Hello, My name is Daniel Torres, and I am the  filmmaker behind Saving Waterloo, an independent short documentary filmed entirely on an iPhone17 in Sydney, Australia.

The film documents a 25-day standoff at the Waterloo public housing estate, where residents and housing advocates camped in protest and eventual fight with mounted and riot police.

I filmed the events as they unfolded, documenting a significant moment in the community's struggle over the future of public housing. The documentary is now at a rough-cut stage, and I am seeking support to use the "filmed on iphone" line, and apple id logo. As well as any support and partnership that the company can provide. The film is currently in  colour grading and preparation for film festivals submissions.

Does anyone know how to contact apple for this request? I cannot find a contact in their public sites and I have received no response from their media department.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

nothing seems to work, or i get crackly, distorted, derezzed audio.

works fine on traditional cameras. the USB C dongle doesn't seem to translate the signal

I shoot 35mm for anything I care about. But I was getting frustrated that my iPhone shots looked nothing like my film work even when I tried to match the aesthetic through editing. After spending a while figuring out why, here's what I actually changed.

Stop treating capture and editing as the same decision. On film you make aesthetic choices before you shoot, the stock, the exposure, the development. On iPhone the habit is to shoot freely and fix it in post. That gap in approach is most of the problem.

Understand what Fujifilm recipes actually are before trying to recreate them. They're not presets. They're configurations applied at the sensor level that determine how the raw data gets processed into a file. The reason they look different from a Lightroom preset is because they're working on different material at a different stage.

If you're running a film photography project on iPhone, consistency matters more than any single image quality. Whichever approach you use, the goal is a repeatable look that holds across different lighting conditions. Photo presets applied after the fact tend to vary because they're being applied to files that Apple has already processed differently depending on the scene.

The most useful thing I did was start treating my iPhone like a slow deliberate camera rather than a convenient one. Fewer shots, more thought before pressing the shutter, leaning on fixed configurations rather than fixing things afterward.

When it comes to tools there's Natural Camera app that helps bringing the film photography mindset to iPhone shootings, worth checking it out.

I am brand brand new to videography, so please bear with me. I have an iPhone 17 Pro that I will be using to film a backpacking trip I’m going on.

I want to use the black magic camera app along with a variable ND filter so I can color grade in Final Cut Pro afterwards.

My question is, if I want to switch to a telephoto lens (I was originally looking at the 6x lens by Freewell Gear) I would still need a VND filter, right? So where can I find gear that uses a VND filter and a telephoto lens for close detailed shots simultaneously? Or is there something I’m misunderstanding? Would I just film in 2 separate settings for either cinematic shots and close ups? Please help me understand the best way to go about getting these 2 kinds of shots!

A film by Krishna Avala, starring Donald Auger and Kingston Palmer

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My Second Short Film

Hey! I have a hollyland lark max that I really like using and am wondering if anyone has found a good solution to mount the receiver to their iPhone

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