Now this is the way to make a movie tie-in. Super 8, a new application named after the homonymous film by JJ Abrams that opens on June 10 is not a lame teaser clip collection or a set of slapped together. Rather, it is a video recorder with all the features designed to emulate Super 8 film cameras.
In other words, is like a Wayback Machine for the iPhone and iPad 2, allowing you to record movies at home with a decidedly 60's style. The only thing that is not new applications such as 8 mm camera crop and Silent Film director have offered this capability for some time.
Ah, but Super 8 is free - and it is very slippery. The entire interface is based on the case of a Super 8, with instructions for time, Super 8 "cassettes" (ie, his collection of recordings), and the camera.
The camera comes with your choice of seven photographic lenses, including color, sepia, negative, and infrared, even. For any of them can change a superposition of scratches and dirt and a frame-vibration effect, the latter literally makes the jump from the framework based on the movement of the iPhone. (This effect is probably incomprehensible to anyone who has never seen old movies at home - but really cool for those of us who have.)
Once recorded some "movie", you can organize (but not edit) the clips, then add titles and credits, add a film guide that looks authentic Super 8, and "develop" the film to watch with Super 8 of "projector." (Attention to detail is incredible: you have to pull down the "screen" and no Back and Forward buttons can keep the transfer of real-time playback.)
When finished, you can send an e-mail your movies to friends or the copy back to your PC via iTunes. Unfortunately, there is no way to share via Facebook or YouTube.
That's the only thing wrong with this application smart and entertaining. It may lack some of the features found in the above mentioned, but it really is a blast to play with - and you can not beat the price. For a limited time, Super 8 is free.
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