While the iPhone has always been on the side of videographers thanks to its impressive hardware quality, its use in Danny Boyle’s next blockbuster allows it to combine technicality and artistic vision.
And 28 days later Danny Boyle’s film partly used a consumer camcorder, its sequel 28 years later uses an iPhone 15 for its part, offering images that combine quality and respect the artistic vision of the director.
A coherent artistic choice
This is not the first time that Apple has dabbled in the world of cinema. In 2017, Michel Gondry filmed a short film with the iPhone 7 to show off its capabilities. Since then, Apple has continued to communicate about the material quality of its lenses, adopting various features used in the film industry to attract professionals. Here, with 28 years laterDanny Boyle follows an artistic vision developed in 28 days later. Wired reports that the 2002 film used a Canon XL-1, a consumer camcorder that recorded in MiniDV. The iPhone makes perfect sense here.
A professional camera
Wired confirms to us through several people connected to the film that the model used on the set was the iPhone 15 Pro Max, equipped with accessories such as cages and telephoto lenses. If the iPhone 15 was used as the main camera, it is thanks to its filming skills. Indeed, the smartphone offers ProRes recording possibilities with advanced color management while adopting a 4K resolution.
ProRes is a video codec from Apple, released in 2007 and widely adopted by video and film professionals. This codec will also be found on the upcoming iPhone 16 Pro.
In addition to using the iPhone 15 Pro Max as the main camera, some scenes from 28 years later were reportedly shot with action cameras attached to farm animals. A film that is resolutely of its era.
Source: www.frandroid.com
