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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

48hr Film Comp with an Epic

That's an impressive achievement for just 48 hours! I love the cinematography and the story twist at the end of the film. Great work!
 
When do we get to see a sample Shawn (or the whole thing)?!
 
Nice work, James (and crew)! That one hits pretty close to home for a lot of us.

As Shawn put it in his first-post update, it's all in the team. Anyone who shot RED and didn't finish probably wouldn't have finished if they shot an HVX200 or or DSLR or whatever...

RED workflow is a non issue. I usually just tell people it's only as complicated as they choose to make it and leave it at that. I was at Camp RED, RSH the week before last and we had 9 to 15 year old kids shooting and finishing projects constantly all week long on EPIC and Scarlet cameras, editing with Premiere CS6. Using moderately spec'd HP Z1 desktop workstations. No Rocket card, no massively powerful GPUs. Crappy network, poor communication, no plan, typical RED approach -- ready, fire, aim. Fun as hell and chaotic, but in the end there were a lot of good things produced in one week, including a couple really good music videos. One of them top shelf that will hopefully be seen, it deserves it.

Even with an FCP7 workflow, which is by all means an outdated and EOL platform and approach to R3D post, it's still practical and a lot of people use it. Premiere is indeed faster with its native support and superior ability to use current hardware, but a good team can make any reasonably good workflow approach happen for projects like this.

James, Jon, if you guys do this again next year, count me in for one of your teams. I so rarely get to do anything narrative and fun and often don't think of these little competitions until after the fact.
 
I don't think 5th graders would have had killer 3D titles or a huge cast! (though according to Reducation, they could easily have shot on Epic!)
 
And we won :-). Took 1st place in Portland out of 56 competing teams! This means our short will screen in March down in Los Angeles as part of the 48hfp culmination with a chance for it to go on to Cannes. Also Ryan E. Walters won 'Best Cinematography' for our short.
 
Congratulations, Shawn (and crew)!

I'm assuming it can't be shown yet with the upcoming screening and possibility of Cannes.... ?
 
George Butterfield said:
This is really interesting because the RED workflow is at a disadvantage in a 48hr competition. Let us know how you managed the time constraints.
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I have recommended to clients before that they break footage off at the halfway point during each day's production -- very similar to a film shoot -- so that while the second half is being shot, the first half is being debayered and rendered. I don't see how this is "cheating," but you will need more people to pull this off.
 
Jeff Kilgroe said:
Congratulations, Shawn (and crew)!

I'm assuming it can't be shown yet with the upcoming screening and possibility of Cannes.... ?
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Indeed, I must keep it non public for now. But if you're interested, contact me and I'll furnish private link
 
If you're in Portland, we'll be screening this tonight at Indent Studios, courtesy of Tim Whitcomb. Also screening my short films 'Descensus' and 'The Rook Moves' shot on Red, plus shorts by AJ Brooks shot on my Red and Epic. Starts at 7pm.
 
I believe Denver saw 57 entries this year. I know James' entry "Sojourn" will be in the "Best Of" screening Sept. 5th, as will the Scarlet-shot one I worked on ("RED").
 
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