Why This Year's NAB is the Most 'Comforting' for Filmmakers Yet [PODCAST]

We try to make sense of what many have labeled a largely underwhelming NAB 2016 (although almost immediately after recording this podcast I changed my tune... stay tuned for why). We move through the best products we've seen this week in cameras, rigs, drones, dollies, gimbals, lighting, VR and post production software.

While it may not have been as flashy of a year at NAB in terms of hardware, it's clear that companies are focusing more than ever on taking their existing products and making them as good as they can be for the filmmakers who own them. This, for those of us who can't afford to be dropping 10k+ a year on new equipment, is highly comforting.

After you've listened to the podcast be sure and take a closer look at some of the products we mention in the links below. We've produced close to fifty video interviews from the floor already and there are many, many more to come.

Show Links & Mentions

Cameras and Lenses

Drones, Gimbals, Dollies and Rigs

Monitoring

Lighting

Virtual Reality and 360

Post-Production

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This episode of Indie Film Weekly was recorded and edited in Las Vegas by Jon Fusco.

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Why Did Danny Boyle Shoot ‘28 Years Later’ on an iPhone 15?

Here’s everything we know about the reports of the new ‘28 Years Later’ thriller being shot on an iPhone 15.

Move over, Sean Baker and Steven Soderbergh—Danny Boyle is the latest director to make the bold choice to shoot his latest feature film on an iPhone. Why, you ask? Partly, perhaps, because the team knows it will get them some nice headlines like this one. And partly just because they can.

Whether you love or hate the idea of shooting professional video on iPhones, it’s hard to argue that these latest smartphones aren’t capable of high-end video.

The iPhone 15, which is what Boyle and his team reportedly used for the long-awaited follow-up to the original 28 Days Later in 2002 and its 2007 sequel 28 Weeks Later, in particular, has proven to be a major step forward for Apple and was very much promoted as a filmmaking-capable camera.

Still, as is always the case with these smartphone-shot feature films, there’s more to the story than just the headline here. So let’s explore how Danny Boyle and his team were able to shoot 28 Years Later on an iPhone.

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Why This Year's NAB is the Most 'Comforting' for Filmmakers Yet [PODCAST]

NAB is the world's largest film/video trade show, with a reporter 100,000 film and TV people traversing 2,000,000 square feet of the latest filmmaking gear in Las Vegas. In this episode of Indie Film Weekly, Micah Van Hove and I recap what we've seen.