'Oldboy' director shoots a martial arts fantasy short with an iPhone 13 Pro for Apple
Friday, February 18, 2022 at 11:01AM
Apple taps famous Korean director Park Chan-wook to shoot a short film for its "Shot on iPhone" campaign. Park, best known for the action thriller movie Oldboy, recorded a 20-minute martial arts fantasy film called Life Is But a Dream on the iPhone 13 Pro. You can see it in the embedded video above.
The synopsis on the YouTube video clip reads: "An undertaker who needs woods to build a coffin for the savior of his village digs up an abandoned grave. But while doing so, he accidentally awakens the ghost of an ancient swordsman. Now the ghost tries to take back his coffin."
While it features horror-like elements initially, Park mixes in action, romance, dancing, dark comedy, and pansori (a Korean genre of musical storytelling) into the short film.
You can also look at the film's behind-the-scenes in this link. It shows Park and his crew using an iPhone 13 Pro on gimbals and mounts for the shoot.
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