The messaging prop for film sets

The text message.
On cue. Every take.

MoMBIE is the fake text message app for film and TV — a remote-controlled, clearance-safe messaging prop. Land texts, typing bubbles, read receipts and calls exactly when you call action, from a tablet at the monitor. No on-screen text replacement, no VFX in post, no reshoots.

Scripted scenesLive cuesChroma & trackingClearance-safeCalls on cue
9:41▂▄▆█ ᯤ ▮
U
Unknown
Don't come home. They're watching the house.
Who is this??
Check your mailbox. Now.
Message…
< 45 ms
Cue latency
12
Phones, one dashboard
7
Clearance-safe skins
0
VFX shots to fix in post
The problem on set

Messaging shots quietly become the most expensive scene in the schedule.

Screen replacement in post
Without Mombie

Green-screen the phone, then pay a VFX artist per shot to comp the conversation back in.

With Mombie

The real conversation plays live, in camera. Nothing to fix in post.

Trademark clearance
Without Mombie

Real iMessage or WhatsApp UI on camera means legal review — or a reshoot.

With Mombie

Seven original, clearance-safe interface skins built for broadcast delivery.

Script changes on the floor
Without Mombie

A rewritten line means re-shooting stills or waiting on a graphics vendor.

With Mombie

Retype the line on the tablet and fire it on the next take.

How it works

Two modes. One session code.

Pair a control tablet to the prop phone, then drive every pixel in real time — scripted lines, live messages, typing bubbles, brightness, colour and haptics.

01
Build the scene

Write the dialogue, set per-line delays, attach photos or video, and pick the platform skin. Or let the AI script reader import a page of screenplay.

02
Pair the prop phone

Open Actor Mode on the hero phone and enter the session code. The device locks to the prop screen — nothing the actor taps can break the take.

03
Direct it live

Play the scene on a timer or step line by line. Fire ad-hoc messages, hold to show a typing bubble, trigger read receipts, calls and silent whisper cues.

04
Wrap with a report

Export a timecoded dialogue log as .txt or .json for continuity, editorial and the post-production handover.

Features

Everything the screen has to do, in one control surface.

Scripted & live messaging

Play a written scene on timed beats, or fire any message instantly as either character. Hold to show a live typing bubble.

Calls & notifications

Trigger incoming voice or video calls, missed calls and lock-screen notifications on cue.

Chroma & tracking markers

Flip the prop screen to green or grey with tracking markers in one tap, so post can replace it if the plan changes.

Colour grading & grade lock

Match the phone to your LUT — exposure, contrast, temperature, vignette and grain — then lock the grade so it never drifts.

Cinematographer's mode

Brightness pinned to 100% with anti-flicker, so the screen reads cleanly at any shutter angle.

Director's whisper

Silent haptic and visual cues — tap, buzz, flash, action, cut, hold — to the actor’s hand without a word on set.

AI scene generation

Turn a script page into a full conversation with believable timing, or generate matching app icons and wallpapers.

Live annotation

Draw blocking notes straight over the monitor feed with adjustable brush and eraser.

Production reports

Timecoded dialogue logs exported as .txt or .json for continuity and editorial.

Inside the app

The monitor, and what the camera sees.

Scenes
On Set — Ready
7 lines · drama
Break-up text
7 lines · drama
The threat
7 lines · drama
Wrong number
7 lines · drama
▶ PLAY
3 / 7
Typing
Read ✓✓
Call
Chroma
Notif
Whisper
Live message → prop phone
"Where are you?"
Director Suite

Scene library, transport, live cues and quick actions — on the tablet at the monitor.

Tuesday, 14 March
9:41
Messagesnow
Sarah
You need to leave. Now.
Messagesnow
Unknown
I know what you did.
Lock screen

Notifications land on cue.

Sarah
Are you still at the house?
Just left.
Don't come back tonight.
Why?
Conversation

Typing bubbles and read receipts.

Built for the whole crew

One prop, six departments happier.

Directors

Add a text or a call to a scene between takes, and shape its timing like a performance.

Producers

Take screen replacement out of the post budget and off the schedule.

DoPs

A screen that holds exposure and never flickers on camera, at any shutter angle.

Actors

A phone that behaves. The scripted line lands on cue, whatever they tap.

Prop standbys

Build and amend graphics on the floor in minutes, without a third-party vendor.

Script supervisors

A timecoded log of every line that played, on every take.

FAQ

Questions from the floor.

Yes. Every skin is an original design built for clearance — no trademarked logos, icons or wordmarks appear on camera, so the shot ships without a legal note.

Take control of the screen.

Pair your tablet, lock the phone, and send your first cue in under a minute.

MoMBIEMombie

The clearance-safe messaging prop for film and TV. Built for set, not for demos.

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