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Articles Tagged with "Iphone 4"

Useful Cinematography iPhone Apps (Part 7)

Useful Cinematography iPhone Apps (Part 7)

by Evan LuziToolkit

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For filmmakers, the right apps morph the iPhone into an indispensable part of their toolkit to help calculate everything from depth of field to overtime rates. So here are five more killer cinematography apps waiting for you to download and utilize on set.

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Useful Cinematography iPhone Apps (Part 6)

Useful Cinematography iPhone Apps (Part 6)

by Evan LuziToolkit

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There’s no arguing with the numbers that the iPhone platform is more powerful than ever. As a resourceful filmmaker, your job is to capitalize on any tool that can help you work on set faster, better, and with more efficiency. Having a smartphone enables you to do just that.

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Useful Cinematography iPhone Apps to Have on Set (Part 4 - in 3D!)

Useful Cinematography iPhone Apps to Have on Set (Part 4 – in 3D!)

by Evan LuziToolkit

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Apple recently passed 10 billion downloads from its App Store, which means that now more than ever the iPhone is being put to work as a tool. I guarantee if you walk on a set you’ll see more iPhones around than at your local Apple Store. Today I’m kicking this cinematography app series up a notch into the third dimension! This article is all about apps for 3D sterography, so get the credit card ready, because calculating that extra dimension is going to cost some money…

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Useful Cinematography iPhone Apps to Have on Set (Part 3)

Useful Cinematography iPhone Apps to Have on Set (Part 3)

by Evan LuziToolkit

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It’s not an uncommon occurrence on set to find yourself, another camera assistant, and even the director of photography all keeping busy on an iPhone during downtime. Take this as a warning of good or bad things to come, but regardless the iPhone can still be an incredibly versatile and useful tool to have in a kit.

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Interview with Director Josh Davidson of 'Dead iSland'

Interview with Director Josh Davidson of ‘Dead iSland’: A Feature Film Shot Entirely on iPhones

by Evan LuziCameras

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Josh Davidson is an actor, director and overall one-man-band filmmaker whose newest movie is sure to make waves in the indie film community. That’s because his movie – DEAD iSLAND – was shot entirely on Apple iPhone’s.

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The iPhone DSLR Camera: The Beginning of the End or the Start of Something New?

The iPhone DSLR Camera: The Beginning of the End or the Start of Something New?

by Evan LuziCameras

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Take a long hard look at that picture above. Is that the extreme low point for film snobs or the high point for DSLR enthusiasts? It’s not like an iPhone hasn’t been used for film production before, but never has it been the camera body of choice for serious filmmakers. However, now that the iPhone 4 can shoot HD (and even edit on the fly) should we expect to see iPhone filmmaking take off in the same way DSLR’s have?

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Useful Cinematography iPhone Apps to Have on Set

Useful Cinematography iPhone Apps to Have on Set (Part 2)

by Evan LuziToolkit

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A couple of months ago, I did a post that featured three useful cinematography/camera assisting iPhone apps to have on set. In my introduction, I stated that “the Apple iPhone is undoubtedly one of the most powerful phones out on the market today” and that “there are plenty of apps to help you become more efficient on set and make the iPhone one of your essential tools.”

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