:00:14. > :00:24.victory. Now it is time for Click.
:00:24. > :00:42.
:00:42. > :00:45.This week on Click, exciting times. We have decided to find out just
:00:45. > :00:50.how good the video cameras are on smartphones by using one to make a
:00:50. > :00:56.movie. And you can't get more analogue
:00:56. > :01:00.then a night at the theatre, but can you? Be at a show where it is
:01:00. > :01:04.not just the actors doing the projecting.
:01:04. > :01:09.The latest tech news and a great way to bring your desk top to life
:01:09. > :01:14.in Webscape. Welcome to Click. Welcome to
:01:14. > :01:23.Alexandra Palace in London. This was the birthplace of BBC One, the
:01:24. > :01:29.world's first regular high- definition TV service. Although
:01:29. > :01:33.this was higis was higon 1930s style. But these days, you can get
:01:33. > :01:36.higher definition on one of these than at this place ever pumped out.
:01:36. > :01:44.Some film-makers are using smartphones to make professional-
:01:44. > :01:54.looking films. We wondered just how good a movie can -- how good of a
:01:54. > :01:54.
:01:54. > :02:00.mini you can make on a smartphone. We decided to make one. -- a movie.
:02:00. > :02:10.I am at Alexandra Palace now. We had a Tweet saying there was
:02:10. > :02:10.
:02:11. > :02:20.something weird over here. I can't see anything at the moment, but...
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:02:21. > :03:33.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 72 seconds
:03:33. > :03:43.Target required. Attack. Attack. Attack.
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:03:49. > :03:59.OK. Let's try a bit of droid on Her! Broke Android, thought there
:03:59. > :04:04.
:04:04. > :04:08.would be a nap for that. -- and app. The end. Have you enjoyed that. But
:04:08. > :04:18.if you would like to try making something like that, you will need
:04:18. > :04:23.
:04:23. > :04:33.some extra bit -- bits of kit and a The bar has already been set higher
:04:33. > :04:36.
:04:37. > :04:40.by this movie, Olive, entirely filmed on a Nokia N8 smartphone.
:04:40. > :04:44.Director Hooman Khalili used a host of professional great film lenses,
:04:44. > :04:54.a professional sound engineer to capture audio separately, and a
:04:54. > :04:54.
:04:54. > :04:58.professional at its weight. -- edit suite. For us, the challenge was to
:04:58. > :05:03.capture high-definition video and sound, colour great the resulting
:05:03. > :05:09.footage, and to generate those visual effects using only
:05:09. > :05:14.smartphones and their various attachments. So, which phone to
:05:14. > :05:18.use? Or those Samsung's Galaxy as to ute seemed to sue the best video,
:05:18. > :05:27.most of the hardware attachments and the best post-production apps
:05:27. > :05:33.are currently only made for the iPhone -- iPhone. Location booked,
:05:33. > :05:43.storyboard completed and batteries charged, we headed to Alexandra
:05:43. > :05:46.Palace for a day of fresh air and running about. One of the first
:05:46. > :05:52.problems you will encounter when shooting at smartphone video or is
:05:52. > :05:59.that the phone tries to be too helpful. It constantly changes the
:05:59. > :06:02.focus and exposure as you're filming. In comes FiLMiC Pro, one
:06:02. > :06:09.of the few apps that allows you to lock the camera settings for the
:06:09. > :06:14.duration of a shot. The next problem You will have is a lens,
:06:14. > :06:18.which will be lost if you -- which will need for a decent wide-angle
:06:18. > :06:23.shot. But there are a number of attachments which will give you a
:06:23. > :06:30.variety of looks. A Siddle wide- angle lens but to capture even more
:06:30. > :06:34.of the scene. This fisheye lens gives you that warped effect for
:06:34. > :06:40.the Android's point of view. And a telephoto lens can give any shot a
:06:40. > :06:48.more professional look. It can give you close-up shots and throws the
:06:48. > :06:52.background out of focus, which looks really cooler. -- cooler.
:06:52. > :07:00.This attachment let you screw your phone onto any attached -- tripod
:07:00. > :07:10.you like. And that tracking shot at the start of the movie will require
:07:10. > :07:14.
:07:14. > :07:20.something like this. And a steady hand. It needs to be would ever is
:07:20. > :07:23.more comfortable. If you need to capture the action at a run or a
:07:23. > :07:32.walk, a steadicam attachment will counteract a camera operator's
:07:32. > :07:39.natural bounce. We also used it to seem -- simulate the Android's
:07:39. > :07:46.steady glide. A counterweight is underneath to keep the phone a
:07:46. > :07:56.level as you twist and turn. It is fiddly to set up. You have to get
:07:56. > :07:57.
:07:57. > :08:04.the balance just right before you start, but the results are smooth.
:08:04. > :08:08.As well as getting good looking to forget the sound. In a phone and
:08:08. > :08:14.microphones are notoriously bad at capturing good quality audio. If we
:08:14. > :08:21.wanted to record a lot of dialogue, we would have needed this 350 pound
:08:21. > :08:31.tie line attachment to connect to our professional -- hour in a phone
:08:31. > :08:32.
:08:32. > :08:42.and microphone. The kung-fu moves are optional but they did allow
:08:42. > :08:44.
:08:44. > :08:49.them to maintain a steady shot. The sound is possible as long as it is
:08:49. > :08:56.an old close to the mouth during the shot. Even the voice of the
:08:57. > :09:03.Android was done in the phone in using a free voice changer. To
:09:03. > :09:08.those visual effects shot, both were created using Action Movie.
:09:08. > :09:13.Just a place the target we were the action, record a few seconds of
:09:13. > :09:19.video and decider at which point you want the effect to begin. --
:09:19. > :09:22.decider. It is a little hit and miss and you have to create the
:09:22. > :09:32.final effects shot in the phone before you can have another go, but
:09:32. > :09:32.
:09:32. > :09:36.for a free app, the brick -- results are pretty cool. It is
:09:36. > :09:40.impressive stuff but there are some serious technical drawbacks to
:09:40. > :09:50.shooting high-definition video. The most pressing is the fact that it
:09:50. > :09:51.
:09:51. > :09:55.will seriously train your phone's precious resources. FiLMiC Pro
:09:55. > :09:59.chewed through the eye for an's battery. High-quality video fills
:09:59. > :10:08.your phone's memory to bursting. Three minutes of video takes around
:10:08. > :10:18.one gigabyte of space. After 40 minutes of filming, our brand new
:10:18. > :10:20.
:10:20. > :10:25.16 Keig phone was out a space. -- Keig. -- gigabyte. We found
:10:25. > :10:34.ourselves regularly dumping of footage to a laptop and recharging
:10:34. > :10:39.it with this. Want to have recorded your raw
:10:39. > :10:43.footage, you may want to give it more of a cinematic feel. There are
:10:43. > :10:47.many felt that apps which will process your pictures. We used one
:10:47. > :10:57.for the overall colour grading and used thank you different apps on
:10:57. > :10:57.
:10:57. > :11:02.top of that to create the finished effect. Don't forget that despite
:11:02. > :11:07.what Steve Jobs may have told you, this is a phone, not a
:11:07. > :11:11.supercomputer. It takes about 20 minutes to apply affects up to one
:11:11. > :11:21.minute of video, so keep your phone charging and go get yourself a cup
:11:21. > :11:23.
:11:23. > :11:29.of tea. And go for a nice walk. Once everything is done, it is time
:11:29. > :11:34.to edit it all together. Even here, it is possible to do it on a mobile
:11:34. > :11:39.device, although on a small screen, this is very painful. If you prefer
:11:39. > :11:45.to use a PC, YouTube allows you to perform simple and it's and music
:11:45. > :11:52.mixes and both Mac and Windows come with video editing software also.
:11:53. > :11:58.So, it turns out it is possible to make a respectable-looking creation,
:11:58. > :12:05.shot, special effects, and all using a smartphone. The results
:12:05. > :12:10.seem to be good enough for the web and a standard definition TV. As
:12:10. > :12:14.soon as you try to do anything vaguely complicated, he will need a
:12:14. > :12:24.tonne of patients and the sheer stubbornness to refuse to spend a
:12:24. > :12:24.
:12:24. > :12:31.relatively small amount on a proper Some of you may have made your own
:12:31. > :12:39.smartphone movies. You can send us a link. Our e-mail address is
:12:39. > :12:44.click@BBC .co.uk. Next is Tech News. What many see as rip-off data
:12:44. > :12:48.charges for using your phone abroad is to end in Europe. European
:12:48. > :12:54.Parliament has voted to cap data charges for European users when
:12:54. > :12:59.travelling within the EU to 59p per megabyte. The changes come into
:12:59. > :13:03.effect in July and the maximum cost for making or receiving calls and
:13:03. > :13:06.texts will fall by about 20%. Next year, they will fall further and
:13:06. > :13:11.customers will be given the option of signing with a different
:13:11. > :13:14.operator while retaining their own number while travelling in the EU.
:13:14. > :13:18.Two American senators are asking for an investigation into whether
:13:18. > :13:21.employers asking for Facebook passwords with in job interviews
:13:21. > :13:27.are violating the law. Facebook says it has seen an alarming
:13:27. > :13:30.increase in reports of employers trying to gain access to Facebook
:13:30. > :13:34.profiles. Internet users should have an easy
:13:34. > :13:37.to use do not track me feature at their fingertips. The
:13:37. > :13:41.recommendation by the Federal Trade Commission in the US will prevent
:13:41. > :13:46.online companies from recording use of's behaviour without permission.
:13:46. > :13:53.They said companies needed to be more transparent but senators may
:13:53. > :13:58.be too busy to consider this before the election.
:13:58. > :14:01.We have looked at how some of the latest consumer tape can be used to
:14:01. > :14:06.make half decent movies. Now it is time to give another of the
:14:06. > :14:13.creative arts a mate Clover. LJ Rich has been behind the seats of
:14:13. > :14:17.hi-tech theatre. -- pain make over. Nobody pushes scenery on and off
:14:17. > :14:23.this stage. It is a south London theatre that has been kitted out
:14:23. > :14:32.and run by computers. Computers that create crops. That can hide
:14:32. > :14:38.the stage. -- props. Or create a character's worst enemy. Here, you
:14:38. > :14:43.can see the virtual set mac back on to the real said. If you look at
:14:43. > :14:47.the bright white light, these are a series of projects as that are
:14:47. > :14:53.hitting the walls. When using the project this in conjunction with
:14:53. > :14:56.the rest of the lighting rig, the idea is it brings together.
:14:56. > :15:02.seamless whole is actually five Quicktime video files playing in
:15:03. > :15:08.sync. Each screen overlaps. That is called Edge blending. It allows
:15:08. > :15:13.actors to interact with all be out staged by the scenery. One of the
:15:13. > :15:19.highlights is where the hero fights a Samurai. It is a virtual Samurai.
:15:19. > :15:23.They are going to let me have a go. The principle is the same as
:15:23. > :15:31.traditional shadow theatre and helps the drought every team in
:15:31. > :15:36.advance. I did not. -- figure out a routine in advance. Behind the
:15:36. > :15:42.screens of the production company's studio, our mystery swordsman is a
:15:42. > :15:46.person in a motion -- motion capture suit. They build a stage
:15:46. > :15:54.model to get a feel of the space. This is made into a virtual model
:15:54. > :16:00.using CAD. Now, the creative design process starts in earnest. We are
:16:00. > :16:07.looking at my it - 3D animation software. We brought the virtual 3D
:16:07. > :16:16.model into my ear. We used virtual three-dimensional objects in a
:16:16. > :16:20.virtual space. -- my her. That is then used and projected back on to
:16:20. > :16:25.the scenery. Despite the hi-tech feel of projected scenery, it is
:16:25. > :16:29.still down to trial and error to get the virtual and real to match
:16:29. > :16:34.up. Even future projects like these need tweeting before it is suitable
:16:34. > :16:39.for the theatre. -- tweaking. This is smart Class that goes opaque
:16:39. > :16:43.when a current runs through it. The theory is to create quick scene
:16:43. > :16:46.changes while somebody is acting in front of it. But the actor in front
:16:46. > :16:51.is currently covered by the projection, assuming this can be
:16:51. > :16:56.ironed out by projection from behind, it will still cost upwards
:16:56. > :17:00.of �30,000 to fit this through -- to an average side stage. Team also
:17:00. > :17:06.showed me another project. Will time voter manipulation, made
:17:06. > :17:10.especially for an upcoming play about photography. -- photo. It is
:17:10. > :17:17.a novel idea to use a MIDI music controller to change how pixelated
:17:17. > :17:21.the images. And what prototype room would be complete without this? The
:17:21. > :17:26.ex pop -- a Xbox controller that follows a movement is following a
:17:26. > :17:31.virtual keyboard. But this demo is more about how to configure the get
:17:31. > :17:35.censored. Actors can effectively direct themselves. They can change
:17:35. > :17:41.of music used by walking through a specific area which may mean a
:17:41. > :17:46.longer wait in the wings for everybody else.
:17:46. > :17:53.Now, a change is as good as a breast, is what they say. I go on
:17:53. > :17:58.holiday, come back feeling refreshed. -- rest. But then I come
:17:58. > :18:03.back and I am staring at the same wallpaper. Fortunately, Kate
:18:03. > :18:09.Russell is not that slack. Here comes Webscape.
:18:09. > :18:16.For according to Tolstoy, true life is lived when tiny changes occur.
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:18:20. > :18:25.downloaded through PC or Mac and delivers an ever-changing landscape
:18:25. > :18:32.of desktop wallpapers, designed by some of the world's best artists
:18:32. > :18:36.and illustrators. Like most people, I rarely get around to changing my
:18:36. > :18:41.wallpaper. This app has brightened up my desktop. It is like somebody
:18:41. > :18:44.sneaking in in the middle of the night and hanging a piece of art on
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:18:52. > :18:58.list of favourites to streamed your desktop automatically. There is a
:18:58. > :19:04.Twitter at as well and a company -- companies say they are full steam
:19:04. > :19:07.ahead developing for the rest of the market. The video you can
:19:07. > :19:11.record on an iPhone is pretty decent quality these days,
:19:11. > :19:16.especially with the apps and extras you can get to enhance the picture,
:19:17. > :19:21.as we saw in today's show. But what are you supposed to do with the
:19:21. > :19:27.random snippets of BDO if you have no time? Make them beautiful, of
:19:27. > :19:31.course, with this excellent free app, Magisto. -- video. You can
:19:31. > :19:41.shoot a video or upload from your camera roll. The case soundtrack
:19:41. > :19:45.and sit and wait for the magic to happen. -- Pick a soundtrack. You
:19:45. > :19:51.do not have to sit there watching this green. It took me a few
:19:51. > :19:55.minutes to work that out the first time. -- this screen. Prices in
:19:55. > :20:00.takes a few minutes so have a cup of tea. This works like Flixtime
:20:00. > :20:06.and Animoto. A couple of browser based services that do this. Having
:20:06. > :20:11.it parcelled up as an up with building links -- built in links
:20:11. > :20:17.makes this thinner than other ways. One and loins is you cannot we mix
:20:17. > :20:24.a collection. It comes out the same every time. -- won an audience. But
:20:24. > :20:30.this is a welcome addition to video sharing.
:20:30. > :20:39.Time to keep out narrowness style with this app built by the makers
:20:39. > :20:44.of Plane Finder. ShipFinder.co. It tracks and displays shipping.
:20:44. > :20:50.Zooming can be jerky due to the sheer volume of load of data. There
:20:50. > :20:55.is detailed information about where each ship is going and what is its
:20:55. > :20:59.business. You could in effect track the delivery of a shiny new car you
:20:59. > :21:02.ordered from overseas or perhaps follow the progress of a cruise
:21:02. > :21:06.ship will grandparents are holidaying on. You can even sit
:21:06. > :21:09.there and what the ship move across the map frame-by-frame if you have
:21:10. > :21:14.a lot of patience. Not quite like being there in person though, is
:21:14. > :21:23.it? Luckily, the site lets you fast-forward through history so you
:21:23. > :21:28.can see the ships go sailing by. Or jump aboard yourself with the Sail
:21:28. > :21:38.Me button which opens the ship's route in Google Earth 4 U2 s --
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:21:38. > :21:42.explore some more. Now, I want to turn things upside down. Yes, it
:21:42. > :21:46.hurts my brain as well. FirstPersonTetris .com is a new
:21:46. > :21:56.twist on an old classic but is pretty hard to get your head around.
:21:56. > :21:58.
:21:58. > :22:01.It is fun to try, though. Finally, finger painting paid off for the
:22:02. > :22:07.creators of chart-topping Draw Something. Again on android and
:22:08. > :22:17.iPhone that beat you against other players in a Pictionary like draw-
:22:18. > :22:19.
:22:19. > :22:24.off. This may not be a Salvador Dali but the price tag is in line
:22:24. > :22:31.with the great masters. It was revealed this week that the makers,
:22:31. > :22:35.Zinga, are prepared to pay $180 million for it.