Smartphone Equipment

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Visual Anthropology

Filming with a smartphone

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FILMIC Pro
for iPhone & Android

Following «smartphone equipment» is neccesary to be able to film «professionally». The pre-installed photo and video apps are not good enough. You need a specialized video app that allows you to flexibly adjust different settings. This concerns both the image (format, quality, stabilization, colors, sharpness, aperture) and the sound (quality, codec).

On App Store or Google Play

→ FILMIC Pro (CHF 14)

Filmic Pro offers everything that is necessary for filming. The user maual of FILMIC Pro can be downloaded as pdf document.

Alternatively, you can download a summarized manual for FILMIC Pro with a description of the most important settings, including screenshots (German only).

Screenshot of «settings-menu»

 

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Filming Kit
Equipment for a smartphone

For the appropriate handling of the smartphone while filming, and the best possible quality of the sound, good equipment, like a Filming Kit is required. This consists of a mini-tripod (which can be held in the hand and guide the camera), a smartphone holder (to attach the smartphone to the tripod and also as a holder for the microphone) and an external microphone (for better sound quality and to suppress hand noise on the smartphone).

Filming kit for smartphones (iPhone & Android)

 

Microphone with wind shield, soundcable (black) & adapter for iPhone (white)

 

Smartphone mini-tripod & holder with microphone

 

Smartphone holder (with case)

 

Mini-tripod with holder (iPhone case as example)

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Buy equipment

→ Filming Kit – all (CHF 85)
→ Tripod & Holder (CHF 42)
→ Microphone (CHF 54)

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