I recently worked on a short film by Amy Puzia called, “The Gift”.   The shoot was actually just an editing exercise for class at De Anza College, but in order to edit something, you have to shoot something, so we ended up doing this piece.  We had a very minimal crew, and did very minimal [...]

RED has opened up Stage 2 for pre-order.  Those who don’t pay up at May 1 will have their orders canceled.  That seems like we’re are moving quite quickly towards EPIC for all and Scarlet’s release!  Check out the site at http://epic.red.com Why is this site in flash?  Seriously, Jarred, you have an iPad.  Why [...]

Canon has released the Log and Transfer Plugin for Final Cut Pro.  You can download it by going to Canon’s Web Site and choosing Mac OS X from the dropdown menu. If you have ever used the h.264 files from the 5D Mk II, 1D Mk IV or the 7D, you know that it’s not [...]

On the 9th of January at 10:46AM PST a red user noticed a very interesting lens at B and H Photo (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/665583-REG/DigiOptical_DO_18_50F_DO1850F_18_50mm_T3_PL.html)  This lens was labeled DigiOptical, and in every way, this was an identical lens to the RED 18-50 zoom lens.   Only it was $3999.95 compared to $6500 for the original RED 18-50 Zoom. [...]

DP review has a press release from Canon indicating new features of 5d mkII firmware. http://www.dpreview.com/news/1003/10030201canoneos5dmkiifirmware.asp

RED Digital Cinema held a RED DAY on February 13th of 2010. I was in one of three sessions that day. I attended not as a RED ONE owner, but as someone very interested in the new cameras, specifically the Scarlet S35 model, as well as a fan of the RED ONE camera. It was [...]

Jim Jannard of RED has recently posted this little gem: We have said that much of the delivery dates rely on a successful ASIC spin. We have also indicated that we are not going to rush to release given market conditions and the overwhelming opinion of our customers to put out a finished product and [...]

July 25th, 2009.  On a warm July night, EXIT: Stage Left, a web series featuring the story of an off-Broadway theater company and their struggle to put on a play, streamed live to the world.  While many Television shows in the past such as ER, Cheers, and others have done a live episodes, this is [...]

UPDATE: Best Buy online offering 5D mkII for $2499.99 right now. We’ll see how well this puppy shoots now! The real question for this is, why no 24p? If this really is by popular demand, why not offer 24P as well. I think that Canon’s source for their popular demand is journalists and other still [...]

In this previous entry, I talked about our simple lighting setup. We used Lowel Rifa lights for the actors and some fresnels for enhancing the background. Since I wrote that post, we have added locations to the show and have run into new challenges. When shooting in our original location we were challenged due to [...]