I relish any opportunity to lighten the load of my suitcase. Today when browsing the new, fabulous tech site, The Verge, I came across the PlugBug from Twelvesouth. An ingenious device that plugs onto the top part of your MacBook power plug and provides a powered USB port for charging your iPad or iPhone. Have a look at the pitch by Guy Kawasaki below.
Doddle Pro is an iPhone (iPad, iPod touch) app that claims to be a complete production guide in your pocket.
It sounds at first like a silly stunt, but the more we read about it, the more it appears to be a serious attempt at low-cost, teeny-tiny filmmaking. With an iPhone.
You may not realize this but a lot of you are walking around with a high quality solid state recorder in your pocket (insert your own obligatory happy to see me joke here). The iPhone is capable of capturing 44.1 kHz audio and when you add an external microphone and the $9.99 field recording app FiRe from Audiofile Engineering, you have a very capable dual audio system. … Continue Reading
I’ve been watching the development of iPhone and iPad apps that aid in filmmaking for a while now with the intention of writing an article about the best of breed for each category. I have a collection of clapper apps that I’ve been testing to see which one I preferred and I’ve been looking closely at story board, teleprompter and clip editing apps. This morning in my inbox was an article from Ryan Koos talking about his intention of writing the same article for NoFilmSchool and pointing instead to a couple of good articles already written.
FilmmakerIQ posted 22 Filmmaking Apps for the iPad & iPhone. Their list is pretty comprehensive and even had one or two apps that weren’t on my radar yet. … Continue Reading
First iPhone 4 Video that I’ve seen posted – check it out…
It’s pretty shaky – wonder when RedRock is going to have a shoulder rig for the phone… I can almost hear the directory telling the little girl to remember to lick her “ice cream” cone. I guess mashed potatoes don’t really lick that well 
a Majek Picture | majekpictures.com
Shot and edited entirely on the iPhone 4 / iMovie App (in 48 hours).
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