Week 4 EOC: There's An App For That

An app that I think would be absolutely necessary is one that could develop ideas. Similar to the standard “notepad” it would be a word processing app however; this app you would be able to switch to a pencil tool and draw out storyboards or map out camera angles or movements. With the press of a button at the bottom of the screen you could upload to a dropbox account or to an email. For a filmmaker this would make for a quick and efficient preproduction process that you can take with you on the go and work on where ever you are. When I’m producing a short film I always find that the preproduction process is a pain and sometimes it just takes too long to get documents along to everyone. With this app you would be able to work on the same file together no matter where you are. So if your Storyboard artist is in LA and your Lead Writer is in Chicago working on separate assignments they could easily open up the app on an iPad or iPhone and get work done while staying in the loop of things on the progression of the film. Of course being in the same room as these people while working would be ideal sometimes deadlines are more important than quickly bouncing ideas off of each other. This app would at least have everyone on the same page with the same files working together all over the world. This app could even utilize the new DAW tablet movement and incorporate ProTools, for the SSE and all the other Sound Editors to be on the same page as well. This app would be called PrePro Workstation because it brings the workstation of Preproduction wherever you are.