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Its a broadcast-quality audio recorder for your phone, and it works great when paired with a lapel mic.

Photograph: Richard Saker for the Observer Photograph: Richard SakerObserver Benjamin Cook Fri 19 Sep 2014 12.05 EDT Last modified on Tue 21 Feb 2017 13.29 EST S martphones are not only changing the way we watch films, but also the way we make them.

When director Malik Bendjelloul ran out of money filming his documentary feature Searching for Sugar Man, he took a punt: he decided to shoot the remaining shots on his iPhone using an 8mm Vintage Camera app.

It paid off. The film won the 2013 Academy award for best documentary feature.

And if its good enough for the Academy, its good enough for us the home movie-makers, the enthusiasts, the vloggers, the seasoned pros.

If youre anything like me, your smartphone is brimming with video clips already: mementoes of holidays, birthdays, nights out, ice bucket challenges, and tiny, surprising, chance encounters.

Rather than leaving these clips estranged on your camera roll, a broad range of smart, cutting-edge, video-editing apps can turn even the rawest of footage into something fantastic: stringing together the best clips, trimming off the parts where you mistakenly filmed your foot, and adding a variety of subtle and not so subtle special effects.

HYPERLAPSE FROM INSTAGRAM (Free) Hyperlapse from Instagram.

Photograph: Observer Capable of shooting up to 45 minutes of footage, Instagrams new time-lapse app is extraordinarily simple.

When you open Hyperlapse, you have one option: record.

VINE (Free) The Vine app.

In 2014, everyone can be famous, but for six-and-a-half seconds, not 15 minutes.

Vine is both a fun video-making app it allows users to create six-and-a-half-second looping vignettes and share them online and one of the coolest social media platforms.

The worlds biggest Viner, 16-year-old Nash Grier, has a staggering 9.3 million followers.

It lets you trim, merge and share your videos, and some nifty additional features transitions, adding music from your iTunes, recording voiceovers etc cost 60p a pop.

ACTION MOVIE FX (Free) Action Movie FX app.

Photograph: Observer Torpedo your granny Blow up your cat Action Movie FX is a shameless guilty pleasure.

Created by Bad Robot, the US production company owned by JJ Abrams, it allows you to add action movie-style visuals to your videos missile attacks, car smashes, avalanches, spider strikes and its intuitive interface is easy to navigate.

Above all, its brilliant fun.

STOP MOTION STUDIO (Free) Stop Motion Studio app.

Photograph: Observer Stop Motion Studio lets you take photos (or import ones from your camera roll) and string them together to create stop-motion masterpieces.

A tripod (or a makeshift one) is pretty essential, and so is patience.

The free app lets you add music and your own narration, while in-app purchases include green screen, paint tools and sound effects.

SUN SEEKER (IOS 4.99) On location shoots, Sun Seeker is the app that I use most frequently.

Its killer. You can tell exactly where the sun is going to be throughout the day invaluable when blocking a scene or planning a shooting schedule.

Pair it with first-rate weather-forecasting app Dark Sky, and youre prepared for anything from rain to shine.

CINE METER II (IOS 13.99) Cine Meter II app.

Photograph: Observer A good light meter can cost 400 quid, and most have horrible little screens that look like 90s calculators.

This Cine Meter app turns your smartphone into a light meter not quite pro-level, but a laudable alternative if youve a limited budget, or for recces when you might not have your actual meter with you.

Think of this app as a light meter lite.

ARTEMIS DIRECTORS VIEWFINDER (IOS 20.99) Artemis director app.

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Photograph: Observer On TV and movie sets worldwide, professional cinematographers and directors are using Artemis Directors Viewfinder to roughly frame shots before moving a heavy camera, for location scouting, and for storyboarding.

The priciest app, it is worth every penny.

RDE REC (IOS 3.99) Like the Cine Meter II, the RDE Rec app is a blessing for low-budget productions that cant afford radio mics.

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