Epic Movie FX
By Dana Anderson,
Common Sense Media Reviewer
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Fiery explosions and crashes in easy special-effects tool.
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What’s It About?
Open EPIC MOVIE FX, choose a special effect, point your mobile device, and tap where you want the effect to be seen on the video screen. Press record. Press stop. Playback is equally as straightforward. Videos are stored in your device's image gallery.
Is It Any Good?
For a free app, Epic Movie FX is impressive in its ability to create quite realistic (but definitely not close-to-Hollywood-level) effects. The app is very easy to use, and, though there have been reports of it acting buggy on some devices, it worked well during this review. It would be nice if the developers added some "epic" effects that didn't necessarily reflect real-life violent destruction for young moviemakers who don't want military or natural-disaster violence in their films but who still want to add some special-effects-style action. Ads appear on each page, which can be distracting.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Ask your teen: What other effects would they suggest for this app?
Remind your teen that some people may be extremely sensitive to special effects like the ones found on this app when they're placed in the context of an everyday world.
App Details
- Device: Android
- Subjects: Arts: film
- Skills: Tech Skills: digital creation
- Pricing structure: Free
- Release date: December 26, 2012
- Category: Photo & Video
- Publisher: Sufi Studios Mobi
- Version: 1.4
- Minimum software requirements: Android 3.0 and up
- Last updated: July 13, 2020
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