Damien Chazelle wants you to think vertically... The new iPhones have one of the most powerful cameras in them. To showcase the new specs, Apple and Damien Chazelle teamed up to shoot some of cinema history vertically. In a short called The Stunt Double, we open on a modern movie scene where our hero escapes bad guys and jumps off the top of the building. It's then that we realize he's actually a stuntman in an action movie, but the rig to save his life is broken...so as he plummets to his doom, he imagines himself throughout Hollywood history. Check it out below. This journey through cinema history is reimagined for the vertical screen by Damien Chazelle and shot on iPhone 11 Pro. I loved watching as classic genres were flipped on their sides, from action movies to silent films, spy flicks to westerns. It's crazy to think how many genres and styles we've seen come and go and to see how this director reframes and modernizes the movie magic we know and love. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 6 August, 2020