57 Camera RED Shoot

[Chris Parker]

recorded live feed of all 57 cameras. after each take, gave 720p prores files to editor for quick rough cut.

then, at night, chris vincze and his magicians processed everything and gave THAT to the editor.

 

[Simon Blackledge]

how on earth did you sync live captures with the R3d's? :-o

QuicktakeHD? Uber secret sauce?

 

[Chris Parker]

no QTake HD. there was fibre cable run to splitters, and then each signal was put into a 'bank' of 12-screen split. So, really only had to set up 5 HD recording systems to record and playback all 57. Then out to the 5 X large plasmas for director's viewing.

Worked like a dream, thanks to all the guys running the cable...

 

[NormLi]

My camera was on that

 

[Jason Wingrove]

holy cow. How many reds are from Sim Video? how many other freelancer cams?
And lastly anyone know an airdate? or who directed and is cutting it?

ta
jas

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[Karl Gustav H.]

Methinks this needs a spot on the podcast.

 

[Jason Wingrove]

Absolutely, trying to gather as much info as possible, thanks to all who've posted info and pics so far!.. any more welcome
jas

 

[John DeBoer]

holy cow. How many reds are from Sim Video? how many other freelancer cams?
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Due to our other cameras being busy, we only had 7 on the shoot. Most cameras came from other established rental houses, (London, NYC, Montreal, LA and Vancouver) other than a few freelancers who we know.

Total count was:

72 bodies (57 cameras live)
60 custom made camera cases
240 Lenses
6 cameras transmitted from vehicles
2,400 meters of Fiber optic
57x 120 foot start stop cables with Viewfactor Origos
5 50 inch plasmas with 12 cameras shown on each plasma
3 seriously sleep deprived weeks for yours truly....


John DeBoer
Director of HD Sales
SIM Group Intenational

 

[Jason Wingrove]

John
can you possibly repost the amazing pics from your first posting?
they seem to have disappeared after the Spambot attack?

thanks mate
jas

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[Vico Martin]

John
can you possibly repost the amazing pics from your first posting?
they seem to have disappeared after the Spambot attack?

thanks mate
jas

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Yes! please!

 

[Ian B. Johnson]

I can't wait to see how 57 different cameras would possibly be used in a 30 or 60 second spot. I can't even imagine...

 

[Michael.B]

Wow! The guys at SIM are pros.

 

[Steve Freebairn]

Just saw this thread and am pleased to say, that 1 of our cameras was on that shoot. Way to go Sim Video!

 

[shawn j wight]

Commercial with a no joke budget and a lot of bitchin' cameras

 

[Eirik Tyrihjel]

And every single camera went back to their respective owners with all their accessories, and not a single mixup - hu?

Very impressive, I have used up to five cameras at once, and I thought I was a big player...

Looking forward to seeing this!