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Updates a poppin’!
Greetings campers! Here’s a few recent app updates you might not be aware of. Vintage Video Maker 1.5 – This great app for adding a old-time look to any video is now iPhone 4 friendly. ProPrompter 1.5 – Some BIG improvements here. When using the app on your iPad, you can now feed live prompter video to any VGA monitor

HHH Interviews the makers of TOLAND
Calling all DP’s! Chemical Wedding has just released Toland ASC Digital Assistant ($39.00), a new iPhone film calculator unlike any calculator you’ve seen before. It’s totally sick. If the Cray XT5 Supercomputer, and an Arri Elexa had a love child, my guess it would grow up to be Toland. Unlike many other film calculators, Toland takes your entire shooting system (camera,

From the Director’s Chair: Who You Gonna Call?
I recently directed a pilot presentation for a comedy series titled Polterguys. It’s sort of a Ghost Hunters meets Reno 911 kinda thing. I was luck enough to work with a group of terrific comedic actors. It’s not often you get to have that much fun on set. I’m really hoping the show gets picked up. It would be a

RunPee (One of our favorites) hits 2.0!
Sure, there are apps to help you carefully craft your latest masterpiece, but here’s an app that helps you truly enjoy the efforts of others. Of course I’m speaking of RunPee Mobile, the app that tells you when it’s safe to go to the bathroom while at your local cineplex. No, I’m not kidding, and yes, it’s awesome. Best of
A place for all the other stuff
When I renovated the site in 2011, I merged all the sections together. As a result, this post has been nullified. Hi all! As founder of Hand Held Hollywood, I’ve tried to keep the site chock full of useful news, reviews, and tutorials. However, since our launch late last year, there have been times I’ve wanted to post other stuff…the

mRelease keeps you legal…and covers your ass.
Now here’s an app that falls squarely into the “why the hell didn’t I think of that?” category.
What happens when you’re shooting on location, and you suddenly remember that you left all your blank release forms at home. Don’t fret. Thanks to mRelease from being MEdia, you’ll always have four of the most common production releases (appearance, property, location, and crew) right on your iPhone. Here’s how it works: