Maxwell Sims

^^ What Adrian said. There's been a correlation between trending camera techniques/aesthetics and how accessible that technology is. What I think is also very important is if influential filmmakers are using said technique. When a director or director of photography utilizes a method really well it's influence tends to trickle throughout other filmmakers. Like Terrence Malick's love use of magic hour, or Lubezki's use of wide angle lenses. So I think trying to understand where trending methods came from is one part looking at accessibility to camera tech, and one part looking at when those methods were beginning to be used on influential pieces. Wax - Southern California

When he says “I’d have to have a pretty good reason not to be thinking about that first" , in regards to the iPhone being first choice on projects, he suggests a complete lack of interest aesthetic, which I find ultimately more telling than the fact that he prefers the workflow of iPhones to cine cameras. The best directors have had a very specific interest in the aesthetic and formal qualities of their stories.