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A necessary video tool

Smartphones have become an integral

part of our lives. For many of us, our

phones are the fi rst thing we reach

for in the morning — often serving as

our alarm clocks — and the last thing

we put down at night. We use them

for entertainment, social connec-

tion, shopping and doing business.

Our smartphones serve to connect us

with our acquaintances, remind us

of our friend’s birthdays and get us

to important appointments on time.

We have come to rely on our phones

for everything from our daily bank

balances to travel itineraries. There’s

an app for literally anything you can

think to do. And for us media makers,

our smartphones have become valu-

able and essential production tools.

It goes without saying that smart-

phones are capable of shooting video.

These pocket-sized cameras have

been able to capture footage at high

resolutions that caught up to profes-

sional camcorders capabilities years

ago. That’s old news. What’s exciting

is the wide range of other tasks that

savvy video producers can use their

smartphones to accomplish.

Editing apps now abound in the

Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Free and low-cost editing apps now

allow you to edit high-quality video,

complete with titles, fi lters, transitions

and effects, right on your smartphone.

You can even use phone apps to key

out green screens. Many of these capa-

bilities required expensive production

gear just a few years ago.

You may not be aware that you can

also use your iPhone to remotely con-

trol your DSLR camera. Canon DSLRs

are well known to be easily compatible

with smartphone control. You can con-

trol a lot of your camera’s functions on

many DSLRs that have infrared receiv-

ers with your smartphone. Do you shoot

with a drone or GoPro? Your smart-

phone can act as both a production

monitor and remote camera controller

for shooting video via drone, action

cams and 360-degree video setups.

But wait, there’s more. Look for

iPhone apps like DigiSlate to slate

your shots and MovieSlate 8 for log-

ging and making notes on your takes

while you record on set. Scripts Pro is

a scripting app that lets you write, edit

and access your screenplay on the go.

Cinemek Storyboard Composer allows

you to create storyboards to pre-visu-

alize your shot sequences. Sun Scout

and Sun Surveyor help you scout loca-

tions for outdoor shoots by showing

you where the sun will be at different

times of day. CineMeter turns your

iPhone into a real-time histogram with

YRGB and can be calibrated specifi -

cally to your phone.

All this to say that our smartphone

is far more than a communications

tool, and more even than an image

capture device. With a few apps, your

phone becomes the ultimate produc-

tion Swiss Army knife. Time to make

the most of the tech that you already

have in your pocket.

VIEWFINDER

by Matthew York

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