This article by S. James Snyder, “New Camera Poised To Alter Filmmaking”, is the best summary for non-film professionals of why Red is revolutionary. This is the article I’ll give my friends and family (who don’t know much about film-making) to explain why I’ve been so excited about Red, since November 2005, when rumors of [...]
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Posted in 16:9, 4K, Build 16, Indie filmmaking, Jim Jannard, R3D, Red Camera, Red digital cinema, Redcode RAW, cameras, cinematography, firmware, high-definition on Thursday, 19 June 2008, 10:32 am | 3 Comments »
The much-anticipated Red One camera Build 16 firmware is finally here! The top features in Build 16 that I’m looking forward to are: ability to shoot 16×9 4K; improved ability to shoot in low light; improved and evenly distributed film-grain-like noise; ability to record audio directly to camera (i.e., without a mixer) using phantom mic [...]
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Red.com has posted some excellent interviews with famous and talented directors and cinematographers on their impressions of and experiences with the Red One camera:
Crash
Doug Liman
Michael Cioni
Pierre De Lespinois
Stephen Soderbergh
Tony Richmond
Great interviews and real-world insight into how good Red is to make films. A good quote by Tony Richmond (ASC, BSC): “I think you [Red] are [...]
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Posted in Element Technica, Indie filmmaking, Matrox, Red Camera, Red accessories, Red digital cinema, Redrock Micro, Toys4Red, UGrip, cameras, cinematography on Saturday, 3 May 2008, 10:11 am | No Comments »
Darren Finner has launched an excellent site featuring a roundup of the Red accessories he likes best, complete with commentary and, in many cases, reviews. Darren is a big (and opinionated) poster on reduser.net. This “Finner Knows Best” site has write-ups (and links) for:
Element Technica
View Factor Studios
Redrock Micro
UGrip
Toys 4 Red
LS Designs
Action Cam
Lens Babies
Matrox
(Warning: Darren’s tongue-in-cheek [...]
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Check out this video of an exclusive demo for the RED party during NAB 08 just a few weeks ago by BIRGER Engineer Erik Widding–giving a final rundown of his much anticipated 35mm canon mount for RED ONE. This mount will allow you to mount Canon EOS lenses onto Red (and perhaps more importantly, othere–even [...]
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Posted in 4K, Apple ProRes 422, Final Cut, Indie filmmaking, Kelly Chen, R3D, REDCINE, Red Camera, Red digital cinema, Redcode RAW, cameras, cinematography, high-definition, how-to on Saturday, 26 April 2008, 4:08 pm | 4 Comments »
After a few ad hoc test shoots, got to take my Red #1304 out and do something real and interesting: On Thursday we shot Canto Pop diva and movie star Kelly Chen doing a promotional message for a charity.
It was one of those crazy shoots–with too little space and too many people; in a tiny [...]
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Posted in 4K, Filmmaker Magazine, Indie filmmaking, Red Camera, Red digital cinema, cameras, cinematography, digital cinema, high-definition, joy of use on Wednesday, 23 April 2008, 1:17 pm | 1 Comment »
Real-world scoop on shooting two features with Red One Digital Cinema cameras from Offhollywood Studios, company of Mark Pederson (early Red adaptor and innovator).
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Posted in 3K, 4K, 5K, Indie filmmaking, Red Camera, Red digital cinema, Redcode RAW, SDK, cameras, cinematography, digital cinema, high-definition, post-production, workflow on Saturday, 19 April 2008, 11:42 am | No Comments »
Interviewed on the German website film-tv-video.de, here’s the main punchlines on Red’s new cameras, Epic and Red, from Red’s “Leader of the Rebellion”, Ted Schilowitz. A few highlights from this interview:
[Scarlet] shoots Redcode, like its bigger brother, the RedOne. It uses the same Compact Flash (CF) cards that Red uses [video image shows two CF [...]
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Posted in 120fps, 2K, Indie filmmaking, Red Camera, Red digital cinema, cinematography, high-definition, slo mo, slow motion on Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 12:07 am | 1 Comment »
OK. It’s not high cinematography. And you’re watching it in low definition and not the 2K high definition glory I shot (and immediately watched) it in. But here’s the first footage out of my Red that I’ve uploaded to the public, “Pouring a Sam Adams at 120 fps, Shot on a Red One Camera”:
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Wow! Lots of goodness from Red, announced at the first day of NAB yesterday. Check out Red’s new NAB brochure. I’ll comment later, and am anxious to see what other have to say (and will link to their posts). Read Mike Curtis’ posts on ProVideo Coalition:
Red Ray
Scarlet (3K camera for US$3K)
Epic (5K camera for US$40K)
updates [...]
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