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Today we’re talking film apps and we have put a list together of our favorites. What is your favorite film app?
Best Film APP
What Are Film Apps?
The apps on this list are phone and tablet tools for making a film: viewfinders, script software, light meters, slates, camera apps, and sun-path planners.
Each one does a specific production job. Most are paid, and none of them is a free movie-streaming service.
Full shortlist
| # | App |
|---|---|
| 1 | Artemis Directors Viewfinder |
| 2 | Celtx Script |
| 3 | Cinemeter II |
| 4 | Digital Clapper |
| 5 | Easy Release |
| 6 | Filmic Pro |
| 7 | Green Screener |
| 8 | Imovie |
| 9 | Kodak Cinema Tools |
| 10 | Mavis – Pro Camera |
| 11 | Movie Slate 8 |
| 12 | Pcam Pro |
| 13 | Shot Lister |
| 14 | Sun Surveyor |
1. Artemis Directors Viewfinder
Artemis is Chemical Wedding’s director’s viewfinder for iPhone and iPad. It previews how a shot will frame on a chosen camera and lens, using a database of professional cameras and lenses.
You can add custom formats, set framelines, place virtual stand-ins, and record stills or video to share that frame with the crew.
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2. Celtx Script
Celtx is scriptwriting software that allows you to create scripts for film, TV, and theater, along with breakdowns, schedules, and shot planning.
It is an easy-to-use screenwriting software application that allows writers to write in the browser. Plans are subscriptions, not a boxed store purchase.
Celtx Inc. was founded in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2000, and the software was introduced in 2006. The name Celtx stands for Crew, Equipment, Location, Talent, and XML.
3. Cinemeter II
CineMeter II, from Adam Wilt, turns an iPhone or iPad into a reflected light meter, an incident meter, a color meter, an RGB waveform monitor, and a false-color display.
It is for lighting and exposure, including how even a green screen is. Official notes: it is not a flash meter.
4. Digital Clapper
Digital Clapper, from QuArt Studio, is an Android clapperboard for syncing picture and sound. Hold it in view of the cameras, run the countdown with beeps and a flash, and line that cue up in the edit.
It can show scene, take, date, and timecode, and it can export a shots report. Play Store listings for this app have come and gone, so confirm it is still offered before you count on it.
5. Easy Release
Easy Release Pro is a model- and property-release app for iOS and Android. You collect the subject’s details and signature on the phone, then save a PDF.
It has been a release tool for photographers and filmmakers since 2010.
6. Filmic Pro
FiLMiC Pro is a mobile video camera app for manual control of exposure, focus, frame rate, and audio on iPhone and iPad. The current App Store build needs iOS 14.1 or later.
It can record log and ProRes, and the monitoring tools include zebras, false color, focus peaking, a histogram, and a waveform. In-camera film looks are applied at capture. Cuts and finishing still belong in an editor.
7. Green Screener
This app helps you in lighting your green screen, which is the most crucial thing that you need to do for a correct chromakey. Its banding view shows brightness differences across the screen so you can even the light before you key.
8. Imovie
iMovie is a beautiful app that allows you to edit video clips and add captions, filters, music, and more. It’s very easy to set up your project with its simple interface. The editing process is fun because it gives you the power to make your videos look exactly how you want them to!
Ever since the introduction of Apple’s iMovie, it has been a key software in many people’s editing arsenal. The ability to drag and drop video clips into your timeline with ease is just one of the features that make this app so appealing.
Editing videos on an iPad or iPhone isn’t as easy, but there are still plenty of options for those wanting to do some quick edits on their mobile device.
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9. Kodak Cinema Tools
Kodak’s Cinema Tools is a free iOS calculator for crews shooting celluloid. The film calculator turns a length of Super 8, 16mm, 35mm, or 65mm into running time. The depth-of-field calculator returns near and far limits, hyperfocal distance, and circle of confusion.
It also includes a Kodak contact directory and a lab list. The App Store version was last rebuilt in 2018 and needs iOS 11 or later.
10. Mavis – Pro Camera
MAVIS is the ultimate pro filmmaking and broadcast camera for the iPhone. The current app is sold as Mavis Camera and also runs on iPad. It provides professional-level filming tools including focus peaking, waveform monitor, vectorscope, false color, and zebras.
It gives you audio controls, audio metering, custom resolutions, framerates, and recordings formats. It also brings a natural interface to give you full flexible manual control while shooting.
11. Movie Slate 8
MovieSlate 8 is a digital clapperboard and shot log for iPhone and iPad. The slate shows scene, shot, and take, and the log keeps notes you can export as HTML, XML, or CSV.
Get fast, searchable access to shot info, without wading through hours of footage.
12. Pcam Pro
pCAM Pro is David Eubank’s cinematography calculator for depth of field, field of view, exposure, lens matching, and related camera math, with a large camera-format database.
Designed by a working camera technician who understands that photography calculations must be done quickly, simply, and on the run.
Differs from other cinematography apps, a graphical interface informs the user how each calculation is applied.
13. Shot Lister
Shot Lister is a new app for filmmakers and videographers that helps them organize their shots and scenes.
This app takes the guesswork out of pre-production by generating shot lists, browsing through scripts, and logging production progress on set.
Shot Lister is an app for filmmakers that helps them organize their shots and scenes while also keeping track of budgets during production and post-production processes.
It can also schedule the shoot day shot by shot. Pro adds crew sync, script import, and storyboards.
14. Sun Surveyor
Sun Surveyor maps the sun and moon for a place and a date, including sunrise, sunset, golden hour, and blue hour. A live camera view can overlay that path so you can plan the angle before the shoot.
The full app is a paid purchase ($9.99 on the U.S. App Store). Sun Surveyor Lite is the free, more limited version.
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