Since I have received my iPhone, I have been researching every app under the sun, particularly those suited to my needs as a designer and indie filmmaker. I wanted to share this modified list of iPhone 2.0 apps suited for video production (originally located on a list serve):
** LlamaSlate** (made for video productions) Does digital slates for video! A digital slate can cost $400 and up easily. The one down side is the audio sync is kind of quiet. However, I plan to put my boom right next to it, hit the take, and then go. Promised great upgrade on the way. Good way to mark multicam shoots, also. Very simple, but more text and such promised in a new update.
*** Update:*** I emailed Scott, the developer of LlamaSlate, and he emailed me back saying,* "The next version (should be out soon) will make it a lot more useful. I'm working on it right now."*
*** Update #2- **** Scott emailed me screen caps of the new version! *
*** Update #3- the new version will be submitted to apple next week.***
iSee4k(made for video productions) DoF, angle, lenses 2 lens, and 16mm, 35mm, and RED calculators. ** Gel Swatch Library**(made for video lighting) A library of standard gel colors, complimentary colors, lighting graphs, etc. A must have for anyone who does creative lighting!
** Daylight Clock** Shows sunrise and sunset times for your current location. I have (and I hope others will) put in a request to the makers of this handy little app that for us photographers and videographers, we'd like to see future dates, as well.
** TalkingPics** Stores text, audio recording, and photos in one single note, and notes can be organized into projects. Thus, a Project can be a storyboard, and you could go to your locations, take photos with your iPhone of your intended shots, type in data, voice record your thoughts, presto, STORYBOARD DATABASE! Here's a real life example; I'm putting together a TV shot in August, very important client. I went to the restaurant and took photos of the shots, labeled them with text, recorded voice thoughts about lighting and movement. Later I'll go back and finish, then run it by the client before we start shooting. I have (and I hope others will) put in a request to the makers of this handy little app that they tweak it, or a version of it, specifically for film/video storyboard use, that could be exported in tact to your Mac/PC in some manner, rather than a web site the way it's set up now.
** TapeMeasure** Just that, a fancy tape measure that uses the GPS function of the 3G iPhone (or locater model used in the regular iPhone) to measure distance (can be miles), hight info, direction, etc.
Additionally, here is a list of iPhone web apps for filmmakers. It seems there is a market out there for creative professionals that are iPhone users.....