What's Your Opinion For Music Videos Shot On iPhone?

[RAMROD 104,076]

Shot on iPhone 11

 

 

Shot on iPhone 11 Pro

 

 

Shot on iPhone 14

 

 

 

Shot on 15 Pro

 

 

 

Shot on 16 Pro

 

 

Yes, it is marketing gimmick. Of course it helps that iPhone's camera actually legitimately good for recording videos. But there are still more than meets the eyes. So what do you think of the result? 

[Flippy 11,533]

Wait till I release my music video shot on my iPhone

[River 104,740]

a lot of work in the editing room

I have the 15 pro and it's not the same. it's amazing not gonna lie, but it's not professional and how they advertise it in these music videos.

[ssslyboy 3,273]

iPhones are fine for filming a music video.  Great directing, lighting, cinematography, costumes, choreography etc can make iphone footage stunning.

Edit: Oh yeah the editing makes a huge difference.  I'm an editor, I should've said that first lol

Edited September 10 by ssslyboy

[Reject False Icons 4,624]

I think they age very quickly, they release a better camera every year and by phone standards a 4 y.o. phone is almost obsolete 

The aging depends on the artistic direction but Gaga’s video has aged the worst idk if the coloring is to blame but some parts look very plain and yellowish compared to the photos bts 

 

[nATAH 42,197]

just a marketing gimmick that gets all dolled up in post production

[Juanlittlem 41,504]

If it aint gonna do something that you cant do with a regular camera then I dont see the point of using it. You cant tell me Stupid Love couldnt be recorded with a regular camera. You're gonna end up editing so much stuff anyways so I dont get it.

[Taylucifer 5,061]

it's a fun marketing gimmick so no real issue but it can leave music videos looking flat as iPhones don't have that same depth of field as a pro camera 

[Gorehound 3,648]

Imo you can film a great music video on any device, professional or amateur. It all depends on how imaginative and creative you get with it. I've seen so many cool ads and reels on instagram all done on phone cameras and some are actually mind blowing with all the sick effects and filming tricks people use. 

I also think it's a cool breakaway from the tradition of having a typical glossy HQ big budget music video, and it helps inspire budding filmmakers to get creative with what they can, especially if they can't afford expensive equipment.  

 

The reason I dislike the Stupid Love music video isn't because it was shot on iphone, but because they didn't do anything interesting or visually exciting with it, either with the filming or the post production.

Edited September 10 by Gorehound

[gagzus 14,458]

It’s a bit of a marketing con if you ask me, because a lot of this implies it’s shot on a single iPhone but in the BTS from SL they had like 20 iPhones to shoot it.

[Auther 22,061]

[Vengaboy 1,183]

They can shoot it on a Nintendo DS for all I care. The quality of a music video depends on how well written it is and whether the songs is good, not the camera used to film it. The same way you don't need a fancy DSLR to take a good photo as long as you know what you're doing.

Of course it's obvious that an iPhone itself won't be able to produce those images. Rigs, lights, post-production, etc is all needed. It's not coming out of your camera roll looking like that. But either way it's incredible that all those videos are filmed using a normal phone.

[bionic 41,756]

they should have to show us the raw footage. your average person will never replicate the editing

[Lextyr97 18,927]

Stupid. Just like Stupid Love

[Gardevoir 9,632]

I remember that I didn’t understand the fuss about the Stupid Love MV being filmed on iPhone, cause it looked great when I was watching it on YouTube, but I saw it on MTV on big TV and the quality was really blurry and pixely. I don’t know if that’s the case or they just played lower quality version or something.