Film and Digital Times - June 2007 - (Page 1)

Jon Fauer, ASC Cinegear Edition June 2007 Issue 11 The Newsletter of Art, Technique and Technology for Film, Video and Digital Production Red, Green and Blue Revolution Three emblematic colors illuminated NAB 2007. Red redefined digital motion picture cameras. Green lights the way for environmentally friendly, lower power, high output LED and fluorescent lighting. Blue is Blu-ray, hopefully taking off. Inside the Red Tent First of all, I admit being caught with my pants down. I had no idea how good a compressed image could look, nor how an entire industry could be turned on its ear. We had been barking up the wrong uncompressed tree. The Red Rebels’ Paradigm is the high-end digital SLR still camera, running at 24 fps. Ted Schilowitz of Red said, “We were building a movie camera, not a science project.” Digital SLR still cameras are single chip, mostly APC-C size (roughly Super 35mm format) and have become widely accepted while prices have dropped. Duh. Ted’s title, “Leader of the Rebellion,” is apt. I love these new titles. Michael Phillips, the star formerly known as Principal Product Designer of Avid, is now “Senior Evangelist.” Not to be outdone, John Johnston, star formerly known at Kodak, has just joined us at Film and Digital Times as “marketing guy.” lower case. But we digress. Red set out to do what few dared, and exhibited it brilliantly. While almost everyone else was pursuing a grail of uncompressed data on expensive solid state magazines or massive, often refrigerator-sized storage arrays, Red delivered a manageable, beautiful, wavelet compressed 4K image using little on-board, off-the-shelf hard drives. The stunning surprise was Red’s demo. A long line led to a red fabric tent. Working prototypes, displayed on either side, showed the results of 12 months since the first major flurry at last NAB. We knew it was going to be worth the wait when Otto Nemenz, Alex Wengert and Fritz Heinzle staggered out of the tent, dazed and amazed by the previous screening. We were ushered into a small screening room. Jim Jannard, Head of Red, personally introduced what we were about to see, “Here’s a little something we shot in two days in New Zealand the other day.” Now, Jim has always been a passionate filmmaker. In This Issue Red, Green, Blue 1-3 Aaton Penelope 4 Phantom Menace 5 Oli at NAB 6-7 Cooke Tour How to Build a Lens 8-13 Lighting with Paint 15 Red camera views courtesy of Red

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Film and Digital Times - June 2007

Contents
Red, Green, Blue
Aaton Penelope
Phantom Menace
Oil at NAB
Cooke Tour: How to Build a Lens
Lighting with Paint

Film and Digital Times - June 2007

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