Filmmaker Sean Baker has recently shared how he made his film "Tangerine," which debuted at Sundance Film Festival.
In a recent interview with Macworld, Baker said shooting "Tangerine" on an iPhone started as a financial decision as they were stuck with a very tight budget, and he was exploring various options.
Baker came across a Vimeo channel that focused on iPhone experiments and he was very impressed. He explained, "The iPhone 5s made it to a point where the camera was better, the resolution was up there. This anamorphic adapter told me it could be elevated to a cinematic level."
Currently, the iPhone 6 Plus camera, which has an 8-megapixel sensor, and the Galaxy Note 5, which has a 16-megapixel sensor, are the best ones on the market, according to Business Insider.
According to Baker, viewers are used to having a shallow depth of field but there is basically a very extremely deep depth of field when shooting a film on an iPhone because of its small lens.
Also, Baker revealed that they treated "Tangerine" in post-production and oversaturated the colors for aesthetic purposes. He explained that using the iPhone in conjunction with the Filmic Pro app, the resolution is HD quality and the required quality and the resolution are already there.
In terms of the workflow, there were no disadvantages when it comes to shooting a film on an iPhone, according to Baker. He shared, "Once we got the footage off the iPhone at night in iTunes, we'd back up our raw files and transcode it so it was easier to edit in Final Cut Pro."