While Life of Pi was a visual effects tour de force, the Academy Award-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man was a crowning achievement for DIY filmmaking. After all, director Malik Bendjelloul finished filming the movie with his iPhone when he ran out of money. All it took was the 8mm Vintage Camera app he purchased for $1. Here’s a quick rundown of other cool apps that can turn any regular Joe into a reel genius. iMotion HD (great for time lapse and stop motion), CinemaFX for Video (a solid 8mm Vintage alternative), iMovie (Apple’s easy to use edit suite), and Stop Motion Recorder (make claymation-like movies with still images).