refurbished red ones?

[Jeff Kilgroe]

i dont think film schools should have red.. puts too much emphesis on gear. rather than story telling

And what do you suggest they use? IMO, RED makes perfect sense for a film school. They can shoot and shoot and shoot and not have to worry about costs of film stock and developing that stock. RED One price point is lower than most 16mm and pro HD camera systems. Established film schools already have 35mm glass and support gear. The future is all digital...

Now I could see a film school doing rather well and providing a lot of tools for students if they had several Scarlets and one or two RED Ones.

Schools need decent gear, they need current gear. I personally would never pay money to attend a school that can't give their students access to current industry tools. If I'm going to just analyze films, read books and discuss, I can do that at home or at a coffee shop. I would also be a little upset if I paid big money to a film school and had to supply my own gear all the time or school only gave students access to prosumer gear.

Just my opinion, but who am I to really say all this anyway. I didn't go to film school, never had any desire to.

 

[dudekill]

i dont think film schools should have red.. puts too much emphesis on gear. rather than story telling

Why give them cameras at all? Unbelievable.

 

[Sarah C.]

i dont think film schools should have red.. puts too much emphesis on gear. rather than story telling

Well.. having attended more than one film school and knowing folks who attended the other major ones in southern CA.. I agree that learning filmmaking is not about the pro-level of the gear. Techniques do not require resolution. I'm all for any film school or even communications/tv school to have at least one Red One(or similar) in their dept for those select projects that should not be left to substandard formats. Nothing wrong with a school supporting their students in stepping up and making something for film festivals.

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[Tar]

Would there not be an issue of support from Red for those that purchase second hand Red camera bodies?

Not sure. I don't own a RED and I haven't read RED's purchasing/support/warrenty agreement (if there is one).

 

[Shawn R]

I agree with LilRed. For me film school was learning technique. For us though it was too expensive to finish on film so most everything was shot on video. So for film schools that don't have access to cheap labs or don't have a vid cam with adapter to learn lenses the Red would come in handy.

But as a part of every film history hands on class students could do a short 16mm and cut on a flat bed. (*the days of fun*)

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