From the sounds of director DJ Caruso’s remarks on the iPad, the tablet did everything on the set of upcoming sci-fi flick I Am Number Four but order coffee and belittle the extras.
He gushes:
“Well I think people who are making movies now, I can’t imagine they’re not doing it [using the iPad]because, I’ve got to tell you, I’ve got every previz thing on there, I have every storyboard on there, I have every script and every script note,” he said. “I make my shot list on there and from that shot list I just send it… it’s become an amazing tool and I never would have thought it would have kicked in that fast. In fact, I talked to Steven, because I was sending him something from my iPad and he sent something back from his iPad and I thought, ‘Oh you got one!’ and he’s like, ‘Yeah.’ and I told him all these things I was using and he was like, ‘Which apps do you have?’ so here you are sending back which apps you have to Steven Spielberg. everyone’s starting to use it because it really is an amazing tool.”
Of course, if the movie ends up not doing well this will all be moot, and everyone who currently hates the iPad (or tablets) will set the Internet afire with comments, posts and commentary that lets everyone know it. [JSYK via TUAW]
olearymo
Monday, February 21, 2011 at 10:11 AMIn other news, laptops helped create numerous movies. People use computers to do things. Ipads are computers. Who cares!?
simulacrum
Monday, February 21, 2011 at 2:08 PMBut it’s different! These laptops have no keyboard and are locked to only using “apps”.
lol.. i still haven’t heard anyone exxplain to me how an ipad is different from a touchscreen netbook that is limited to exclusively using appstore software.
red t-rex
Monday, February 21, 2011 at 4:26 PMYou need to see the segment on the Colbert Report which showed an interview (from a different show) of Rupert Murdoch explaining why the iPad is so much better than a laptop. “…because it is portable!” and you can take it with you places.
See, it’s so obvious.
olearymo
Monday, February 21, 2011 at 5:37 PMIt’s magical. And revolutionary.
What more explanation do you need?
Director uses phone to organise shooting locations = dull.
Director uses iphone to organise shooting locations = “iPhone helps create movie.”
sigh.
Steve Tran
Monday, February 21, 2011 at 7:37 PMI Am Number Four is a piece of garbage from the ‘blockbuster factory’ of James Frey, the scumbag who pretty much fabricated his entire autobiography, who now owns a company that pays impoverished writers $250 to write the next Twilight (and conveniently keep all the profits) with the sole purpose to make tonnes of money from crappy film adaptions.