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The touch screen is transforming the big screen. Read about MovieSlate and other movie-making apps in this Los Angeles Magazine �Lights! Camera! App!� article.

�The iPad has proved especially well suited to an application called MovieSlate, which mimics those iconic zebra-striped clapperboards that synch film with sound. MovieSlate was originally developed for the iPhone, but then the iPad turned out to be about the size and shape of a clapperboard, making it all the more valuable. The device illustrates how apps help rein in costs. Whereas a regular slate is priced at more than $1,000, MovieSlate is $24.99. Of course, the iPad costs $499, but that amount includes, um, an iPad.�

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