iPhone 11 as an interview tool

I'm not an Apple fan by any means, but something Leo Laporte said on Sunday's "This Week in Tech" aka TWIT, got my attention.

As Android Central described it :

with the new iPhone 11 and "with the popular third-party app Filmic Pro. You can film with all three rear cameras and even the front camera at the same time, saving each feed as a separate clip to then edit at will in post-production. "

Laporte mentioned that would be awesome for interviewing. I think he is right.

I'm in the Google camp these days. And I don't need this feature currently, but maybe the Pixel 4 might have something like this as well. Here's hoping.

Update : Looking at this a day later, I realize I failed to clearly state the use case. Imagine you were a journalist covering breaking news, and all you had was your phone, no crew, no fancy video and sound gear. You could hold the phone up to an interview subject and record them, as you can now of course. But the other camera -- the selfie camera - would capture b-roll of you asking the question. Gives you more flexibility in editing post to tell the story.

For just personal social posting, imagine videoing an event, and getting your own reaction shots. Narcissistic maybe, but you know it will be used that way. And there will be an occasional valid use, like the look of excitement and love on a woman's face, and the forward shot shows her loved one coming out of the door into the airport. The child's expression, as their new puppy runs into the room.

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