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Brad Pitt's movie F1 took a notch higher in terms of its filming quality, as brand-new iPhone tech was made to film the high-speed car scenes. The film is supported by Apple Studios as well.
It is not a cakewalk to film the fast-moving car-racing scenes without some crucial technological adjustments. According to Helmer Joseph Kosinski's vision, he strived to create some authentic shots from the perspective of the driver's field of vision. Due to technological barriers, Kosinski and the film's cinematographer, Claudio Miranda, went to do something groundbreaking.
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As reported by Wired, Apple had specially created a device - a custom camera that could work well within the engineering of the car and the image quality, concerning multiple factors such as speed, temperature, etc.
Let us find out more about Apple's new creation, specifically for the movie F1.
Everything about Apple's custom new device for filming Brad Pitt's F1
The ambitious project of Joseph Kosinski, F1, starring Brad Pitt, has left no stone unturned in achieving the helmer's vision and its authenticity to the subject. As reported by Wired, a customized iPhone camera was created by Apple to film those scenes with absolute perfection.
As per the outlet, it looks like a broadcast camera module. It was meticulously designed to fit within the workings of the car and external factors. Inside the device, an A-series chip is planted, which is assumed to have a similar camera quality to Apple's iPhone 15 Pro Max, which is up to A17 Pro and has a 48-megapixel camera.
The image quality is high. It also has certain features that help to check its exposure levels. The device has been tested to have a decent amount of durability, too, in relation to several environmental factors, as well as motion and speed.
The format of the customized iPhone's recording is in Apple Log, along with ProRes lossless video codec. This helps widen the possibilities for further edits in relation to its color grading to seamlessly blend with the other shots of the film.
To control the device, an iPad was connected to it while operating in the scenes. That helped enable better control as the situation demanded. Interestingly, with this new technological advancement in filmmaking, Apple has now infused two imperative characteristics in the upcoming batches of iPhone 15 Pro Max, which include the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) and Apple Log. So it is a win-win situation for both F1 films and the future of technological inventions.
Using iPhones in filmmaking is quite common these days. The most recent is Danny Boyle's film, 28 Years Later. Some other films in the list include Steven Soderbergh's films Unsane (2018) and High Flying Bird (2019). The 2025 Oscar-winning filmmaker Sean Baker also used the device to film his 2015 film Tangerine.
Filmmaking is advancing at a great speed with more technological advancements, as we strive to achieve a state where the maker's vision is not compromised due to technological shortcomings. So, Apple's involvement with F1 gives hope for more such inventions that can aid the quality of storytelling, which is as authentic to the filmmaker's vision.
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Also read: F1: The Movie review
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