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Technology With Stunning Visuals You Wouldn’t Guess This Film Was Shot on a Smartphone

Let’s first get over the fact that much of this could very well be a ploy to raise money in order to be the first independently financed film to reach the big screen. Now we can focus on how cool it is that this film — “Olive” — was shot entirely on a smartphone.

Yes, they made adjustments to improve film quality and achieve smoother production, but they also overcame some interesting barriers, like, for example, that the filmographers saw an upside down image on the smartphone screen while filming.

Check out some of the behind-the-scenes technical aspects of filming:

As PC World points out, traditional movie cameras and DSLRs are expensive so a smartphone may be a good option for indie filmmakers. PC World reports that the film was shot with a Nokia N8 with some other additions:

The Nokia N8 was the last hurrah for Nokia’s Symbian-powered phones. The phone also featured a more notable 12-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss glass that could record 720p video. [...] The sharp depth-of-field might just be the lenses doing their work; but all that great light, color, and detail are all the smartphone camera sensor’s doing.

The smartphone sure achieves that indie film feel without looking like it was shot on a device that moms use to capture every little thing their children do so they can then post it on Facebook.

Here is the first five minutes of “Olive”:

Corrections have been made to this story since its original posting. 

Comments (7)

  • einmanronn
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  • zerohour
    Posted on December 1, 2011 at 2:24pm

    Both the acting and editing are terrible in that 5 minute preview.

    The phone is attached to so much gear, it is misleading to showcase this ‘film’ as exclusively shot on the phone.

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  • ensoniqdude
    Posted on December 1, 2011 at 1:51pm

    The cell phone was used only as the recording medium. If you watch the first video you’ll see its attached to theatric quality lenses, dollies, handrigs, etc. Hardly the kind of stuff a “…mom uses to capture everything her child does”.

    Looking at the credits in the second video, these folks weren’t just sitting around saying, “lets make a movie!”. I doubt many indie filmakers could afford Skywalker Studios assisting in the production.

    Minor point as a motorcyclist – it seems ironic that they have a Russian motorcycle with and American flag on one side and the little girl wearing a copy of a WW2 German helmet. (If you know the history of the Ural you’ll understand the irony.)

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  • skitrees
    Posted on December 1, 2011 at 1:01pm

    Tom:

    Your response was extremely pointed and rude. Is the author an employee of yours? If you don’t like the product, then maybe you shouldn’t use the product.

    It might also be prudent for you to review the first two sentences you offered. “They pay you to write,” is a statement. To add a sense of incredulity to the statement, both a question mark and exclamation point should be used. Also, a noun cannot be “for real,“ any more than it can be ”for fake.” Something is either real, or it is not real. Your first sentence is incomplete.

    I make spelling and grammar mistakes ALL THE TIME, but I try to improve. I don’t speak down towards others who mess up. However, it does irritate me when people become rude and pompous over simple mistakes.

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  • theothertoolbox
    Posted on December 1, 2011 at 8:33am

    As a part-time professional photographer for over 15 years I have been asked many times “That photo is cool. What type of camera did you use to shoot that photo?”. My response has always been: “You don’t ask a baker what kind of oven he used to bake that delicious cake, do you?” It is not about the equipment much at all. It is the eye that sets up the shots and pulls the release. I have seen photographers with simple cameras who are talented artists. And I have seen photographers with the best of equipment who couldn’t shoot a photo of a white wall. (More difficult than you would think.) So I think it is fantastic that these artists used a simple device to make beautiful moving pictures. I can hardly wait to see the whole thing.

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  • opnsrcsurvival
    Posted on December 1, 2011 at 7:47am

    what Tom said x2

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  • TOMSERVO
    Posted on November 30, 2011 at 7:39pm

    “And it sure achieves that indy film feel without looking like it was actually shot on a device that moms us to capture every little thing they’re children do so they can post it on Facebook.”

    This cannot be for real. They pay you to write? First of all, this is not a complete sentence. It should be “indie,“ not ”indy.“ Should be ”use,“ not ”us.“ Should be ”their,“ not ”they’re.”

    Please re-do your work and try again. Thank you.

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