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Feature film shot for film school. Budget US$5K approx. Shot mostly on a 'battle tested' Red One. Synopsis: Identical twin mathematicians investigate what Einstein called "The world's greatest mystery". Inspired by Linklater's "Before Sunrise" films, Bergman and "My Dinner With Andre". Any...

Hey guys, We're editing our first feature in PremiereProCS6, and want to use Resolve to grade with. I've searched and found a few older threads and it seems a little problematic compared to Avid or FCP. Are there any new developments I should be aware of? If not, what are people's workflows...

Hey guys, Going to be submitting out 80min feature to Sundance this year. They require a Quicktime file under 2GB for uploading. What are my options here? Anyone done this, or something similar? We're going to be editing in PremiereProCS6, and grading in Resolve Lite, but also have access to...

Hey guys, I have a 23" 1080P Samsung computer monitor which worked fine via HDMI to both my computers originally. I used the monitor with the R1 for a shoot, coming out of the SDI port of the R1 (since the HDMI port wasn't working) to an HD-SDI/to/HDMI converter, then into the monitor via...

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Hi, We're coming to the end of shooting our first low budget feature on the R1Mx, and have to get a few guerilla style shots which will include leaning the camera on a shot bag on a car window (the car isn't moving). It should be pretty steady, but we'd like it to appear as a locked off shot...

Hi, We're shooting a low budget feature in January, and making 3 copies of the footage is testing our storage resources. Since we're shooting a human drama, we were going to shoot 4K 16:9 and frame for 1.85:1. However, I believe shooting 2:1 and framing for 2.39:1 will use less storage space...

Hi, I'm a big fan of David Fincher (who isn't?) and love his reverse-key lighting approach to shooting. I really want to try and emulate his style on movies like ZODIAC and was wondering if anyone had used noise reduction on the Red One Mx? And if so, which program and what were the results...

I use Premiere Pro CS6 to edit and they play the R3D files well, are there any advantages to leaving the proxies on, or will I be better off saving some SSD space by turning them off? Who does what? THANKS

Hi, I'm a film student in Australia going into my final year in 2013. Over summer we're shooting our first feature in the vein of our heroes Aronosky and Nolan who shot their first features for the cost of a beat up used car. The major difference, of course, is that we will now, thanks to Jim's...

Hey guys, Just received my BT R1 today and was super excited; however that has turned to despair since the HDMI out port does not seem to work. This is major for me as it is at present the only monitoring option I have. :( At first I thought I must have done the Nikon mount installation wrong...

Hi guys, As a film student, money is tight and Red batteries aren't cheap. Has anyone used a car battery/inverter to power their camera? More specifically: * Is this a really dumb idea with such an expensive piece of equipment, or is it safe? * I'd use a separate car battery from the one in my...

Hi guys, Looking at Nikon mount lenses for my R1, and came across the Tokina 100mm 2.8 macro lenses. Has anyone used it? Also, has anyone shot macro on the R1, or know of anywhere on the net I could see some examples? THANKS!

Hi guys, As a film student on a budget I'm trying to put together a set of primes for shooting drama. I like using practicals/available light and suplementing those with as few "film lights" as possible to get a realistic feel. I also shoot a lot of interiors in fairly small spaces, so a good...

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