Best apps for filming

When it comes to filmmaking, you no longer need a big budget and a team of producers to get recognized.

We live in the age of the social media influencer and the viral video, which means that if you can make it big with a camera phone and an app that can edit your footage, then more power to you.

Here are our picks for the best apps for filming on your smartphone.

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Best apps for filming

  1. Scriptation
    When you’re in the middle of shooting, what’s more annoying than script rewrites? Nothing. There is nothing more annoying. You get a revised draft, have to incorporate the new pages, quickly figure out what has changed, and rewrite all of your notes onto the new pages.

That’s where Scriptation comes in. The Emmy® Award winning app for iPad, iPhone, and Mac allows you to mark up scripts using a wide range of customizable annotation tools and then intelligently transfer those notes into script revisions with the tap of a button. According to TV director John Scott (The Magicians, You), Scriptation’s note transferring feature saves him 5 hours of prep time each week!

Rainn Wilson from “The Office” stars in Scriptation’s “Script Change Hell”

But Scriptation isn’t just for those “Hollywood types.” Aspiring and indie filmmakers use the production app to read scripts, mark up documents, share notes, highlight lines, bookmark scenes, and separate annotations conveniently into layers. As one App Store reviewer advised emerging filmmakers: “I guarantee this app becomes standard on set.” So be prepared to use it on your next big production. Try out Scriptation’s free script annotation app and see for yourself. Price: Free

FILM PRODUCTION SOFTWARE

  1. Studiobinder
    StudioBinder is a fundamentally new way for filmmakers, production companies, and agencies to streamline their production workflow for the 21st century. Offering web-based filmmaking software with a suite of integrated products, Studiobinder has a plethora of features including:

Call Sheets – Create & send personalized call sheets and track RSVPs.
Script Breakdowns – Import scripts and tag elements like props and wardrobe.
Shot Lists & Storyboards – Robust, customizable shot list and storyboard builder.
Shooting Schedules – Drag-and-drop interface to plan and schedule multi-day shoots.
Contact Lists – Manage and send messages to talent, crew, vendors, clients and more.
Tasks, Calendars, and Files – Collaborate and comment on tasks, files, and production calendars.
Price: Free

BEST FILMMAKING APPS

  1. Artemis Pro
    Artemis is the first digital viewfinder for smartphones. Over the years it has become an indispensable tool for professional filmmakers used by Oscar winners and film students across the world.

Artemis allows you to input your camera specific sensor, choose your lenses, and see your true field of view, right on your phone screen. In 2018, Artemis was awarded an Emmy for its contribution to filmmaking.

Price: $29.99

Best Filmmaking Software iPhone iPad Artemis Pro
APPS FOR FILMMAKERS

  1. Helios Pro
    Helios Pro is a light-tracking app designed for cinematographers, photographers, and designers. Not only can you pinpoint the position of the sun, the moon, and stars, Augmented Reality and light simulation allows you to visualize exactly what shots will look like at any location, at any time of the year or day. You can see precisely how light will illuminate and the shadows fall.

Chemical Wedding created these dynamic 3D meshes for terrain landscapes to show how the light will change throughout the day across the hills, mountains and valleys. Likewise, OpenStreetMap building data creates a 3D reconstruction of the buildings and streets. So, no matter where you’re shooting, you can see exactly how the light will strike buildings or mountains throughout the day.

Price: $29.99

FILM PRODUCTION APPS

  1. LumaFusion
    LumaFusion is a powerful multi-track video editor created for mobile devices. Called a “desktop class” editing software, the features of LumaFusion make it truly comparable to traditional video editing.

The filmmaking app has a familiar non-linear editing workspace with three tracks for video and audio and three additional audio tracks for narration, music, and sound effects. There are also several preset layout options to customize your workspace to your editing style.

The app supports various frame rates and aspect ratios, options for insert, overwrite, ripple, and slip editing, the ability to mark in/out points from the source, live audio mixing, and even keyframes.

Outside of basic editing, LumaFusion provides many built-in effects, titles, video transitions, animations, color correction abilities, and even royalty-free music. And, virtually everything custom you create can be saved as a preset for future use. Price: $19.99

Best Film TV Video Production Software LumaFusion
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  1. Upcast
    UpCast is a filmmaker app that instantly connects talent and casting professionals through the entire casting process. Models and actors can audition from their phones by instantly submitting photos and videos directly to casting professionals. You can swipe through roles, submit photos/videos, and get cast right from your couch. Price: Free

Best App for Filmmakers UpCast
2022 FILM APPS

  1. FiLMiC Pro
    FiLMiC Pro is an incredibly advanced film production app for iOS and Androids that enables you to make the most out of your device, virtually turning it into a professional camera. This app gives you fine-tuned control over your phone’s camera, including manually changing the exposure, ISO, shutter speed, focus, zoom, and more. In addition to unlocking the full potential of your phone’s camera settings, FiLMiC Pro has many customizable options including the ability to record up to a dozen different resolutions and aspect ratios, advanced audio recording features, four encoding options to balance between quality and file size, video sharing capabilities through apps such as Facebook, DropBox, Vime, and 3rd Party Hardware Support for several popular lens adapters and gimbals. And, FiLMiC Pro has the ability to adjust video settings (exposure, contrast, saturation, tint, color temperature) after capture. A multi-time iOS Video Camera App of the Year, FiLMiC Pro has been used on high profile video projects and was most recently used by Steven Soderbergh’s on the Netflix feature “High Flying Bird.” Price: $14.99

Best Filmmaking Production Apps FIlmic Pro
BEST FILMMAKING APPS

  1. Adobe Premiere Rush
    Adobe Premiere Rush is a lite version of Premiere Pro available for iOS devices. While a lite version, it is still very comparable to its desktop version and Premiere editors will feel right at home. On mobile, filmmakers can shoot, edit, and share their video content all in one device from anywhere. You can also create between your devices, including desktop, by opening your Rush files right in Premiere. The intuitive and very familiar multitrack timeline allows users to arrange video, audio, graphics, and photos by dragging and dropping. You can adjust audio, enhance color, add titles, transitions, voiceovers, and more. Price: Free

Best Apps for Film Adobe Premiere Rush
BEST APPS FOR FILM

  1. Greenscreener
    Green Screener does away with light-meters and waveform-monitors, and shows you exactly how even your green screen is, using just your phone or tablet.

Available on iOS and Android, Green Screener is a new kind of tool for lighting a green screen that breaks your green screen up into bands, so you can easily see how to light it.

Price: $9.99

Best FIlmmaking Software Greenscreener
BEST FILM PRODUCTION APP

  1. Frame.io
    Frame.io is a collaborative space for filmmakers and clients to work together and give feedback. No more email chains with vague time stamps. Frame.io offers time based comments and video annotations so you can draw directly on video frames to accurately communicate your feedback. Likewise video transcoding in the cloud allows you to upload any video format and never worry about playback compatibility. Frame.io also features version control so you can see all of your past versions of projects and Comment Replay, which loops a 4 second range around any comment so you can get a sense of what it means in context. Price: $17/month

Best Film Production App Software FrameiO
BEST APPS FOR FILMMAKING 2022

  1. Shot Designer
    Shot Designer promises to make it “ridiculously easy” to block complex scenes. Shot Designer strives to be the ultimate film app for directors by combining camera diagrams, shot lists, storyboards, and animation all in one place. And, everything you create is inter-connected. Any changes you make in the diagram update the shot list, and any changes you make in the shot list change the diagram, and so on. Price: $19.99

Filmmakers Best Apps Shot Designer
BEST FILM PRODUCTION SOFTWARE

  1. Switcher Studio
    Switcher creates professional-quality live video content using just iPhones and iPads. Edit while you shoot and switch between cameras, photos and video so you don’t have to waste time later. Stream live to YouTube and Facebook, capture 1080p or 4K TV quality video, or output video to a projector or external display. Price: $29/mo

Best Film Production Software Filmmakers Switcher Studio
FILM APPS

  1. Cine Meter II
    Cine Meter II is a professional photography, video, and film app for iOS, using the built-in camera to provide a shutter-priority reflected light meter, an RGB waveform monitor, and a false-color picture mode. Cine Meter II measures light and color, so you can light and shoot and know what you’ll get. Price: $24.99

Best Film Production Software Cine Meter II
BEST FILM APP OF 2022

  1. Shot Lister
    Shot Lister is the professional shot list and scheduling app that is self-dubbed “a better way to make your day.” No more crumbled piece of paper with all of your scribbled plans and touch the digital future of shot listing. Check out their in-depth guide on how to build a shot list.

Shot Lister is designed by filmmakers to deliver the only solution that can build, organize, schedule and share shot lists digitally. Tap and drag to reorganize your day in seconds. Organize and store hundreds of scenes and thousands of shots with industry standard formatting.

Available on iOS, macOS, and Android, everything is fully customizable and live-editing allows you to reschedule on the go.

Price: Free on iOS

BEST APP FOR FILM

  1. Kodak Cinema Tools
    An app for shooting on film seems a little bit contradictory, but Kodak created this free app to take the guess work out of working with celluloid film. The app features a film calculator and a depth of field calculator designed to simplify ongoing arithmetic.

If you are shooting 16 mm film at 24 fps with 58 feet of film left, how much running time do you have? No need to scratch your head, the Kodak Cinema Tools app does the work for you. Similarly, the depth of field calculator can help you determine the settings you need to get the focus you want.

best filmmaking apps for android

  1. StoryBoard Quick Direct ($14.99)
    6 Filmmaking Apps for Android Users: Storyboard

StoryBoard Quick Direct allows you to compose shots on your phone or laptop. You can take a photo of a location and add characters and directions to create a storyboard.

The app includes a series of characters in multiple positions as well as directional arrows to help define action or camera movement. You can also add captions or dialogue to the scene using your phones speech-to-text option. When you are finished with your project, you can easily rearrange frames with a quick swipe.

Requires Android 2.3 and up. Available in the Google Play Store for $14.99.

  1. Pocket AC ($9.99)
    6 Filmmaking Apps for Android Users: Pocket AC

The Pocket AC app includes a ton to tools and tables for filmmakers. The app was developed by a camera assistant to help prep and execute any type of video production.

This app covers an array of cameras. It’s helpful for everything from mirrorless and DSLRs all the way up to cinema cameras from ARRI and RED.

Pocket AC Tools Include:

Depth of Field and Split Focus
Digital Runtime, Filesize and Compression
Diopter and Split Diopter
Exposure
Field of View with preview
Focal Length Equivalents
Focus Chart
Footage Length and Runtime
Insert Slate (sync beep BETA)
Mired Shift and Filter Suggestions
Screentime and Runtime
Shutter Angle and Exposure Time
Solar Elevation
Unit Converter (Filesize, illumination, length, temperature, weight)
Pocket AC Tables and Charts:

Camera Specifications (Over 80 Film and Digital Cameras)
Film Stocks
Filter Factors
HMI Safe Shutter Angles
Lens Specifications (Over 550 Lenses)
Available in the Google Play Store for $9.99.

  1. SL Director’s Viewfinder ($9.99)
    6 Filmmaking Apps for Android Users: Viewfinder

The SL Director’s Viewfinder was developed by Stephen Lebed. This viewfinder lets you simulate the view of many different cameras and lenses. It also uses a built-in grid to help with overall shot composition.

You can take photos with your phone and throw them into your storyboard. This will allow you to know which lens you will need ahead of time.

Available in the Google Play Store for $9.99.

  1. Light Meter Tools ($3.39)
    6 Filmmaking Apps for Android Users: Light Meter

The Light Meter Tools app uses your device’s camera and light sensor to get accurate measurements. You can even download a trial to make sure the app works on your phone or tablet first. The developer is gladly open to feedback if you run into any issues. The app also includes a sun calculator and depth of field calculator at no extra charge.

Requires Android 3.0 and up. Available in the Google Play Store for $3.39.

  1. Kodak Cinema Tools (FREE)
    6 Filmmaking Apps for Android Users: Kodak Cinema Tools

The Kodak Cinema Tools app is one of the most popular filmmaking apps available, and it’s FREE.

Kodak’s Depth of Field Calculator helps you determine the settings you need to get the focus you want. It was designed to be used with any film format, including Super 8, 16, 35 and 65 mm. F-stops range from F1.4 – F22, with 1/3 stops included.

The Film Calculator let’s you quickly determine how many feet of film you would need to achieve a shot. The app also includes a glossary of filmmaking terms to help you communicate with your crew.

Requires Android 1.6 and up. Available in the Google Play Store for FREE.

  1. Google Street View (FREE)
    6 Filmmaking Apps for Android Users: Google Street View

We previously talked about this app for cinematographers, but it is great for all-around filmmaking. You can scout and visit locations, take a 360-photo, and the app will index your photo and location.

You can then show the location to the director and use your phone to turn around 360-degrees. The app is also compatible with Google Cardboard, giving you instant virtual-reality locations. The app also features photos from other users, so your location scouting can also be done from the comfort of your desk.

Available in the Google Play Store for FREE.

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