Why Now is the Time to Make Your Short Doc | No Film School

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This episode of the No Film School podcast welcomes a great roundtable of three filmmakers who had short docs screening at SXSW last month, including Charlie Tyrell, who won the festival’s Jury Award for My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes, plus Mohammad Gorjestani (Sister Hearts) and Leah Galant (Death Metal Grandma). I think you’ll enjoy our conversation about the burgeoning doc shorts landscape, how they each got their projects made, and how shorts can fit into your filmmaking career’s bigger picture even if you’ve already worked on commercials or features.

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Featured image from Leah Galant's 'Death Metal Grandma.' This episode was edited 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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