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How to record professional video on a phone

The camera is rarely the limit. Light, sound, framing and a script are.

A modern phone sensor is better than most people need. What separates professional-looking footage from the rest is almost never resolution — it is light on the face, sound close to the mouth, a steady frame, and knowing what you are going to say.

Lock your exposure before you start. Automatic exposure hunts when you move, and that hunting is one of the clearest signals that footage was shot casually. The same goes for white balance, particularly if you are walking between rooms with different lighting.

Get the microphone closer than you think you need to, or use one you can attach. And write the thing down. A script does more for the finished video than any setting in this list.

The Look tab: filter presets named None, Clean, Warm Studio and Broadcast, two saved look slots, and an exposure slider.
Two saved look slots — enough to keep the desk and the kitchen consistent without turning grading into a job.

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Manual camera controls

ISO and shutter, exposure bias, exposure lock, manual focus, tap to focus, white-balance lock and stabilisation. Every control is re-checked against the incoming camera on a switch, so a value cannot carry over out of range.

Microphone selection

Choose your input. Switching it re-routes live capture without interrupting a take.

Resolution and frame rate

720p, 1080p and 4K at 24, 30 or 60 fps. Only what the camera actually reports is offered — nothing greyed in that the device cannot do.

Voice follow

The script scrolls as you speak. Pause and it waits; skip a sentence and it catches up. Recognition runs on the device.
How to record professional video on a phone