SEOUL, Korea – March 15, 2023 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced its collaboration with award-winning director Na Hong-jin, to create the short film titled “FAITH,” which tells a complex story about an incident with an armed man who is struggling with the notion that one’s value is not absolute. Recorded entirely on the Galaxy S23 Ultra, it is part of the Filmed #withGalaxy campaign that provides globally prominent film directors with opportunities to shoot with Samsung Galaxy S series to help encourage all Galaxy users to express their creativity.
Hong-jin is well-known for movies including "The Chaser," "The Yellow Sea" and "The Wailing," and his signature style often reflects dark imagery, horror and unique Mise-en-Scène to create suspense and excitement. For “FAITH,” Hong-jin leveraged various videography features on Galaxy S23 Ultra to produce beautiful images and clear details, even while filming in low light.
“I wanted to show that I can make clips that are of a professional level with the Galaxy S23 Ultra,” said Hong-jin, “and this experience was overall very interesting and exciting.” In addition to being able to capture the details of the subjects even in the dark, Hong-jin said, “I believe that a big advantage was that I was able to capture movements vividly and easily through any angle on the Galaxy S23 Ultra, which would have otherwise been impossible by a larger camera.”
In 2022, Samsung introduced its Nightography capabilities, which allows users to take clear and clean photos in low-light situations. In 2023, the Galaxy S23 Ultra introduced even more cutting-edge photography and videography solutions, tailored for nearly any lighting conditions. In “FAITH,” viewers see those advancements up close — like enhanced AI-powered image signal processing (ISP) that improves colour and details and doubled optical image stabilization (OIS) that reduces motion blur and shakiness by minimizing vibrations from a photographer’s movements.
Film director Chung Jung-Hoon, who worked with Hong-jin on “FAITH,” said he “tried to reduce the lighting even further to highlight the dark atmosphere as though I was filming a regular movie, and to my surprise, the details were alive. The HDR function of the Galaxy S23 Ultra helped me to shoot dark sections.”
“Even when the camera was constantly moving, it did not lose focus,” said Jung-Hoon, “and what was surprising about the Galaxy S23 Ultra was that the 120-frame was able to express a very natural motion blur and speed just as well as a high-speed professional camera.”
Watch the short film here: [https://youtu.be/uZSQIGLEbfU]
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