In an open letter signed by co-founder and mobile developer Thomas Albert, we learned that Camlist, the ultimate app for camera prep, is being discontinued. Its successor is currently under development and will be released under the name Cinelist. While camera prep is a craft on its own, there are a few invaluable resources out there that can help you grasp the basics of this art form. One of these is undoubtedly the 2-hour live training that IATSE 600 Camera Assistant Aidan Gray held last year. We reported about it in this article. Among the insightful knowledge that Aidan bestows in his comprehensive overview about prepping a shoot, one fact particularly caught my attention: the existence of a mobile app with a razor-sharp focus on the creation of a camera list. That’s how I downloaded Camlist and started playing around with it. Image credit: Camlist Camlist: the camera prep app Officially launched in 2019, Camlist is a mobile app (iOS only) that was developed independently for camera assistants by two French camera assistants, Thomas Albert and Stella Libert. The main purpose of this project is to facilitate the process of preparing a shoot by making it more efficient via a series of modern, collaborative tools that go beyond old-fashioned text editors. The whole app is built around an extensive catalog of gear from a broad range of manufacturers, spanning from cameras and lenses to all sorts of accessories. Also, you can access the inventory of a number of rental houses...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 4 October, 2022