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14. "I Grow Trains in My Garden"

by Michael Koerbel

4 months ago

13. Apple of My Eye (original iPhone 4 film)

by Michael Koerbel

4 months ago

12. Porsche - "It's A Magical Life" (behind the scenes)

by Michael Koerbel

4 months ago

11. Porsche - "It's A Magical Life"

by Michael Koerbel

5 months ago

10. MASTERPIECE PROMO

by Michael Koerbel

8 months ago

9. In Captivity - TRAILER

by Michael Koerbel

11 months ago

8. Picture This - MUSIC VIDEO

by Michael Koerbel

2 years ago

7. Apple of My Eye - IPHONE 4 FILM

by Michael Koerbel

2 years ago

6. In Captivity - SHORT FILM

by Michael Koerbel

2 years ago

5. Son of a Don - TRAILER

by Michael Koerbel

2 years ago

4. Empty - SHORT FILM

by Michael Koerbel

3 years ago

3. Butter Not Forget - COMMERCIAL

by Michael Koerbel

3 years ago

2. Digital Cribs - COMMERCIAL

by Michael Koerbel

3 years ago

1. Reset - SHORT FILM

by Michael Koerbel

3 years ago

Shot and edited entirely on the iPhone 4 / iMovie App (in 48 hours).

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Read some of the press about APPLE OF MY EYE:

TheNextWeb - "Did Apple Redefine Photography with the iPhone?"
thenextweb.com/apple/2011/12/12/did-apple-redefine-photography-with-the-iphone/

AppStorm - "Is The iPhone Ruining Film and Photography?"
iphone.appstorm.net/general/hardware-news/is-the-iphone-is-ruining-film-and-photography/

Reelz Channel HOLLYWOOD DAILIES Interview
reelzchannel.com/trailer-clips/49450/apple-of-my-eye-interview

CNN - "A new 'indie' genre: iPhone 4 filmmaking"
cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/08/10/iphone.imovie.indie/index.html?hpt=T2

CNET - "iPhone 4 video embodies new-tech aesthetic"
m.news.com/2166-12_3-20009278-264.html

San Francisco Chronicle - "Mobile devices expanding creativity"
articles.sfgate.com/2010-07-10/business/21978092_1_iphone-ipad-apple-s-app-store

USA Today - "Shooting and Editing Travel Videos In the iPhone"
travel.usatoday.com/destinations/dispatches/post/2010/07/wish-you-were-here-shooting-and-editing-travel-videos-in-the-iphone4/99957/1

Sacramento News 13 Segment
asilocal.com/media/sacramento-news-13.mov

Sacramento News 10 Segment
asilocal.com/media/sacramento-news-10.mov

The iOScars - "Apple of My Eye Inspires iOScars"
theioscars.com/about

MacRumors - "Short Film Shot and Edited Entirely on iPhone4"
macrumors.com/iphone/2010/06/29/short-film-shot-and-edited-entirely-on-iphone-4/

MacDailyNews - "Short film shot and edited with iMovie on iPhone 4"
macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/25823/

TUAW - "Video shot and edited entirely on an iPhone 4"
tuaw.com/2010/06/29/video-shot-and-edited-entirely-on-an-iphone-4/

Notebook - "iMovie for the iPhone 4: Details and Review"
notebooks.com/2010/07/02/imovie-for-the-iphone-4-details-and-review/

PSFK - "iOscars Celebrates Mobile Filmmaking"
psfk.com/2010/07/ioscars-celebrates-mobile-filmmaking.html

The Observer News - "Moving Pictures That Will Move You"
theobservernews.com/news/observing-the-web/448-moving-pictures-that-will-move-you.html

Permission To Suck Blog - "Equipment Doesn’t Matter; iPhone Movies & Michael Koerbel"
permissiontosuck.net/iphone-movies/

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Directed by Michael Koerbel
Written by Anna Elizabeth James and Michael Koerbel
Executive Produced by Anna Elizabeth James
Produced by Eric Edmonds and Rebekah Koerbel
Photographed by Michael Koerbel
Edited by Anna Elizabeth James
Production Design by Leigh Koerbel
Original Score Composed and Conducted by Corey Wallace

Starring Greta Charness and Timothy Guest

Special thanks to
Allied Model Trains, Culver City, CA
Birns & Sawyer, Burbank, CA
Michael Rogers
Greta's Parents

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In loving memory of Leigh Koerbel
February 28, 1950 - September 27, 2010

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Credits

Michael Koerbel
Director / Co-Writer
Eric Edmonds
Producer
Anna Elizabeth James
Co-Writer / Editor
leigh koerbel
Production Designer / Train Conducter
Timothy Guest
Actor (Grandfather)
Rebekah Koerbel
Producer
Majek Pictures
Production Company

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Pat Sullivan 2 years ago

wow, amazing quality! excellent job.
Brian G 2 years ago

Mike, that was awesome! How did you/ or did you mount the phone for the fly-bys?

Love the phone, I see you're getting good use of it too!
Michael Koerbel 2 years ago

We're going to release a full behind the scenes video in a few days ... we had to get really creative. :)
Brian G 2 years ago

I'm glad you delete that post by that TOOL! It had me heated for like 3 hrs. NOT the appropriate forum for posting your opinions on the hardware.

Great job, love the "behind the scenes" =)
Timothy Guest 2 years ago

Your secrets of iPhone movies and how to get actors to work for free are safe with me.
Daniel Hayek 2 years ago

ha ha!
wesley clouden 2 years ago

#classic
Theodore Mackel 2 years ago

Thanks for helping these guys!
Mryorkielover 2 years ago

nicely done...i was wondering who was going to do this first....now we know
FLF Films 2 years ago

Very cool... Though not sure how you recorded the clear dialogue and sound mixed...
Michael Koerbel 2 years ago

ADR recorded on the iPhone in a closed car, then clips were extracted and added and mixed with the score track prior to syncing in iTunes and putting back onto the iPhone to be used in iMovie ... it took us a bit to figure it out, but it worked.
Brett B 2 years ago

So it wasn't done entirely on the iPhone then?
dunkwun 2 years ago

haha.. everything he just described was done on the iphone... so it probably means everything was entirely done on the iphone...
Danny Lyon 2 years ago

Not really, it's says they had to taken off the iphone and brought back on to be used in iMovie. So it wasn't all done on the iPhone.
Dylan Pine 2 years ago

He means iMovie for iPhone. See: apple.com/iphone/features/imovie.html
iamkalaniprince 2 years ago

damn, that was insanely clean : ) love the caboose-cam, super creative... well done !

Love and Aloha, iamKP-
FLF Films 2 years ago

Quite a challenge! THat seems to be the tough part about the imovie app.. the sound portion. Well done!!! Amazing.
Michael Koerbel 2 years ago

yeah, audio is the tough part ... we couldn't figure out how to trim the audio clip at all ... we spent awhile doing it, then realized ... "well we ARE doing this on a phone." haha.
Ralph Helm 2 years ago

Clap-Clap-Clap-Clap-(tear)-Clap-Clap-Clap
Deborah Szajngarten 2 years ago

That is fantastic!
Martin Teschner 2 years ago

really good work!
simply love it!
James Smith 2 years ago

This is really beautiful. Keep up the amazing work and can't wait to see the behind the scenes
pixites 2 years ago

omg, I so detest my decision to get me a N900;)
The Film Artist 2 years ago

Well done Michael, it's magical! I've added it to our vimeo.com/channels/worldhd & vimeo.com/groups/iphonehd vimeo.com/channels/iphonehd :)
Roman Keller 2 years ago

Wow amazing !
chang hyuk choi 2 years ago

awesome!!!
Aztech Productions 2 years ago

My jaw dropped on a few of these shots, this is crazy what you did with this new iphone
Fabrizio Caligiuri 2 years ago

great results! beautiful
skratchworx 2 years ago

Does the iPhone 4 come with skills? There's a heap of knowledge in that film that no smartphone can give you.

Very impressive stuff. I'm inspired.
Michael Nease 2 years ago

impressive!
Matt Schwarz 2 years ago

This blew my mind, you should try making some more with just the phone!
Remy Choquet 2 years ago

I'll sell my 5Dmk2 :-)
Michael Lapp 2 years ago

I was thinking the same thing. Beat me to it :oP
BLK MTN 2 years ago

haha yah right!
Mark Weaver 2 years ago

Why would you sell your 5Dmk2?
LOL
Kyle Roberts 2 years ago

You can see the crane in the window.. .But simply AMAZING! What did you guys do to mount on the iPhone? I created a little case/plate a couple days ago for the iPhone 4!

youtube.com/watch?v=32vjjdO_FXs
Michael Koerbel 2 years ago

This is really cool man. We used some grip equipment to rig it up ... your setup is AWESOME though. We're going to release our behind the scenes video in a day or two, but our rig isn't nearly as slick as your's.
Kyle Roberts 2 years ago

Hey whatever works right!? I'm shooting a music video with it tomorrow night and I'll try to crank it out ASAP! Keep in touch!
Kyle Roberts 2 years ago

HERE IS OUR MUSIC VIDEO WE SHOT with the iPhone 4!
from the time we started shooting till I wrapped up cutting it at 7am this morning it was only 13 hours for pumping it out there:)

youtube.com/watch?v=IED2P_tBlaw
Hawaii 24/7 2 years ago

Looks like a Manfrotto (Bogen) Magic Arm and Super Clamp system in the movie. With a little high visibility paint added on the Super Clamp.

And you gotta be careful with the Super Clamp, it'll crush the iPhone like a peanut shell if over tightened.
Antonio Rosario 2 years ago

Wonderful. Nice little story. Great use of great tools.
Gastón Gordon 2 years ago

I like the way you make use of the iPhone's size to get those shots.
Waiting for the Behind the scenes..
Great Work!
johncpiercy 2 years ago

standing applause
Manfred Ruetten 2 years ago

Great Work!
Olivier Sentucq 2 years ago

wow
William K. 2 years ago

Nice.. i tried to do one too. Film of a nice week end i did.

vimeo.com/12900295
Michael Koerbel 2 years ago

Nice choice of venue for your's ... I shot mine in 115 degree Arizona heat ... :(
Andrew Lovett-Barron 2 years ago

Really impressive, sold me on the 4 (apart from the fact that my 3GS is less than a year out of the box). The audio quality is still low in terms of noise, but you did an incredible job with the whole thing considering, and a serious testament to the versitility of the iphone in the hands of someone skilled. Might suggest using Fire for audio recording, though unsure how that would work with the iMovie app (which I'm assuming you used).

Look forward to seeing more!
Matthew Fredrick 2 years ago

Inspiring me to do some films with my iphone 4
Ged Maheux 2 years ago

Nice work! Did you use a tripod for the close-ups? The shots seem *really* steady for a hand-held camera phone.

Nevermind, see above how it was done. Nice.
Sullys Rants 2 years ago

Clapping...
Jedd Goble 2 years ago

Excellent job.
Bill Biwer 2 years ago

Love this. Just got my 4, can't wait to get out and shoot some video and test out iMovie.
J Peyton Spencer 2 years ago

Beautiful. Please do more!
ILYA Leoshko 2 years ago

Очень хорошая работа! Спасибо!
Moayad Hassan 2 years ago

The train mounted shots are just brilliant, an excellent use of the characteristics of the iPhone itself.

I hope you bought the girls another ice cream which she can enjoy naturally :p
Jiho Lee 2 years ago

Oh~ Awesome!!!!
Ben Buttigieg 2 years ago

Awesome. Seriously impressive.
John White 2 years ago

The camera man is skillful, the color is nice. The 5 mega pixel camera is really awesome.

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Randy Cantrell 2 years ago

One word: REMARKABLE.
Pablo Vivas 2 years ago

Awesome, great work
Anthony David 2 years ago

awesome colors!
Boback Shahsafdari 2 years ago

Really nice work, very special. You'll be hearing from Apple very soon I am sure.
Eric Buist 2 years ago

nice work, it is impressive that a phone can do this, but just because it can do it does not mean you should. I am guessing you could have shot the same film with almost any other camera and came out with just as good of a result. Must have been a pain for post though!
Chris Tompkins 2 years ago

Don't be retarded. There are plenty of great applications for this like journalism and interviewing. Just because someone has better equipment doesn't mean their work is better. This is a proof of concept that shows a phone can give you the video quality of a 5 year old prosomeer dv cam.
Eric Buist 2 years ago

You are right, I am a retard. Thank-you.

This camera is very cool. I am impressed by the film. Now I want you to tell me that the film would look worse on a higher end camera... go.
Darrin Pilkington 2 years ago

That was awesome. It is that type of work that is possible that makes me want to pick one up tomorrow. But I keep hearing about back glass shattering, etc and get scared like a little girl. Haha.

Question to anyone reading this. Does your HD video play back a bit glitchy in here or is it just me?

Great job.
tur tle 2 years ago

It was a tad glitchy on me in flash, but i hit the switch to html5 button and it was smooth sailing. hate it when evidence piles up...
Samuel j Hutchinson 2 years ago

Wow. Looks amazing.
Karel Segers 2 years ago

I hear Peter Jackson has just ordered 24,000 iPhones.
Caleb Slain 2 years ago

Hahaha...
alessandro dias 2 years ago

As you can see above from all comments, that's a really amazing job!! Can't believe a phone could do that untill now! Great! As the others I'm really waiting to see behind the scenes!
Jabari Clarke-Pennegan 2 years ago

Awsome, just absolutely Awsome!
Clark Deal 2 years ago

I am going to go apply at Burger King right now. This is amazing.
Lawrence Chan 2 years ago

Wow it gave me the shivers...in a good way.
Urban Revolver Inc. 2 years ago

So good!!! Best iPhone 4 movie vie seen by far!
Steven Murphy 2 years ago

Outstanding!
8bitdude 2 years ago

Awesomooooo!! super!
Dew User 2 years ago

It's remarkable you were able to do that, with a device that fits in your pocket.
Darrell Pacania 2 years ago

very inspiring!
bill tucker 2 years ago

It's ironic that this flash video cannot be viewed on the device that produced it!
Michael Koerbel 2 years ago

It plays on my iPhone through vimeo ... :(
Stefan Keydel 2 years ago

Plays on my iPhone, as well; good thing Vimeo respect their users enough to offer non-Flash playback.

Nice try, Bill.
bill tucker 2 years ago

I'm a Vimeo newbie & simply noted that it played as Flash on my laptop (after I disengaged ClickToFlash in Safari). Also, makes me want to get into the world of model railroading; see
alliedmodeltrains.com/

where video was shot.
leigh koerbel 2 years ago

I've been into Model Railroading in one form or another for 55 years.
Eric Edmonds 2 years ago

I'm more than a little overwhelmed by all of the amazing comments from everybody. Thank you!
James Boyd 2 years ago

Really like the train-mounted shots. Great job all around.
UpGl 2 years ago

amazing!!!!! Is it possible ?? awesome!!
Charlie McRae 2 years ago

Cool. Not hard to believe at all that it was shot on the iPhone 4.
Charlie McRae 2 years ago

it's all about steady shots.
Fabio Akita 2 years ago

I am most interested in the behind the scenes on how did you figure out a way to stabilize the phone. Did you use a mechanical stabilizer or is iMovie so sofisticated now that it was able to stabilize it by software alone? #congratz
Francois Otis 2 years ago

I have the same interrogation as Fabio. How was it satbilize?

But, it's a Great Movie. Nice Shots too!
leigh koerbel 2 years ago

Three townspeople were enlisted to hold onto the phone from inside the back of the railroad car.
Sotonrich 2 years ago

That was stunning! Can't wait for the behind the scenes.
François Moraud 2 years ago

Hi Michael and your team, I really thank you for this awesome work which is very inspiring. I can't wait for the behind the scenes! Could you tell us how you mixed the sound with the score and after putting it back into the iPhone synchronized it with images in iMovie ?
Guess I won't be able now to resist to get me an iPhone 4 ! Thanks again for the perfect technic and poésie : Art !
Kevin Crossman 2 years ago

This video is nothing short of incredible! Maybe I still a little choked up from Toy Story 3 but I found this incredibly moving. The shots in here are amazing and the quality of the video from the iPhone camera is truly breathtaking.

You guys deserve every bit of applause you're likely to get and if Apple doesn't put this into a commercial or have you come up on stage at the next keynote they're crazy!
Bryan Schiele 2 years ago

How did you upload this? From the iPhone as well?
Brad Roekle 2 years ago

You can't upload directly from the iPhone in HD. You have to export it to the computer and upload it from a web-browser.
Brad Roekle 2 years ago

Are you having trouble exporting videos longer than 3min? Seems as though lots of people are. discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2479632&start=0&tstart=0
Keith Rivers 2 years ago

i never had an issue with the export. i did it through iphoto