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Story : A photographer walks around the woods to take some pictures, when something unexpected happens.

Entirely shot on iPhone 4S.
Editing : Final Cut Pro 7
Grading : Magic Bullet Looks

Photography: Thomas Buthod
Music by Jonathan Helme - Niorgen
Actor: Franck Descombes

Some iphone stabilisation problems we discovered after shooting : vimeo.com/31142215

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  • The Film Artist plus 4 months ago
    A lovely film :) [TFA30]
    Added to
    vimeo.com/channels/iPhoneHD 'iPhone Cinema' Channel
  • mike vaughn 3 months ago
    good!!
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  • Marco Marques 4 months ago
    So good! How you create the old camera viewfinder ??
  • Mael Sevestre plus 3 months ago
    We created a homemade system to fix the iphone. It wasn't really convenient because we couldn't see the screen of the Iphone so we were quite blind. static.flickr.com/6228/6276042028_79677b8f23.jpg
  • Marco Marques 3 months ago
    It worked ;)
  • Arnar Birgisson 3 months ago
    The framing of those shots was a bit strange, but I thought it felt familiar since the viewfinder on those cameras is often upside down or mirrored, so one sometimes moves it in the wrong direction. Intended or not, as you said, it worked.
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  • Danny Maulana plus 4 months ago
    Awesome! Great idea and lovely scoring. Can't believe it shot on iPhone. By the way Mael, please let me put this short film to my blog (dannioo.com). I want to my fellow Indonesian know this film can be real using iPhone. Thank you Mael.
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  • Cosimo Bullo plus 4 months ago
    Absolutely astonishing given the tool. Great acting, feel, music, etc... pardon me, I'm still reeling my jaw off the floor!
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  • Subvice 4 months ago
    Nice Work great attention to details.
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  • Jean-Baptiste Janot 4 months ago
    Super vidéo Maël !
    Je me suis permis un petit post :
    blog.pasqunpeu.fr/framed-de-mael-sevestre/
  • Mael Sevestre plus 4 months ago
    Merci mec !
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  • Sergei Sadoyan 4 months ago
    Super...
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  • chromozome 4 months ago
    Du beau boulot.
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  • vince kemp 4 months ago
    Just awesome...amazing
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  • Faperture 3 months ago
    Amazing!
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  • voytek0k 3 months ago
    I love 2:51==>
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  • Vitùc plus 3 months ago
    bravo !
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  • Jonathan Zamora 3 months ago
    Oh man, great job, really inspiring.
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  • Aron Anderson 3 months ago
    Very nice film and filmed with the iphone. Cant wait to see more.
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  • Thomas Brault 3 months ago
    nice colors, and theme, congratz !
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  • Matthieu COLLE 3 months ago
    Great job, nice shots, perfect music ! Mael, it's always better and better ! Can't wait for the next one !
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  • Adrien C 3 months ago
    amazing job! Bravo pour ce court métrage!
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  • Sergio David 3 months ago
    awesome
    =]
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  • Mael Sevestre plus 3 months ago
    Thank you all of you !
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  • Michael Jesus 3 months ago
    Extra.. Vraiment
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  • Oliver L. SANCHEZ 3 months ago
    Magnifiques images, acteurs, décors et musique! C'est dans la check-list du Monde.fr qu'ils parlent de votre film!
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  • ricchy 3 months ago
    Je trouve l'histoire excellente.
    Après que ce soit filmé avec une RED ou un iphone, on s'en fout.
    Le résultat est là, mais l’appareil pommé s'en sort très bien et tu l'as bien dompté. ;o)
    Que du meilleur pour la suite.
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  • Dag Henning Fjeld 3 months ago
    Nice!
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  • Sean Funcik 3 months ago
    Great short. Unfortunately, on a Twin Lens Reflex camera, the image is reversed, so your right hand would be on the left side and you wouldn't be able to read the text.
  • Mael Sevestre plus 3 months ago
    We flipped the image after shooting. It was really hard to move while shooting because we're no longer used to shoot with a reversed image
  • Sean Funcik 3 months ago
    I see. May have been confusing to keep it reversed.
  • Mael Sevestre plus 3 months ago
    It really was ^^
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  • Mark Fitzsimons 3 months ago
    amazing stuff... you on twitter?
  • Mael Sevestre plus 3 months ago
    Thank you very much ! @MaelSevestre on twitter !
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  • Lauren Michele Stevens 3 months ago
    bravo!
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  • Felix Knabel 3 months ago
    Another great example, that the iPhone camera is awesome!

    great dp work, and great shots with the slider!

    beautiful!
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  • Driftwood plus 3 months ago
    seriously great work.
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  • Bob W. 3 months ago
    Phenomenal.

    Shows again the cardinal importance of a great story, and the irrelevance of the camera itself - of course, coupled with great technique and attention to detail.
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  • Richard Mclaughlin 3 months ago
    I loved it! So creative, sweet - short, but so engaging...true art!
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  • Tedi Barbaro 3 months ago
    pls, song name )
  • pierre gimond 3 months ago
    It's an original composition
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  • Paul Slemmer plus 3 months ago
    Unbelievable. In 2 years almost everyone will have a camera this good attached to the device they use for calling each other.
    As you demonstrate, technology will soon be transparent. Your visual sense and innovation are what made this good, not the camera.
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  • Mosaic in Motion plus 3 months ago
    Beautiful.
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  • Fernando Fanucchi 3 months ago
    great.

    The best photograph is what our eyes see.
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  • tony sephton plus 3 months ago
    Wow beautiful well done
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  • Skirmantas Stankevičius 3 months ago
    Absolutely astonishing! It looks so simple to compile, but it isn't so easy at all. The most important thing is an idea - if you don't have that one, you wont make anything intresting and attractive. So, the idea the most important thing which you've shown to us in the very best way!! Congratulations, author.

    P.S Has Ihpone 4S video camera been improved for a little bit at least, comparing with iPhone 4?

    Thanks, Skirmantas.
  • Manuel Thomas plus 3 months ago
    Yes it has. By a lot.
    apple.com/iphone/built-in-apps/camera.html
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  • Christen Nehmer 3 months ago
    Beautiful.
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  • David Šmíd 3 months ago
    I like this easy short story, nice colours, camera moving...
    Well done! Thank you.
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  • Morgan Estevez 3 months ago
    Genial!!!
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  • Mike Kobal plus 3 months ago
    wow! what a great tale.
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  • Augusto Alves da Silva plus 3 months ago
    Amaaaaziiiing!!!
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  • Daniel Restrepo 3 months ago
    wooooaaa!! its amazing, congrats!
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  • Melanie Firbank 3 months ago
    What a beautiful film!
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  • YB Chang 3 months ago
    woww je ne peux pas croire que cette vidéo était filmée avec un iphone! la qualité est stupéfiante! bravo :)
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  • Cute Cut Muvees plus 3 months ago
    Iphone only ? Great ...hope the new Iphone dont take to long to arrive in Brazil
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  • george-anthony lagouros 3 months ago
    smart and moving!truly inspiring!
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  • NonSap Visuals 3 months ago
    great job!
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  • dartise plus 3 months ago
    amazing
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  • Chan Kwon 3 months ago
    This is So beautiful!
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  • Andrew Moore 3 months ago
    Beautiful! Very impressed!
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  • Matt Miranda 3 months ago
    I just got a 4s. Now I'm inspired...nice work!
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  • Kanim Allomin 3 months ago
    This film proves that iphone 4s is the new 5D. I am going to get an iphone 4S to launch my DP career.
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  • Robert Mehlan 3 months ago
    Great idea, great work!!! Congratulations!
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  • Fiaux Claude 3 months ago
    Vraiment superbe, beau travail.
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  • Robert Nield 3 months ago
    Now, this is innovation! Hats off to you sir.

    I've been reluctant to buy an iPhone - but not anymore. Let's face it - it's a great ad for the iPhone ;)
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  • Chris Morgan 3 months ago
    Beautifully done!
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  • Richard van den Boogaard plus 3 months ago
    Beautifull work! If anything, it proves that you can shoot a great story on any camera, even an iPhone...
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  • jaaved sheikh 3 months ago
    Awesome
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  • Steven Brian John Cook 3 months ago
    Lovely concept, and a few really nice shots considering it was iPhone ( : Nice One
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  • James Marples 3 months ago
    Absolutely amazing - hats off to you all! That final shot is breathtaking
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  • Charly Mon 3 months ago
    excelentes colores, me gustó mucho
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  • Felipe Stark 3 months ago
    Que increíble cortometraje, considerando que fue filmado con un IPhone!
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  • Alexandre Perrachon 3 months ago
    Chapeau Mael :)
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  • dennis ray 3 months ago
    Beautiful work! Where did you shoot it if I may ask?
  • Mael Sevestre plus 3 months ago
    we shoot the movie in a small village called "Gruffy". It's near Annecy in France
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  • Dave Lewis 3 months ago
    Wow! It makes you see how much skill is needed from the cinematographer then the camera. Great job! Good story!
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  • Weldon Byrns plus 3 months ago
    Really clever and well done!
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  • Sandeep Sharma plus 3 months ago
    A beautiful film!
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  • Filipus Dasawala 3 months ago
    Out of words...simply stunning :D
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  • Neverych 3 months ago
    Very nice
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  • Diego dos Santos 3 months ago
    Very nice job, Mael.

    What did you use for camera movement? It looked really smooth.
    I just got a 4S and impressed with the video quality too. I love the aspect ratio!
  • Mael Sevestre plus 3 months ago
    Thanks a lot ! We used a Glidetrack Hybrid Slider (1.5m)
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  • Lonny Salberg 3 months ago
    Incredible. Well done!
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  • Matthew Pearce plus 3 months ago
    Amazingly well done.
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  • Connor Crosby 3 months ago
    Very good storyline and nice shots too ;) Cannot believe that was filmed on a phone!
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  • Kai Groschi 3 months ago
    Great Music! How did you make the shots so smooth with an iPhone? Did u build some sort of stabilization system?
  • Mael Sevestre plus 3 months ago
    Thanks ! Not really, we used for the first shot a kind of shoulder kit but it wasn't great, so after, we shot with the iphone with our hands. The stabilisation comes from the phone itself !
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  • Dave K 3 months ago
    Loved it! How did you get such smooth panning with the iPhone ?
  • Mael Sevestre plus 3 months ago
    We just used a classic tripod
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  • bruxelles5 3 months ago
    incroyable.
    (c'est geant)
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  • Drafity 3 months ago
    Enhorabuena!
    Amar
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  • Emmanuel Quiles 3 months ago
    beautiful!
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  • Rachelle Landry 3 months ago
    Awwww that was so adorable!!!
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  • Pranam Gurung 3 months ago
    Short and sweet story, the framing was great. If you don't mind i just have a small criticism: The color grading wasn't consistent throughout the whole piece it changes significantly @ 1:55 mark. Overall great work though.
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  • Gus Me 3 months ago
    Excellent work, really enjoyed it. Looking to start doing this with my 4s. Thanks
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  • Lars Pallesen 3 months ago
    What a lovely little story. Nice and simple idea which manages to enchant the viewer. Brilliant.
    And the whole film has a beautiful look to it. Amazing to think that this was shot on a mobile phone!
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  • thebeginmovies plus 3 months ago
    Nice! I want the Iphone 4s!!
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  • Wesley Wilquin aka Belk 3 months ago
    très bon boulot! continuez
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  • Vanessa V. 3 months ago
    That's awesome
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