Observations on India and Indian Cinema

[praviin arora]

Reducation in chennai was a great learning experience. At first I was sceptical to enroll myself but it was very informative and I think every red owner/Technician should go through the experiance.Ted you are a good orator and made the learning fun and enjoyable....
Thanks RED, Thanks Red india & Thanks Prasad Labs.

[BRANDON JAMESON]

I'm just remembering some posters on REDuser lately that bemoan how their countries (Denmark, Italy... and others) do not want to shoot on Epic for whatever reasons. And here is a story showing India embracing the RED way of shooting with great zest.

I'm thinking that movie-makers from Old Europe may not be able to adapt easily to new things while more adventurous types throughout the world do not have traditions burned into their thinking, and can judge on basis of merit and cost. Of course, there are a number of Europeans who do get it and show up regularly here on REDuser.

I only point this out to celebrate that I've chosen the fresh thinking approach that the Epic and Scarlet bring to the equipment side of movie-making.

Ummm....."Old Europe"..."MUCH older India!".

[Jay Kim]

I want to share a couple of stories of my recent visit to Chennai and Mumbai. As many of you know, We took our REDucation class to India this past week (July 2012 for those that may be reading this sometime down the road) A very large Film Lab, Film Studio and Post Production facility, Prasad Group hosted us in their studio in Chennai for the class, and they were the most gracious, most accommodating hosts anyone could ask for. They provided a giant preview theater with a Huge screen for us to teach the class and show EPIC and Scarlet footage on, and each day served gourmet Indian food to everyone. It was a fantastic experience.
+ Ted

+1

L.V.Prasad Group and Prasad Film Academy gave me really good memories last couple of years. They are really nice and generous and have wonderful people to work with. Also I enjoyed lovely gourmet south indian food!
As you mentioned, it was a very strange but wonderful experience watching "Three Idiots" in Chennai with Indian audiences and they knew every song in the movie with lots of cheers and screams. No wonder why India produces more movies than any other countries.

[Paul Russell]

I had the pleasure of working with an Indian crew in Kota Kinabalu a couple of months ago. They were great to work with: very fast, very efficient, very professional, very personable. And the AC, Shamsher Singh Rajwar, was amazing, pulling perfect focus without even looking at the monitor. In open water.

[Dharmendra Singh]

Hi Ted,
I attended the Chennai Reducation, and it was a fantastic experience. Ted you are a great teacher, thanks for sharing your valuable knowledge and experience. Also thanks to Prasad Labs for being such a great host.

[tonydavis]

Hey Ted,
I finally got validated up on reduser and i thank you for the 3 valuable days in chennai at the reducation india.....lots and lots of information about red and practical tests on epic.....and it all helps me in my upcoming bollywood projects as a dit....thanks ted and other red guys for putting up reducation in india...:)...looking forward to more such events in india like the red post classes in partnership with light iron....

[Vadim Bobkovsky]

Chennai cinema at its best. Lol!

See it to believe it. You won't be disappointed.

This star "Rajnikanth" is god in Chennai. Literally.

Genuinely loved that movie, hehehe :D

[TedRed]

Just revisiting this thread as I was reading this one:

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthr...ies-like-INDIA

we are doing a REDucation in a few weeks in Hong Kong, and would love to have you and anyone else interested in learning a lot about RED, the hands on way

http://www.red.com/learn/reducation/...-november-2012