The cameras in our pockets have changed everything.
Modern smartphones can shoot 4K video at high frame rates, supporting ProRes, log encoding, and HDR. Compared to traditional professional cameras, they’re discreet, powerful, and always with you. It’s no wonder why sports broadcasters, journalists, and social teams — even Hollywood films — use phone-generated content in their professional lives.
“Storytelling’s storytelling, as long as you have a lens and a mic,” NBC News producer, K.C. Wassman said in a 2023 NBCU Academy blog.
Film director Danny Boyle told Wired how they used iPhones to shoot the film, 28 Years Later. “Filming with iPhones allowed us to move without huge amounts of equipment,” Boyle told them. “So we were able to move quickly and lightly.”
And it’s not just journalism and film — the trend spans corporate and social media teams, too. Recent reports revealed that 89% of businesses now use video as a marketing tool, and video — once the most outsourced marketing function — is now being brought in-house. With smartphones capable of producing high-quality content and new tools like AI-assisted editing and mobile workflows, more companies are empowering their teams to create video themselves.
Capturing compelling content is one thing, getting it where it needs to go is another. One factor is missing: a fast, secure, professional way to get that footage where it needs to go.
Meet the Signiant Mobile App
Signiant brings secure and accelerated file transfers to your iPhone. Built for creative professionals who shoot in the field, it connects directly to your accessible Media Shuttle Submit portals, making it easy to get content into your workflow — fast. That’s the promise of the Signiant Mobile App.
Smart Phones. Slow Process. Here’s Why.
For all its convenience, mobile production comes with limitations once the footage is captured. Files get stuck on your phone with no easy or quick way to send them. Uploads to consumer cloud apps fail or stall, especially when you’re working with large, high-quality video. Producers are left waiting on clips they know were already shot and teams often resort to any way possible just to get footage into post.
What the Signiant Mobile App Solves
Big moments don’t always need big cameras. But they do need a fast, secure way to move.
With Signiant, you can shoot, select, and submit — instantly.
And that’s just the beginning. Because the Signiant Mobile App is part of a broader platform built for the entire media supply chain. From capture to cloud, from field to consumer, Signiant connects your content to where it needs to be — fast, secure, and always in your control. Whether you’re feeding a newsroom, a live sports desk, or a social publishing team, the mobile app extends the power of Signiant right into your pocket.
Ready to learn more?
Explore all the details, setup guidance, and FAQs in our Signiant Mobile App Help Documentation.
