How Brad Pitt’s F1 movie helped Apple create the iPhone 15 Pro camera
Brad Pitt’s upcoming F1 movie is shaping up to be the blockbuster sensation that Apple TV needed. The Apple original will hit theaters before streaming … The post How Brad Pitt’s F1 movie helped Apple create the iPhone 15 Pro camera appeared first on BGR.
Brad Pitt’s upcoming F1 movie is shaping up to be the blockbuster sensation that Apple TV needed. The Apple original will hit theaters before streaming online, and that’s probably the best way to watch F1.
This isn’t a movie shot with special effects, and that’s the main reason I want to see it. Director Joseph Kosinski, known for putting actors in real jet fighters to film Top Gun: Maverick, did something similar for this movie about Formula 1 racing. He wanted actual footage from the cockpit while the Formula 1 cars were reaching speeds of up to 300 km/h on popular tracks around the world. He preferred real race footage over the easier route of computer-generated races.
If you’ve watched Formula 1 races, you know that broadcast directors routinely switch to the cameras inside the cars to give us a sort of first-person look at the race. That technology wasn’t good enough for Kosinski. Luckily, he had a trusted partner to help improve the quality of those Formula 1 cameras: Apple.
That’s right, Apple didn’t just fund the F1 movie, it also provided critical technology used to capture many of the scenes showing Formula 1 drivers racing on popular circuits.
Apple had to place a few essential iPhone 15 Pro components inside the fins on Formula 1 cars that contain the regular cameras used for live broadcasts. It also devised new camera features that later rolled out to the public with the iPhone 15 series.
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