If Hollywood Made Movies Like We Do On iPhones

Vertical Video Syndrome is a serious epidemic.

For some reason, many people shooting videos on their iPhones are still doing it wrong after all these years.

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Portrait mode is for photos, not videos! Here's a simple way we can remember to hold our phones sideways when we film:

If we were watching a movie on our phone, we'd hold it this way...

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…and not this way! The same rule goes for filming videos.

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Would legendary director Sergio Leone shoot an epic Western like this...

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Or like this?

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Would a tense gunfight look better like this…

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Or like this?

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Which looks more epic? This...

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or this?

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So if we just think about watching a great movie...

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…the next time we film something, then we'll remember how to hold the camera.

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Never before have so many regular people had the technology in our hands...

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…to become film directors.

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So let's make the most of it.

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Let's hold the camera horizontally.

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As a society, we can turn our crummy iPhone videos...

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into actual cinema!

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If you're still confused, the following adorable video explains Vertical Video Syndrome further:

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