About a month ago, an attempt was made to attract some marketing attention with a short film on the Internet. The film ‘O2’ by Stanislav Kapralov was filmed entirely on an iPhone with the Atlas Anamorphic and the Beastgrip DOF adapter.
The plot is quickly summarised: In a dystopian future, humanity is almost extinct and the air is so heavily poisoned that the only way to survive is to wear a breathing mask at all times. And why the search for pure oxygen becomes the central survival strategy:
In fact, the shots can be described as very cinematic. No wonder, because the iPhone's 
potential for high dynamic range in recording is now also undisputed.
However, what we find even more remarkable about this film is that the statement ‘filmed entirely with the iPhone’ is relative, because it is not only in the credits that it becomes clear that AI was clearly used in some scenes. And so the film impressively demonstrates (sometimes more and sometimes less) how more complex scenes in particular can be quickly realised with AI. In this case, even with relatively old versions with Midjourney/Runway.
As long as you keep the scenes short and the editing sequences quick, you can create a lot of eye candy without even taking a step outside the door with your iPhone. If you take a closer look, you will discover a few visual errors in almost every synthetic scene, but for many inexperienced viewers the quality should be sufficient.If an effect doesn't look as intended in the cut, you can simply have it ‘re-rendered’ or optimised in a different model.
In our eyes, this indie film also proves how helpful AI can already be for projects with tight budgets. The production value of AI as an inexpensive stopgap can no longer be dismissed.So buckle up, all you scenic filmmakers out there, the AI train is picking up speed...
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