Red One Pictures
Joseph Q. Simpkins just sent pictures shot last weekend with the new Red One Camera. For equipment buffs, check out the company’s blog about the camera and where it’s being used.
The ease of use of a digital camera vs the more traditional film camera is something that could be really attractive to filmmakers. I heard about a film that had to re-do some footage because the film was damaged when the canisters were put through X-ray machines at an airport. That won’t happen with digital images. There are other issues, but that alone is enough to make serious consideration of this new camera very tempting.
Some of the directors known to be using Red cameras for all or part of their films: Steven Soderbergh (Guerrilla, The Argentine, The Informant), Dean Devlin (Leverage), Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings), Stephen Sommers (GI Joe).
Another plus? The camera doesn’t carry the hefty price tag of a film camera. Those can go as high as $50,000 +. The lower price point makes the camera accessible to independent filmmakers, whose budgets don’t run as high as the directors mentioned above.
We’ve shot several music videos on RED and it is AMAZING! We just wrapped one for Casting Crowns. I would highly recommend it to Christian filmmakers because of the quality vs. price tag.
April 6th, 2008 at 9:24 am
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