Hand Held Hollywood officially ceased operations on September 17th, 2024. The site will remain online for archival and research purposes. The App Directory continues to receive updates as needed. If you’d like to contact Taz, the contact form is still functional. We also invite you to join Taz’s mailing list here.

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HHH at the Boston Apple Store this Friday!

As if you needed another reason to lurk around an Apple Store… Hand Held Hollywood has been asked to give a great big presentation at the Biggest Apple Store in the country! It’s happening this Friday night (June 4th), from 6 to 8pm, at the Boylston Street Apple Store in Boston. I’ll be there, discussing all the latest iPhone and

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Hand holding a Steadicam Smoothee with a smartphone mounted on it for video recording, perfect for student projects.
Gear

Students review the Steadicam Smoothee

In January of this year, HHH posted a story about Tiffen’s Steadicam Smoothee — a nifty looking camera stabilizer for your iPhone 3GS. We were only able to play with it for a few minutes, so we couldn’t conduct any proper tests. But thankfully, one of our readers has just contributed a full review. Bart Weiss teaches Video for iPhone at the

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First video screenshot for App Store marketing.
Apps

1st Video Hits the App Store!

Want to get serious about editing video on your iPhone? Then you’ll want to check out Vericorder’s 1st Video!  It was just released in the App Store, and runs $9.99 — a very good price as far as we’re concerned. Want to see its feature set in action? Check out our video coverage from NAB. Then read this excellent review by

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Comic book style banner with the word "Rehearsal" featuring an actor and a prompt to "add new scripts.
Apps

Rehearsal is every Actor’s new best friend

If you’ve seen me speak at industry events, then you already know I’m a big fan of Sotto Voce Film+Works’ Rehearsal, an app that gives actors an irrefutable reason to purchase an iPad (or an iPhone). At its core, Rehearsal is a script reading application designed specifically for actors who must memorize lines, or submit voice auditions via email. It

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The iPad offers a sleek design and responsive touch screen, making it a popular choice for users.
Apps

Slick New iPhone & iPad Animation Templates

This isn’t the sort of thing we typically cover on HHH, but it’s so darn cool, we couldn’t resist. Ripple Training has just released Screenplay, a set of designer templates for use inside Apple’s Motion and Final Cut Pro for Mac But these aren’t just any templates. No, sir. These awesome creations feature 3D iPhones and iPads that fly around screen in a

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HHH featured in the new SuperMag!

Need more HHH in your diet?  Well, get ready to feast, because we’ve got a feature article inside the brand-spankin’-new 2010 Edition of SuperMag. If you don’t already know, SuperMag is an awesome annual publication that features boat-loads of informative articles covering a wide variety of film and video making topics.  This year’s edition is 315 pages long! It’s available as

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