Filed under: Video, iPhone, Jailbreak/pwnage
Music video shot entirely on an iPhone
Behold, what is claimed to be the world's first music video shot entirely on an iPhone.
This gem comes to us from GOSHone, A self-described "mad scientist with computers, gadgets, and musical equipment and stuff," G1 used his jailbroken iPhone and a copy of Cycorder to produce what I can only describe as a little slice of wonderful. I can't verify with any certainty that this is, in fact, the "world's first," but I'm going to go with it.
GOSHone says that, while making the video was fun and relatively pain-free, he did struggle with the lack of a preview screen, and "tried to rely on the shiny black back and the chrome Apple logo for reflection." That's a simple, clever trick I hadn't thought of, mostly because I always have a case on my iPhone.
Have a look at his video, then download his free album. It's good stuff.
Thanks to Valerie for sending this in.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
pacheco said 4:59PM on 12-09-2008
A better trick for making sure your shot is framed correctly is to get a friend to shoot it for you :-)
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mike said 5:15PM on 12-09-2008
not a bad iphone music video.
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gWhiz said 5:25PM on 12-09-2008
This is so pimp.
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BK said 5:42PM on 12-09-2008
That is fantastic work!
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iRok said 6:38PM on 12-09-2008
OHHHHHHHHH SNAP!
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Jeremy said 5:39PM on 12-09-2008
Cool that this was done on an iPhone, but I had to stop it once that dude started, um ... singing? rapping?
That's some seriously unoriginal, boring, juvenile, been-done-a-thousand-times-before kind of uh, ... song?
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Raheem said 5:48PM on 12-09-2008
True, but a lot of music nowadays is regurgitated stuff. It's not so much that they're just ripping styles off but often there's just not the innovation. People criticize a lot of things for being common but they're common for reasonable reasons.
SpinThis! said 6:01PM on 12-09-2008
Does everything have to innovative to be musical or popular?
Can't say I liked the song, but I can't say I *didn'*t like it either. He's got a good voice—kinda reminds me of a mix between Warren G and Snoop—and the production was relatively decent.
I've heard better from Indie artists and I've definitely heard much much worse. He at least knows when to quit—4 minutes of that might be have been too much. Hip-hop has always been about using the tools at hand, kind of a DIY aspect—for example, looping old funk records back and forth on 2 turntables to create a beat while the MC rapped over the top—and using an iPhone to shoot a music video certainly falls into that category.
yakov chodosh said 9:24PM on 12-09-2008
Warren G and Snoop must be the only two rappers you've ever heard. He sounds nothing like either of them!
Jeremy said 6:03PM on 12-09-2008
@ Raheem
Agreed. But it's hard for those of us that are older, given that we grew up when music was changing all the time and originality was king. Nowadays anything truly new or different is as rare as hen's teeth.
I mean come on ... rap came out in the late 80's. I had a friend 20 years ago who used to "rap" like this (badly) and now he's married, bald and has kids.
IMO anyone thinking of a career in rap should just stop and think of something new already. Or at least think of some new kind of twist to it. This is old school rap even.
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Steve said 8:22PM on 12-09-2008
It may be the first music video done on an iPhone, but certainly not the first piece of "legit" entertainment acquired on cellphone technology. These videos were made with 6 camera phones simultaneously, edited on FCP, 2005.
http://promo.motorola.com/mobilegallery/mobilefilm.html
Steve [editor]
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Mason said 9:03PM on 12-09-2008
That video was pretty clear during some parts. Hard to believe the creativity boosts some people get from the iPhone.
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tammy said 11:26PM on 12-09-2008
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Free Myspace music
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Kate said 6:05AM on 12-10-2008
just look at the quality guys.
its so damn cool.
similar -
iphone vs ipod touch -
http://www.techreviews4u.com/?p=1481
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iHoppipolla said 8:35AM on 12-10-2008
I'm glad he kept it short and sweet.
And "open like linux" makes me happy.
One thing, those drums sounded like they had a hole in them...
And the synth needed some more Mids.
Maybe it was just YouTube.
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Tony Bowman said 9:25AM on 12-10-2008
would be even more awesome if he had used Beatmaker to do the music:
http://intua.net/products.html
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badtzmaru said 4:50PM on 12-10-2008
so not hot.
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Jeremy said 7:34PM on 12-30-2008
I filmed a music video about 3 months back with cycorder and my iPhone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Woqa-XJfs
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