” were two other highly successful films, despite being shot on an iPhone.
As each new iPhone offers increasingly complex photography capabilities, filmmakers are beginning to recognize the Apple device as a legitimate medium.
From the Steven Soderbergh drama, “Unsane,” starring Claire Foy, to the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man,” here is a list of feature films and shorts shot either partially or entirely with iPhones.
“Unsane”
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“Unsane,” starring Claire Foy, follows a woman who is convinced she has a stalker, but later comes to question her own sanity when she is admitted to a mental institution against her will. Director Soderbergh’s crew shot the entire medical thriller using an iPhone 7 Plus. It’s not the first time Soderbergh has experimented with formats and platforms: 2002’s “Full Frontal” was shot on a Canon prosumer digital video camera, while 2005’s “Bubble” was the first film to be released simultaneously in theaters and on VOD.
“Unsane” hits theaters March 23.
“Tangerine”
Magnolia Pictures
Sean Baker’s “Tangerine,” stars Kitana Kiki Rodriguez as Sin-Dee, a trans sex worker who sets out on a rampage through Los Angeles after learning a pimp has cheated on her. Baker’s crew shot the entire 2015 film using three iPhone 5S devices, with additional photography from an anamorphic clip-on lens, an app, and Steadicam Smoothee Mounts. Baker upsized to 35mm for his recent “The Florida Project.”
“9 Rides”
Cherry Entertainment
Director Matthew A. Cherry shot his 2017 feature film about an Uber driver who gets life-changing news on New Year’s Eve using an iPhone 6s. He engages with nine different sets of passengers over the course of the night. The film’s include stars Dorian Missick, Omar Dorsey, Robinne Lee, Xosha Roquemore, Amin Joseph and Skye P. Marshall.
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