Apr 272011
 

The guys from Kazakhstan along with some of our friends, crew and the Russian translators

Not to be confused with the parody of the country featured in the movie Borat, these guys are from the very real, and very prosperous country of Kazakhstan. Temirbek Amanzhol, Duman Kozhakhmet, and Altynbek Bektassov were part of a television production team that choose Red as their high end production format. They choose Video Resources to train them on everything from camera operation, to data wrangling and creating dailies, through post workflow.

Here is summary agenda of those days:

Day One: 
Production Training on Red Camera: 
1- Technical aspects of the camera and its operations — Conducted by Brad Hagen and VR staff
2- The accessories needed and how to best utilize them — Conducted by Brad Hagen and VR staff.
3- Lighting for the Red camera — Conducted by John Frost, DP
4- On location filming test  – Supervised by John Frost, DP
5- Data management — Conducted by Joe Hedge, Assistant Editor and Expert Data Wrangler.

Day Two: 
Red Camera Post-Production workflow:  (using the footage that was filmed on Day One)
1- Exploring the different post-production workflows — Conducted by Brad Hagen and VR staff.
2- Down-converting the R3D files for editing in Final Cut Pro and managing and organizing the files in Final Cut Pro.– Conducted by Joe Hedge
3- Exporting and confirming files Online process – Conducted by Joe Hedge
4- Color Correction using R3Ds using Color — Conducted by VR staff
5- Exporting media for different delivery formats — Conducted by Loren White, Brad Hagen.

If you are interested in a private workshop on the RED drop us a line to discuss schedule and other details.

Mar 202011
 

Able Cine has built a great rep as a go to source for modern day videographers and cinematographers. They stock not only the cameras and major hardware that we all need, but many of essential bits and pieces to fill out a package. Sometimes even developing their own hardware to fill a void such as their lens collimator. My most favorite tool is their field of view calculator which allows you t o compare the field of view (FOV) of particular lens of one sensor to another. For instance, if you want to see how much a 50mm lens covers on a RED One Camera compared to a Arri Alexa this is the tool for you. It’s mobile friendly and works great on iPhones and iPads –iIt even warrants a weblink on my iphone home screen.It’s free, check it out here.

To read more about it, Abe Cine has this overview.