By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS)
If you?re into mobile digital filmmaking with the latest 1080p capabilities of the iPhone, you may be wishing you could connect some sort of field monitor to it, in order to watch the action off-camera.? There is a way (several, actually), and it keeps it in the Apple family.
? if your iPhone is on a crane, or far enough away from the monitor that you require a wireless solution? Apple TV to the rescue! ? Taz Goldstein
Taz Goldstein over at Hand Held Hollywood found the solution, recently found the technique over at a Facebook group called the iPhone Filmmaking Community page. The question was posited ? ?Does anyone know of a way to adapt a monitor to an iPhone?? And several options popped up, ranging from connecting a monitor directly thanks to iOS video cables, to a wireless hotspot option via the Apple TV?s Airplay capability. And that?s the idea that?s the ticket if you?re shooting from a distance.
With the Apple TV?s diminutive form factor, it has the ability to be installed right onto a crane, camera rail system or shoulder rig, with the only encumbrance being it?s AC power requirement.? But that?s a fairly minimal annoyance if you?re not planning on being to mobile with your camera work.? Then you connect the Apple TV to the field monitor, and connect it wirelessly to your iPhone or iPad courtesy of the iOS personal hotspot option. Once connected, you can utilize the Apple TV AirPlay Mirroring function to view what?s going on via the monitor. Other variations on that theme include using a MacBook laptop as your monitor and using an App called ?Reflector,? which is able to take in the Airplay signal from the Apple TV as well.
Lastly, Goldstein says that there are several camera apps that can not only shoot and record video but also be remotely controlled and viewed as well.? RecoLive MultiCam networks two devices such as an iPhone or iPad and then allows one to remotely control the other.? This doesn?t an AppleTV, mind you, but it does keep things pretty mobile. And the cool thing is that RecoLive MultiCam enables control of multiple iPhones and becomes a kind of video switcher for full HD recording.? And that?s really wild. It?s like turning your iOS devices into a field production truck for live video control.? You can then either share to YouTube, iMovie, or any other app that you use for editing or output, including transfer to your Mac via iTunes.? And it works with iOS devices from the iPhone 4 and above, so it?s a great way to repurpose those older iOS devices for field production work.? And the cost is a paltry $4.99.?? If you?re going stop motion or time lapse, iMotionHD will also enable you to connect your iPad to your iPhone and use the iPhone as a camera while your iPad is your controller/monitor.
There are probably other options out there, and you?ll be able to find them by joining the iPhone Filmmaking Community page and adding Taz? Hand Held Hollywood to your RSS feeder.? As this niche filmmaking market grows, the apps and techniques that will come out will be well worth learning.
Source: http://news.doddleme.com/equipment/apple-tv-plus-iphone-and-ipad-equals-field-monitor/
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