We’re talking about a range of things this week, including WWDC stuff, balancing your day job and your film job (if you have a day job that isn’t film) and getting certified in Final Cut Pro. Watch for Lance’s pick this week, it’s a doozy.

Panel is:

Adam (@adamfairholm)

Doug (@thedougmovement)

Lance (@omegabane)

Picks are:

Lance: Farmville for the iPhone (not a joke)

Doug: FenslerFilm.com

Adam: Pantone huey Pro MEU113 and the Pantone huey MEU101

File: http://www.diy-filmmaking.com/podcast_files/ep_10_treasured_golden_mystery_eggs.m4a

One thing that struck me was the announcement of iMovie for the iPhone. Bam!

Remember when FCP Daily did that April Fool’s joke – FCP Mobile? Well, it seems like it’s coming true in a sense. Of course, not with the features that Final Cut Pro offers, but iMovie for iPhone is no slouch.

First of all, the new iPhone 4 hardware allows you to shoot in HD with a tap to focus feature. Pretty cool for a phone. It seems like iPhone 4′s hardware and processor capabilities have been really boosted to allow processes like this (along with the facetime thing).

Now you’ll be able to edit those movies for the low price of $5 with the iMove app. You get features like themes, transitions, titles, geolocation maps, music, and photos. Plus, you get the ever-present “Ken Burns Effect” thing. Export to YouTube or Mobile Me in Medium (640×360), Large (960×540), or HD (1280×720) sizes. You can email video too.

Obviously, this is aimed at people on vacation. In fact, if you were an alien and sat in on all of Steve Job’s demos, you’d probably think Apple makes products specifically for people on vacation. No one is going to use this for any serious work, and I think that goes without saying.

However, I think there is a really cool filmmaking use for this.

Let’s say you are shooting a scene. Many times you will wait until you get to the location on the day to block it out with your actors. Most of the time, they’ve only really read the script (and the blocking directions on it). You can see where I’m going with this. It usually ends up to be fine, but the blocking and the visualization of the scene is learned on the fly.

What if you could go out on location with your actors and not bring anything with you but your cell phone. Just you and them, and block the scene out. They could read from their scripts, and you can get an idea of exactly where you want to put your camera. After an hour or so, you’ve got some clips on your phone of just basic blocked out shots.

After that, you can just piece them together on your phone using iMovie, and email a blocking reference to your cast and crew. Heck, you could do the whole thing with just random people reading a script – it still helps a lot. On the day, you know where every camera setup is, and the actors know what the final scene is going to roughly feel like. I think something like that is really valuable.

I think iMovie and the new iPhone 4 hardware has a lot of potential to be a pocket-sized tool in the hands of a director. It could make visual storyboarding quick, easy, and effective.