Shooting movies on your iPhone can be fun and exciting, and video clips are more likely to catch the eye on a social media feed than still images. As it’s ever-present, you can whip out your iPhone and press the Action button (on iPhone 15 Pro) to instantly open the Camera app. If you then press and hold the Action button you’ll start recording video. This enables you to capture clips of spontaneous events such as your child’s first steps.
However, the best movies should start with a bit of planning ahead (which professional movie makers refer to as the pre-production stage). For example, if you’re going to shoot a wedding then you might want to consider packing some helpful accessories into a kit bag, such as an iPhone handheld cage. Cages have cold shoe mounts – so that you can clip accessories on – such as a JOBY Beamo LED light to help you capture more detail in gloomy interiors, or a mini directional shotgun mic to capture clearer audio during a noisy party. Check out our top kit recommendations in this spread’s Gear Up! section.
By shooting with an iPhone mounted in a cage, you have more control over camera moves, such as rotating the cage to follow the action.