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This Sunday, the critically-acclaimed sitcom, Arrested Development returns as a Netflix Original series with 14 new episodes. The show — which followed the trials (literally) of the Bluth family — had its run on network television abruptly end with a truncated third season in 2006.
This coming Sunday, HBO premiers Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, Behind the Candelabra, starring Matt Damon and Michael Douglas. Based on the memoir of Scott Thorson, the movie describes the life of Liberace and his live-in lover Thorson. Soderbergh spoke to Vulture a few months ago and talked a little bit about the movie and his career in general. The interview includes this insightful advice for aspiring filmmakers:
What do you think people mean when they call a film Soderberghian?
I have no idea. But never use that word to describe your movie in a pitch meeting because it won’t get made.
Behind the Candelabra premiers on May 26th on HBO.
Australian inventor and filmmaker, Pawel Achtel, has introduced the “3Deep” underwater rig – the first to resolve full 5K 3D images underwater. 3Deep circumvents the need for dome or flat faced viewing windows, instead using Nikonos lenses designed specifically for underwater use. This methodology eliminates much of the distortion, chromatic aberration, and lost resolution that is common with underwater rigs.
The Hollywood Reporter explores the use of 3D in The Great Gatsby and other films in a new article. Director Baz Luhrmann reportedly made the decision to shoot in 3D after seeing a screening of Hitchcock’s Dial ‘M’ For Murder in its original 3D version.
Steven Soderbergh spoke at the San Francisco International Film Festival last month on the “State of Cinema.” The entire talk is engaging and worth watching. A few short comments on technology deserve attention:
I love all this new technology, it’s great. It’s smaller, lighter, faster, you can make a really good-looking movie for not a lot of money, and when people start to get weepy about celluloid, I think of this quote by Orson Welles when someone was talking to him about new technology, which he tended to embrace, and he said: “I don’t want to wait on the tool, I want the tool to wait for me,” which I thought was a good way to put it.
Due to great demand, the San Francisco Film Society put the video and its entire transcript online.
This week, the first trailer for Ender’s Game was revealed.
The highly-anticipated adaption of Orson Scott Card’s epic science fiction novel showed footage for the first time publicly at CinemaCon last month. At the time, FirstShowing.net said “We truly are entering a new era of sci-fi, and while Blomkamp’s Elysium and Abrams’ Star Trek will lead the way in the summer, it’s Ender’s Game that will take us to even new heights this November.”
Shot on RED EPIC, directed by Gavin Hood, the film is released on November 1st, 2013.
This year at WonderCon in Anaheim, California, Guillermo Del Toro showed a new trailer for Pacific Rim with previously unseen footage. Like many convention previews, this trailer could have stayed in the vault unseen by the public at large. Thankfully, today, the WonderCon trailer for Pacific Rim hit the internet where it immediately generated all sorts of excitement.
Watch it in HD and discover why Guillermo Del Toro called it “the perfect movie to shoot on RED.”
Released only one week ago, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’s video for “Can’t Hold Us” has already racked up a staggering 6 million views. We spoke with Ryan Lewis about shooting on RED.
Sam Mestman who has taught post-production at REDucation has a new series on MovieMaker in the DIY category that describes his RED/Final Cut Pro X workflow in elaborate detail. Mestman says “On the most recent film I worked on using this workflow, I was able to get an assembly edit of the entire film done within two days of the film wrapping.”
This short video of hummingbirds feeding was shot on a RED EPIC-M at 225fps with a Canon 16-35mm and 70-200mm by Bruce Douglas Johnson.
RED’s announcements and displays at the NAB show last week turned heads and inspired headlines.
BayTiger created a video tour of RED’s NAB booth and products guided by Ted Schilowitz. RED spoke with Scruffy.TV in a video available on their website, chatted with Teradek live from the floor, and also talked to Digital Journal in front of the RED DRAGON upgrade station. In addition to the DRAGON upgrade, the interview touches on the entire history of RED and an overview of digital cinema.
At the NAB Show we announced the upgrade program to RED DRAGON™ sensors. In what is surely another trade show first, RED is performing upgrades to the RED DRAGON sensor in a clean production facility live in our booth. To do this:
We took part of our manufacturing facility and moved it to the floor of NAB. The entire upgrade is being performed there just as it will be done on RED users’ cameras at our California facility.
All week at our booth at the NAB Show, RED is conducting one hour introductory courses of REDucation. In the introductory course at NAB, REDucation students shoot on a RED EPIC camera rig, learn post-production with REDCINE-X PRO, and watch their footage on the big screen in the booth.
The public is free to observe the course through each stage. The classes are held at 10am, 1pm and 4pm each day of NAB except Thursday when there is no 4pm class. Each REDucation class at NAB takes 40 students and is free to join. Register here for a class.
Las Vegas, NV — RED Digital Cinema is happy to announce its acquisition of Element Technica. Element Technica creates rugged accessories for the toughest production environments. Designed by filmmakers for filmmakers, Element Technica enjoys a great reputation among their peers in the cinema and broadcast industry. Given the numerous occasions RED and Element Technica products have been merged on set to provide elegant and durable performance, this announcement is not a surprising one. We are excited to welcome Element Technica into the RED family as the RED ELEMENT division. We look forward to the great work we’ll do together.
The new sensor from RED Digital Cinema cameras that shoots 6K Resolution at 100 frames per second with impressive native dynamic range has arrived. The RED DRAGON™ sensor translates to 9 times more resolution than High Definition and over 19 megapixels.
Once again proving Obsolescence Obsolete®, RED EPIC and SCARLET owners will be able to upgrade their existing sensors to RED DRAGON.
Those that believed in Jim’s vision when it was still an impossible dream, those that stood in line and paid deposits when everyone told them that RED was a scam, vaporware, snake oil, those that believed that everyone else’s “good” was not “good enough” — those are the early adopters and will be the first to experience RED DRAGON 6K via RED’s RED DRAGON™ sensor upgrade program.
For more info on RED DRAGON, visit the product page. For FAQs on DRAGON upgrades, visit our Support section.
Las Vegas, NV — RED Digital Cinema introduces RED DRAGON™ — the 6K sensor for RED EPIC cameras — and many other innovations at the NAB Show this week. From shooting to post-production to playing, RED aims to provide the ultimate ultra high-definition solutions.
Marcus K Jones recently shot Covergirl’s new print and commercial campaign on RED EPIC. Needing to pull stills that would fit on the side of a tour bus, EPIC was the perfect choice for Jones. The new campaign features Covergirls, Nervo, a DJ duo from Australia. The images will be seen in ads in VOGUE, W, Glamour, Rolling Stone, Cosmopolitan and more.
HDVideoPro recently spoke with Eigil Bryld, the DP on Netflix’s original series House of Cards created by Kevin Spacey, David Fincher and Beau Willimon. Bryld tells HDVideoPro…
The innovative video game studio Red 5 Studios launched Stage 5 TV to cover emerging trends in gaming and geek culture. Their YouTube channel hosts several different series including Game Changers — a show where they take video game tropes and see if they would work in real life. In the latest episode, Game Changers wants to know if people can fly jetpacks and shoot guns. They shoot every episode on EPICs and SCARLETs.
HDVideoPro and DigitalPhotoPro magazines present the 7th Annual Emerging Pro contest now accepting entries.
Enter a series of five still photographs and narrative or nonnarrative motion shorts. From the entries, 10 Finalists will be chosen to receive a RED EPIC outfit on loan for a month during which they can shoot a dream project to be judged for the final phase of the contest. One winner will then win a EPIC-X PRO COLLECTION courtesy of RED and a set of ZEISS CP.2 LENSES
The prize package is valued at over $63,000 and features the EPIC-X PRO COLLECTION and a set of 4 Zeiss CP.2 Lenses in either EF or PL mount. All finalists will receive a 1-year subscription to the Adobe Creative Cloud.
For more information and to enter online, visit hdvideopro.com/emergingpro or digitalphotopro.com/emergingpro and submit still photos or motion shorts. Questions should be directed to the HDVideoPro and DigitalPhotoPro Contest Administrator.
Sam Raimi’s interpretation of the land of Oz comes to life in Oz: The Great and Powerful, opening today and shot on RED EPIC. Nerdist recently posted their interviews with Raimi and the cast. With the pressure of revisiting a legendary film and reinventing its fantasy world, Raimi and his actors explain their initial concerns and the methods by which they bring the story to life.
We recently sat down with Kenny Stoff, the Director of Photography on the Sundance and SXSW selection Sound City, to speak with him about the experience. The movie is the directorial debut of Dave Grohl and tells the story of the legendary Van Nuys studio and the bands that recorded there. Kenny and his partner Jessica Young shot the movie and were flies on the wall during Grohl’s incredible conversations with Neil Young, Rick Springfield, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty and many others.
Kenny spoke with us about how the EPIC was a great camera for the job — able to switch between documentary interview and music performance seamlessly — and how the secret to shooting was prep, prep, prep.
Sound City was a hit at Sundance earlier this year and was accepted to SXSW. It screens three times in the next week at the Austin, Texas festival. Tonight, March 8, it shows at Alamo Village at 9:30pm. It also screens next Wednesday, March 13, at the Paramount Theatre at 7:15pm and next Friday, March 15, in Rollins Theatre at The Long Center at 1:30pm.
Back in December, we noted TransWorld SURF’s cover sequence shot on a SCARLET. The shoot for that cover was part of the movie DONE by Blake Vincent Kueny and John John Florence about John John’s surfing. The short film has been getting a great deal of recognition in surf circles. Stab Magazine declared: “This might just be film of the year.” TransWorld called it “freaking amazing.”
Much of the movie was shot on John John’s own SCARLET giving the filmmakers a level of control and comfort with their equipment that makes a huge difference when shooting hours of surf footage to catch the right moment.
DONE is currently available on iTunes.
Paul Cameron ASC recently conducted a workshop at Camerimage using a RED EPIC to demonstrate his workflow to deliver “advanced dailies.” Post Magazine spoke with him about his process.
Last night, Curfew, directed by Shawn Christensen, took home the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. The story of a suicidal young man left to care for his niece for an evening, Curfew was shot on the RED ONE and has won over 30 awards in the last year. Also nominated in the Live Action Short Film category was Asad by Bryan Buckley shot on RED EPIC.
David Fincher used 5 EPIC-M MONOCHROMEs to shoot Justin Timberlake’s new video for “Suit & Tie.” Released on Valentine’s Day, the clip shows off Monochrome’s amazing clarity at 3200 ISO.
One of the coolest things about the Shot on RED Film Festival last year was getting an early showing of the amazing work being done by independent filmmakers on RED cameras. That becomes even more gratifying when we see a film from the festival go on to dazzle other audiences.
In January, RED joined Gothenburg Film Studios for GoKinema 2013 — an annual event in Gothenburg, Sweden in which film artisans learn about being behind the scenes on a film set with workshops, art department displays and open sets. RED participated in 2 open set shoots where a director and DP shot on a RED EPIC system. The following day, RED was part of a live 4K grading session of those shoots led by Director of Photography Geoff Boyle and Chief Colorist Dado Valentic. On display was the RED 4K Workflow and its accessibility.
Last week in Hollywood, RED attended a screening of Sound City, the new documentary directed by Dave Grohl, shot on RED EPICs, and selected for Sundance this year. The film tells the story of the unlikely hero, Sound City Recording Studios, whose history careens from near failure to wild success over 30 years through the voices of the musicians and engineers who recorded at the studios.
At the Sundance Film Festival we’ve been excited to see the sheer number of films shot on RED. In 2008, only 1 movie shot on RED appeared at Sundance. In 2010, there were about 40 movies. In 2011, it doubled to about 80. For the past two years, we haven’t been able to count all the films shot on RED cameras and equipment.
Ted Schilowitz speaks to AVForums.com
AVForums interviewed Ted on the floor of CES. AVForums made the universal observation:
A 4K display is kind of wasted if you don’t have any native 4K content to show on it.
All week at CES in Las Vegas, RED displayed native 4K content using the REDRAY connected to an 84-inch Toshiba 4K panel at Toshiba’s booth. We’d like to give a very public thank you to Kris Pygrocki one of RED’s Bomb Squad customer service personnel who manned the Toshiba booth all day, all week. Kris introduced thousands of CES goers to the REDRAY’s 4K delivery. Thank you, Kris.
In a sea of 4K displays, the question going around has been “Where’s the content?” The REDRAY answers that question. Its ability to deliver true 4K content has not been missed:
10 films shot on RED cameras were nominated for last night’s Golden Globe Awards. We have great admiration for all of those who earned the privilege of being recognized and RED would like to extend a special congratulations to Kevin Costner for winning Best Actor in a Mini Series or TV Movie for his brilliant performance in Hatfields & McCoys.
Thursday afternoon at CES, RED’s Ted Schilowitz participated in a panel discussion called Next Gen TV: building an ultra HD Ecosystem. Also on the panel were Chris Cookson from Sony, David Walton from JVC, John Taylor from LG and Jim Sanduski from Sharp. Moderator Rob Sabin from Home Theater Magazine led the group through a conversation covering 4k creation, distribution and display.
RED’s Ted Schilowitz took to the Engadget stage Tuesday at the International CES 2013 to discuss the latest happenings at RED Digital Cinema. In a wide-ranging yet dense interview, Ted and hosts Richard Lawler and Richard Lai covered cameras, the REDRAY, a RED projector and REDucation.
Ted began by briefly outlining RED’s camera history from the RED ONE to the SCARLET which he showed off onstage. “We can’t talk enough about it,” Engadget’s Richard Lawler said of the SCARLET. When Ted noted that the SCARLET brain is under $8000, Lawler summarized nicely: “Assuming that I have the skill, I could make a Peter Jackson quality movie.”
“This year is all about 4k,” we overheard a convention-goer say today at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. We can’t argue with that statement. Every major manufacturer is showing off 4K displays ranging from 20-inch tablets to enormous home theater-sized panels.
RED is showing off the capabilities of the REDRAY 4K Cinema Player in conjunction with Toshiba on an 84-inch 4K monitor. In a subtle display, RED and Toshiba show off 4K filmmaking from end to end. With a RED EPIC and REDRAY player overlooking the panels, footage shot on EPIC streams on Toshiba’s newest 4K monitor.
PDN (Photo District News) reviewed the latest gear releases and has recently awarded SCARLET-X as the Video Camera of the Year. Being awarded the best “video” camera by a trusted trade publication for professional photographers shows how RED continues to be at the forefront of the the movement that blurs the line between “still” and “motion” image capture. In fact, RED is still the first – and only – maker of a true “DSMC™” Digital Stills and Motion Camera.
RED would like to congratulate Amber Gray who won the São Paulo Fashion Film Festival with her film “Anemone.”
RED President Jarred Land presented Ms. Gray with the grand prize of a RED EPIC-M MONOCHROME. Her film will also be shown by Wolf Magazine as part of their Issue #1.
The trailer for Michael Bay’s Pain & Gain debuted today on Vimeo. Based on the true life reporting of Pete Collins, the movie centers around 3 Miami bodybuilders who moonlighted in abduction, theft and torture.
As one would expect with a Michael Bay movie, it’s full of action and tantalizing images. Judging from the trailer, it’s also full of deadpan, possibly dark, humor. The movie opens on April 26, 2013.
The merits of Peter Jackson’s choice to shoot The Hobbit in 48 frames per second continue to be debated but the opening weekend of the first movie in the trilogy left no ambiguity at the box office.
As expected, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, crushed the competition at the box office in its debut weekend, setting a new December record in the process. — Entertainment Weekly
With the The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey opening this weekend, high frame rates and 3D movies are on everyone’s mind. Shot at 48 frames per second and in 3D, The Hobbit movies have ensured that these technical issues of movie making are discussed in popular media.
Geeky blogs almost melted down this week when the first trailer for Guillermo Del Toro’s sci-fi robot versus alien slugfest was released. Concerning the invasion of Earth by aliens who arrived via a portal in the sea, Pacific Rim presents a new spin on the alien/monster movie: “To Fight Monsters, We Created Monsters.” We could say more but just go watch this in HD.
Chris Coté and John John Florence talk about the latest cover for TransWorld SURF shot on SCARLET.
TransWorld SURF magazine makes history with the first major surf magazine cover taken from a digital cinema camera — a RED SCARLET to be precise. The cover features a sequence of images of World Tour surfer John John Florence. The stills were taken from footage shot for John John’s movie Done shot by Blake Kueny and the cover showcases the article “John John Florence Jumps Off a Cliff” in the magazine.
Shot on RED Film Festival Grand Prize winner The Wheel directed by John Roberts
Last week, RED Studios Hollywood hosted the first Shot on RED Film Festival, a showcase of short independent projects shot on RED cameras and delivered in 4K. Over two nights at the Downtown Independent Theater in Los Angeles, RED screened the films of 36 finalists from an entry pool of over 300 films.
We’ve been following the release of the movie Waiting For Lightning which tells the story of Danny Way’s quest to take skateboarding places no one imagined it could go.
RED Digital Cinema is now taking pre-orders for the REDRAY® 4K Cinema Player.
Shoot Online talks to several directors and DPs to profile 5 movies that could be Oscar contenders. Of particular interest is the director / cinematographer pairing of Robert Zemeckis and Don Burgess, ASC. The two have collaborated on Back To The Future II and III, Death Becomes Her, Forrest Gump, Contact, What Lies Beneath, Castaway and The Polar Express. Their most recent film is Flight — shot on RED EPICs.
RED Digital Cinema is proud to be a sponsor of the first annual Sao Paulo Fashion Film Festival. The festival aims to showcase and promote the best national and international works in fashion films. The SPFFF will also provide an environment where professionals can engage and exchange information on this new format. The festival runs on December 12 and 13th, 2012.
Festival events include:
The Hobbit Production Video #4
CLICK digs into the technology of The Hobbit movies. The magazine highlights 3 significant technical decisions that separate The Hobbit from its contemporaries. Shooting in 5K on RED EPICs — CLICK notes — is one of those decisions.
RED is excited to introduce price reductions on all our cameras. The move comes after a surprise announcement from RED founder Jim Jannard on REDUSER. Under the characteristic “Everything Changes…” title, Jim stated that:
Leave it to Red Bull to come up with a stunt that’s so far beyond crazy that it becomes a legitimate scientific undertaking. The energy drink brand is sending a man into the stratosphere to freefall back to earth. Felix Baumgartner will be “skydiving” from space. He will fly a balloon to 120,000 feet in the atmosphere and jump from his capsule in a space suit. During his fall, he is expected to break the speed of sound.
Renowned cinematographer Vincent Laforet took to the rooftops to capture the final flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour as it landed at Los Angeles International Airport last Friday. Vincent shot the landing with a RED EPIC at 5K resolution in slow motion at 96 frames per second. Read his description of the shoot and see photos of his setup at his blog.
RED congratulates Emmy® winners from Louie and Hatfields & McCoys — both shot on RED.
The squealing sound you may have heard earlier this week was the sound of millions of Tolkien and Peter Jackson fans reveling in the release of the second official trailer from Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The second trailer is a bit darker than the first we saw and focuses on the adventure ahead for Bilbo and the dwarves.
Start your weekend off with a beautiful new peek at this movie. The countdown to December 14th is underway.
Last weekend the second annual Comikaze Expo took over the Los Angeles Convention Center. The expo is Los Angeles’s answer to San Diego Comic Con — a 2-day convention of comic books, movies, and pop culture. This year, former Marvel Comics honcho Stan Lee came aboard as host which added a level of historical significance to the show. RED was on hand to witness the show and document it on a 5K EPIC.
Over the weekend RED made several significant product announcements on REDUSER.net.
RED Digital Cinema is exhibiting at the International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam, Netherlands this week. True to form, RED delivered an important presentation today with exciting product news.
Every year, RED Studios Hollywood offers 3 weeks of a filmmaking camp for kids age 9 to 15 known as Camp RED. The first two weeks take place at RED Studios Hollywood. Week 3 is an overnight camp in Malibu. We just wrapped up this year’s Camps and all were a great success. Here’s what happens at Camp RED…
At the NAB Show this past April, RED was proud to present Loom, a short film from Ridley Scott shot on RED EPIC in 3D and starring Giovanni Ribisi. The film was written and directed by Luke Scott, Ridley’s son. RED has been screening that film since NAB. Now, we’re proud to present it online. RED President Jarred Land posted a download link on REDUSER earlier today.
Seeing Loom in 4K 3D on a laser projector is how it was meant to be seen. But as Jarred said, this is “a web version to tide you over till you can get to one of our screenings… which you really need to do.”
Korean rapper PSY’s music video for “Gangnam Style” has become a huge viral hit mostly for the hilarious vignettes that flash by in short cuts — he’s on a bus, he’s in a sauna, he’s in a barn, he’s on a tennis court, something explodes, he’s in a subway. It’s a frenetic video with over 35 million views on YouTube.
And it was shot on RED EPIC.
RED Digital Cinema is excited to expand our global presence in Asia. Our new locations will serve as a convenient locale for RED sales and support.
Joining our locations in Europe, India and Japan are new locations in China:
RED was proud to be a sponsor of this year’s La Jolla Fashion Film Festival. Over three days, RED participated in many areas of the festival and awarded a RED EPIC to the winner of Best Picture on Saturday night.
The Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles is hosting a new exhibit called “Who Shot Rock & Roll?” The exhibit is a celebration and exploration of the photographers who have captured rock ‘n’ roll’s iconic images since 1955. In addition to 166 prints from over 100 photographers, the exhibit features an arresting documentary shot by Arclight Productions.
We’re thrilled to hear that Peter Jackson has confirmed a third Hobbit movie! He confirmed it this morning via a post on his Facebook profile.
Monster Energy took a RED EPIC to the first 2012 Street League Skateboarding™ contest in Kansas City to interview Shane O’Neill and shoot him doing tricks.
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards Thursday morning. RED congratulates “Louie” and “Hatfields & McCoys” — both shot on RED — for their nominations.
We returned from San Diego Comic Con Sunday afternoon exhausted with bags full of swag and with the unmistakable impression that though RED did not have a site of its own at the largest popular arts convention in the world, our presence was indeed felt.
Vogue recently partnered with RED Digital Cinema and Bottega Veneta to present the New Exposure Fashion Photography contest. Promising young fashion photographers submitted their work, all of which was shot using RED DSMC (Digital Motion and Stills Cameras) technology.
RED was on hand to take behind the scenes photos as The Bandito Brothers shot the Hot Wheels™ Double Loop Dare stunt at the Los Angeles X-Games on June 30, 2012. The stunt — shot on RED EPIC — is fantastic enough but another amazing feat is that Bandito Brothers edited the footage in less than three hours.
This month HDVideoPro Magazine goes into the technical details behind the scenes of The Amazing Spider-Man to explore how stereoscopic two-camera rigs were able to maneuver through the action. Many of the stunts were shot in live action on location in 3D rather than relying on computer-generated effects thanks to 3ality Technica’s 3D stereoscopic rigs.
Adobe is taking their newest Creative Suite, CS6, on the road and RED is joining them. CS6 creates a more open workflow for RED shooters by allowing users to open .r3d files natively in Photoshop, Premiere, and AfterEffects. On the Road Show, RED and HP introduce the HP Z280 — a Dual 8 Core Intel Xenon powered tower customized for RED and Adobe CS6.
Back in December, when the first Prometheus trailer was released, Jim Jannard posted on REDUSER.net:
The La Jolla Fashion Film Festival is the First International Fashion Film Festival Founded in North America and the world’s largest gathering of fashion film professionals. The best international fashion films will be shown in three different screening programs July 26, 27 & 28th in the world class theater at the Museum of Contemporary Art La Jolla. Each night consists of about 20 short films. They’ve just announced an extension to their submission deadline to Thursday, June 14th for RED.
Romain Gavras’s cinematic approach to music videos (he’s responsible for M.I.A.‘s “Born Free”) continues with his video for Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “No Church in the Wild.” Gravas used the RED EPIC for the high speed shots.
The Orange County Register visits RED Studios Hollywood and chats with Ted Schilowitz for a feature in their online journal. Ted speaks about RED’s plan: “There’s no plan for this company.”
The first trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby has been released and it is full of the flamboyant visuals that the filmmaker is known for. The Great Gatsby was shot in 5K full-frame on RED EPICs using 3ality Technica’s 3D camera rigs.
Ted Schilowitz appeared on The Business Makers show at SXSW this year. In the interview, Ted covers everything from the cameras, to REDucation, to the company of RED itself.
RED is happy to announce NEW EXPOSURE — a fashion photography contest from Vogue, RED and Bottega Veneta that starts today and ends May 30th.
Luke Evans recently spoke to The Collider from the set of The Hobbit. Self-confessed “film nerds” The Collider ask Evans about filming with the EPIC at 48 frames per second.
Come to the RED booth (#SL3324) to see “LOOM” presented on REDray Projector and Player in our theater.
4K Playback up to 120fps
4x HDMI 1.4 Video Outputs
7.1 Ch HDMI 1.4 Audio Output
Download 4k content to internal HD
and more…
LAS VEGAS, NV — RED Digital Cinema announces the following product news…
On Sunday, April 15th, more than 1200 Redusers gathered poolside to kick off NAB 2012. Guests admired a variety of 4K displays. Each display showcased the top ten finalists of the 4K Portrait Competition. This “living gallery” of quality content from the Reduser community demonstrated the viability of global 4K acquisition and exhibition.
RED Digital Cinema announces the EPIC-M Upgrade Program. As a service to our customers, RED will begin upgrading EPIC-M cameras to update the internal hardware including the RED LINK antenna to current factory specs, mechanical modifications including a new top similar to EPIC-X with additional rear mounting points, and the new heatsink that has the same thermal characteristics in a much lighter package.
RED Digital Cinema will once again make our presence felt at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 16th – 19th, 2012. The NAB Show® is the world’s largest event covering filmed entertainment and the development, management and delivery of content across all media with over 90,000 professionals in attendance.
Check this month’s Vogue (April 2012) for our first and biggest print ad ever. You’ll find an 8 page fold out featuring Rooney Mara shot on EPIC by David Fincher and lit by our good friend David Devlin. You need to see this printed.
It showcases the power of DSMC: shoot motion and extract single stills for not only print covers but massive fold-out spreads like this.
Sure to be a collectors item for our friends.
James Cameron — director of Titanic, Avatar, and a little movie called Aliens — is planning a dive to the Mariana Trench and he’s taking a RED EPIC with him.
Cameron has been on more than 30 deepsea dives but this one is the deepest ever and to a depth only 2 human beings have been to previously. The last voyage this deep was made in 1960 in the US Navy bathyscape, Trieste, by two pilots. Cameron will travel in a one-person submersible that’s been 8 years in the making. The small craft dives vertically and has 2.5 inch walls tested to withstand more than 16,000 psi. Naturally, it’s packed with tech:
Two cylinders of compressed oxygen and a carbon dioxide scrubber can keep him breathing for up to 56 hours. A touchscreen readout, similar to those found in some aircraft, will provide constantly updated information and status on most of the 180 systems that will be in operation on a typical dive. He’ll control the 12 thrusters that maneuver the sub with a joystick and see what’s going on outside the sphere’s thick, conical viewport on a viewscreen fed by a Red Epic 5K camera and wide angle lens. The 19-mile (30 km) range of the sub’s communication system should easily keep him in contact with the surface.
We’re proud to be part of such an historical exploration and are excited to see what Cameron discovers.
Read the story on Gizmag.
RED is proud of all of the Academy Award nominees who chose RED to bring their ideas to life. For the third straight year, films shot on RED have earned the prestigious honor of an Oscar nomination and we congratulate all of those who were involved with these projects along with those who have won in their respective categories.
And the RED winners are…
We really love fashion photographer and filmmaker Jacob Sutton’s L.E.D. Surfer — a short film of a snowboarder at night in an L.E.D. lighted suit. The film was shot on his RED EPIC camera at temperatures down to -25C showing us just how well the EPIC handles in low-light and low-temperature settings.
Sutton says:
I’ve always been excited by unusual ways of lighting things, so it seemed like an exciting idea to make the subject of the film the only light source
The film is featured on Nowness where you can read more about the shoot.
WIRED Magazine reviews the SCARLET-X and rates it “Nearly flawless; buy it now.”
They say the SCARLET-X “takes indie film projects to Lucasfilm levels.”
A more in-depth review will be in the magazine in March.
Read WIRED’s review and see a short film they shot on SCARLET.
Light Iron announces the first REDUSER 4K Portrait Contest as part of the Reduser NAB 2012 Party in Las Vegas. The contest will give RED shooters the opportunity to create content and compete for exhibition space and prizes at the NAB Party. The contest will showcase RED content demonstrating the viability of global 4K acquisition and delivery creating a “living art gallery” atmosphere.
Entries must contain content captured on a RED ONE, EPIC, or SCARLET cameras and edited on Adobe Premiere Pro. The maximum length is 4 minutes including credits, no dialogue or sync sound is allowed. Submissions should exemplify the impact of 4K imagery and support Reduser Party event theme “THE WORLD [IN 4K]."
For details on the contest and how to enter, read below.
We’ve written before about The Amazing Spider-Man’s use of EPICs. Now, you get to see the results. Though we’ve seen teasers, Sony has finally released the first full-length trailer for the film.
You can find more about the film at: www.theamazingspiderman.com.
Last October, we brought you news of OmStudios EPIC-loaded octocopter — a remote-controlled octocopter that could hover an EPIC up to a height of 150 meters and has a range of around 100 meters. Today we bring you a short film shot with the ’copter from RED EPIC RENTAL in Germany.
6 Degrees of Hell, directed by Joe Raffa and starring Corey Feldman, Nicole Cinaglia and David Bonner, aims to be the first feature film released that was shot on the SCARLET-X.
The supernatural thriller was filmed at the Hotel of Horror — the abandoned Lake House Hotel in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, site of unexplained phenomena. It follows 6 lives as they deal with a supernatural evil in their small town.
We’re encouraged by the success of these filmmakers to get features made with SCARLET-X so quickly.
RED congratulates director Michel Hazanavicius and the cast and crew of The Artist — winner of the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture, musical or comedy. Composer Ludovic Bource also won the Golden Globe for Best Original Score for The Artist. We were honored to have The Artist shoot at RED Studios Hollywood.
We also congratulate Christopher Plummer for his win at the Golden Globe Awards tonight! Christopher won Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Beginners directed by Mike Mills. Beginners was shot on RED cameras.
For the third straight year, films shot on RED have made an appearance at this illustrious event and we thank those who have showcased their talent both behind and in front of our cameras.
Engadget sat down with RED’s main mouthpiece Ted Schilowitz for an interview that touched on the entire history of RED before focusing on the Scarlet — “probably the geekiest camera of them all.”
If you look around CES, this seems to be clearly the year of 4K. And if you think about what is the real viable cameras that can achieve that resolution, there’s essentially RED and… RED right now
This thing went through an evolution.. an image fidelity revolution in our own mind…
We don’t want to spoil anything but it’s very cool to listen to Ted talk about the history of Scarlet:
Watch the entire in-depth 20 minute interview over at Engadget
Cinema 5D does an in-depth, hands-on video review of the Scarlet-X highlighting the camera and basic accessories. The host, Sebastian, gives a no-nonsense presentation that’s easy for RED users and new users to follow. Of course, we appreciate this summary:
The images that come out of this tool are really stunning. The fact that it records RAW and looks like 35mm film at this price point is revolutionary to me.
The long-awaited trailer for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit made its debut tonight on Apple trailers. (Watch it there in HD.)
This means a great deal to us at RED. Jackson is shooting the film in 48 frames per second 3D on his 48 RED EPICs. And even more than that, Jackson took to RED cameras from our beginnings and his support has bolstered us.
David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is in theaters today. Shot on RED ONE and EPIC, Fincher’s film promises to bring a visceral edge to Steig Larsson’s best-selling novel about Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist. The movie has already been honored with Golden Globes nominations. Both the soundtrack from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (who also worked with Fincher on The Social Network) and Rooney Mara were announced as nominees last week.
Ridley Scott, famously known for directing Alien and Blade Runner, has returned to his Sci-Fi roots with the much anticipated release of Prometheus. Shot on EPIC 3D, Prometheus stars Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, and Noomi Rapace and stands as one of the upcoming major motion picture events of 2012.
RED would like to congratulate Christopher Plummer (“Beginners”), Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (“The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”) and Rooney Mara (“The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”) for their recent Golden Globe nominations! For the third straight year, films shot on RED have made an appearance at this illustrious event and we thank those who have showcased their talent both behind and in front of our cameras.
B2pro / Bunker Media put together a great little video on how they work with stills and motion for their numerous fashion shoots.
Join the discussion at REDUSER.net.
Pier 59 with the assistance of Leica have been testing the RED DSMC Leica-M mount in NY this week… The results have been incredible.
RED Digital Cinema is excited to announce the arrival of RED INDIA, which will serve as a convenient locale for RED sales, service, support, and workflow training in Mumbai, India.
RED STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD, Hollywood, Calif., November 3, 2011 – RED Digital Cinema has officially released its third industry-changing camera, the Scarlet-X. With burst modes up to 12 fps at full 5K resolution alongside 4K motion capture from 1-30 fps, the camera allows professional photographers and cinematographers to simultaneously capture motion footage and still content. Never miss a shot. Ever. Scarlet-X’s compact design, endless modularity and advanced feature set provide a future-proof solution catering to every shooter’s needs, leaving one-dimensional DSLRs and 1080p camcorders in its wake. Priced at under $10,000, Scarlet-X advances RED’s vision to democratize superlative cinema and professional photography.
Who feels like smashing pumpkins?
Devin Graham of MysteryBox made this little holiday short on their RED EPIC. He shot at 300 frames per second then put some clips into Twixtor to add frames and slow it down to 1000fps.
Have a fun Halloween playing with your EPIC!
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On November 3rd at 6pm PST, details surrounding our third camera SCARLET will be announced on REDUSER.net and RED.com.
Technical specifications, shipping, and purchasing information will be revealed, putting to rest all of the lingering speculation and anticipation.
Join the discussion November 3rd at 6pm on REDUSER.net.
Jeremy Bolt, producer of The Three Musketeers as well as all the Resident Evil movies spoke with ComingSoon.net recently and talked about how the RED EPIC is changing the way he and director Paul W.S. Anderson make their movies.
When Kevin Smith (indie auteur of Clerks, Chasing Amy, Mallrats, Dogma) set out to make Red State with no distributor and total control of the process, he made some changes to how he’d made his last few movies. He set himself a budget of 4 million dollars and he shot on RED. You may have heard that much background on the film. But what catches our eye in this story from The Film Pilgrim is how RED’s workflow gave him more freedom to make this movie the way he wanted.
A German effects company called OMSTUDIOS has built a remote controlled octocopter to fly a RED EPIC where human camera operators can’t go. The drone can fly up to a height of 150 meters and has a range of around 100 meters. As OMSTUDIOS summarizes:
Orlando Bloom recently spoke to Collider.com about The Hobbit. He talks specifically about the RED EPICS that Peter Jackson is using to shoot the films.
Last night, the New York Times won a News & Documentary Emmy for their portfolio Fourteen Actors Acting.
The portfolio features Javier Bardem, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Jesse Eisenberg and others. All videos were shot on EPIC and RED ONE directed by Sølve Sundsbø, music by Owen Pallett.
We covered this at the time. It’s great to see this piece getting its well-deserved recognition.
Congratulations to Sølve Sundsbø and the New York Times!
The Los Angeles Times Magazine visits RED Studios Hollywood this month for a piece called The RED Revolution.
The Daily writes about RED’s “supercamera” and how we’re changing the industry. The article emphasizes the technological achievements of RED: 5K Mysterium-X sensor, 120 frames per second, 14-megapixel resolution, pixel count of 5,120 by 2,700. If you’re into the techy side of RED cameras (and how could you not be?) it’s a good look at how the technology can influence movie making.
EPIC-X production has officially begun. The lines are rolling. Cameras are being built and then go through an extensive QC effort.
After seeing “Tattoo” shot on the new EPIC camera at RED Studios Hollywood on a 40’ screen, the only thing I could think was that this looked like it was shot on 65mm film or with an IMAX camera. There was no visible grain or noise with beautiful shadow and highlight detail. The latitude and detail was incredible. I was so impressed that I will be shooting my next feature on EPIC 2.40:1 widescreen.
Pretty cool…
Jim
There are some significant updates and changes that I would like to share…
So we were invited to see some Spider-man footage today at Sony. John Schwartzman was there and we talked a bit before going into the screening room.
May 20, 2011, Hollywood, Ca. Hollywood premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides, hit the big screen in 3D! Directed by Rob Marshall and DP’d by industry notable Dariusz Wolski, the fourth installment of Pirates is the first Disney film to be shot with RED cameras and arrives as the first big blockbuster of the summer, boasting just under $100 million in box office sales in its first weekend of release.
Shot on RED ONE M-X cameras configured in 3D rigs and shot in hazardous locations worldwide, RED adds further credibility to its ability to produce beautiful big screen images rivaling and even surpassing film’s ability to work in special effect genres.
RED is excited to share the news that production for the two film adaption of J.R.R Tolken's The Hobbit has officially commenced on EPIC cameras in New Zealand this Monday, March 21, 2011. An official press release was posted on the The Hobbit blog with first photos from the set (shown below) which states, "The two films, with screenplays by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson, will be shot consecutively in digital 3D using the latest camera and stereo technology. Filming will take place at Stone Street Studios, Wellington, and on location around New Zealand."
Peter Jackson has also launched his own Facebook profile to provide latest updates to his fans and friends throughout production.
Ted Schilowitz shows off an EPIC at CINEC 2010.
By: Adam Wilt: Founder
Adam Wilt | 09/22
Last week, Jim Jannard at RED invited me to come down to RED Studios to talk about EPIC and HDRx, RED’s new High Dynamic Range capture mode. I made the trip this past Tuesday, and had the opportunity to sit down with Jim, Jarred Land, and Deanan DaSilva for three hours. Here’s what I learned about HDRx; a report on EPIC will follow.
Following his RED Europe tour, Ted Schilowitz stops in Vietnam to answer the top ten questions regarding the highly anticipated RED Digital Cinema camera – EPIC and discusses the upcoming REDucation workshop to be held on December 7-12, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.
Wall Street Journal features Louis C.K., comedian, writer, director and star of FX's Louie; in their Cultural Resolutions article kicking off 2011. Louis was quoted in the article that, “I would really like to shoot my show on a RED EPIC camera but Peter Jackson is hogging 30 of them for the Hobbit movie. If he’s reading this, please let me borrow one for three months.”
Sunday night, February 27th, Hollywood, Ca.
Congratulations go to the winners of the coveted Oscar! To all the nominees and winners this evening, RED tips their hat. Five short years ago, there was a seed of inspiration to build a technology that would move the movie making art forward into the 21st century. Tonight, on the shoulders of extraordinary talent, RED has demonstrated a new era is upon us. Winning Best Foreign film for the second year in a row and Best Documentary, while receiving a nomination for Best Cinematography and two noms for Best Picture, RED is excited to see what EPIC and the future will bring! Again, congratulations to all the nominees and winners and here’s to a great 2011 at the movies!
Source: RED Digital Cinema
EPIC is alive and well in the field these days, as cameras are being tested for a variety of high profile future projects. At home, in the studio, use case tests are under way testing EPIC in extreme conditions and situations. These first pilot cameras are undergoing the scrutiny of engineers and in-house photo and cine experts, as the remaining bugs and glitches are being worked out and the camera's operating software is stabilized.
Returning home from a one month tour, starting at IBC in Amsterdam and winding its way through Germany, Ted Schilowitz regaled the RED Team of stories of one successful Expo, seminar or get together after another. Over the course of a month, at dozens and dozens of public gatherings, his EPIC performed flawlessly, never failing to delight the crowds. The lessons learned with the early introduction of the RED ONE taught RED the value of testing and more testing for the stability expected in the professional marketplace. It's not enough just to be the best image. Reliability is key. All indications are that EPIC is almost ready for Prime Time and everyone is getting very excited. The anticipation of this milestone product is palpable as we enter an era where film will give way to digital and EPIC will lead the revolution.
January 16, 2011, Beverly Hills, Ca.
After receiving the Best Motion Picture of the Year Award at the VH-1 Critic’s Choice Movie Awards on Friday, January 14th, The Social Network has now garnered, this Sunday evening, 4 Golden Globe trophies, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Score. The awards show presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press is often viewed as a great indicator of things to come at the Academy Awards.
RED’s heartfelt congratulations go out to David Fincher, the cast and the crew of Social Network. RED is extremely proud to have been involved with the project, which was Shot on RED ONE M-X cameras, and wishes Fincher and company the very best for the upcoming Academy Awards. Nominations for the coveted Oscar will be announced on January 25th.
New York Times produced a video gallery of classic screen types called Fourteen Actors Acting, which features Javier Bardem, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Jesse Eisenberg and others. All videos were shot on EPIC and RED ONE directed by Solve Sundsbo, music by Owen Pallett.
Last year at CES, Ted Schilowitz made a surprise visit to Engaget showing off the non-functioning RED Scarlet prototype. This time he arrived with a functioning version of the Scarlet camera, and according to Engaget, "it's a seriously impressive piece of hardware… from our hands-on demo it's clear from the prototype that Scarlet's a beast of a camera that would raise the bar for affordable imaging."
Watch the exclusive video interview with Ted
Jewelry issue by Greg Lotus – Shot on RED
The new Muppets movie "The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever Made" just wrapped and was "Shot on RED"… RED ONE MX and a bit of EPIC. The movie is due out in theaters this November.
The film features an A-List lineup of celebrities including; Emily Blunt, Katy Perry, Amy Adams, Jack Black, Billy Crystal and Zach Galifianakis. James Bobin directed the film and Don Burgess was the cinematographer.
By Scott Brown | Wired October 2010
In early October, with much fanfare and an eye on the Oscars, Sony Pictures is releasing The Social Network, its liberally dramatized, completely unauthorized, and (its makers hasten to add) thoroughly researched Facebook origin story. In this telling, Zuckerberg (played by 27-year-old Jesse Eisenberg) is no mere code monkey with a fondness for dead languages and flip-flops. He’s a tragic archetype right out of Sinclair Lewis: the driven, wounded trickster-genius accused of stealing a million-dollar idea and throwing his friends under the bus, all in an attempt to summit the American dream. The filmmakers — Hollywood A-listers, all — can’t be accused of thinking small. Justin Timberlake, who plays Mephistophelean Napster cofounder and Facebook partner Sean Parker, calls the story arc “very Greek.” Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing and A Few Good Men, compares his version of Zuckerberg to Shakespeare’s Richard III, saying of his protagonist, “Give him a hunchback and a clubfoot and you’re pretty close.” As for the film’s acclaimed director, David Fincher: He jokes that he’s made “the Citizen Kane of John Hughes movies.”
Action moves from the dorm rooms, lecture halls and exclusive clubs of Harvard to the corporate offices of Palo Alto, Calif., and d.p. Jeff Cronenweth (using the Red camera) lenses the often drab settings in dim, autumnal tones.
Source: Variety
Ted just found this clip on a long lost tape.. the very first "outisde" test shoot on the first wood box RED ONE prototype.
Classic Stuff…
Interview by: Tobias Straka
At Cinec 2010, Ted brought a working Epic that visitors got to play with. In this interview, Ted talks about the features, the future and competitors.
Source: American Cinematographer
In the beginning, some said that RED was a scam. Now some say that RED is a one trick wonder. I have said that "the 1st is the worst".
So which is it? Is RED likely to last?
I guess this post is to say that we have more in development than we know what to do with. Our sensor program (the heart of a camera company) is way beyond my wildest expectations. We have stuff in the works that would scare you. I am shocked. Every day I wake up, the realities of what we dreamed are becoming a reality… and more. It is pretty surreal. EPIC (a nuclear reactor in a matchbox) is just the beginning. Hard to believe… but true.
Obsolescence obsolete. All the things we are doing forward work with what we are doing now. That was the concept. That is real today.
I thought I saw the future in 2005 when the decision to build the RED ONE was conceived. I also thought that was a big plan. While I guess it was… I see a much more advanced future now. Stay tuned. We have just warmed up the engine.
Jim
Source: Jim Jannard on REDUser.net
EPIC was officially declared ready for production today. We have prototypes that pass all the requirements we set out the past few months. That means we will finish the Tattoo program and put Tattoos on special jobs and begin ordering all the parts and pieces (over 18,000) to begin production. It will take a bit of time to set up the line and gather all we need, but the end is in sight.
Just to be clear, not every feature is currently enabled, but the most important ones are and the build seems very stable as a foundation. We expect 95% of the features to be ready by the time production EPICs are released.
This is a pretty big day.
Jim
"The Social Network" Columbia Pictures
The film also snags awards for director David Fincher, actor Jesse Eisenberg and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin.
The Social Network has been named best film of the year by the National Board of Review, which announced its year-end awards today.
The New York-based group also hailed the film’s David Fincher as best director, Jesse Eisenberg as best actor and Aaron Sorkin for best adapted screenplay.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Meet Felix the Cat
Video shot on EPIC @ 96fps by Jarred Land – RED Digital Cinema
January 25, 2011 Hollywood, Ca.
RED is proud to announce that Shot on RED movies garnered 16 Oscar nominations today. 2010 was an exciting year for RED and congratulations go out to all of the nominees! The RED Team is thankful for the amazing support from the industry and from the pioneers that have championed this new technology with such extraordinary resolve. Their success speaks highly of their skill, their talent and their willingness to push all boundaries. It’s definitely exciting times!
Peter Jackson's two film adaptation of The Hobbit will be shot in 3D using RED DIGITAL CINEMA'S soon to be released EPIC Digital Cameras.
Ted Schilowitz shows off the EPIC at IBC2010.