Christoffer Glans
Well-known member
I've been a part of this forum and community since the Red One was just those weird pictures of industrial design that made no sense and didn't look like a camera at all. But even then, looking at the specifications of what Jim tried to do got me very intrigued. Every time I heard someone talk about vaporware and how stupid this "dream" was I hade a gut feeling that no, there is something here, something worth getting involved in, something that could revolutionize the entire film making industry. To which everyone laughed at me.
Then the Red One came out and all those people became quiet, or rather shifted gear and said, yeah, it's really good, but there are so many errors with this thing that it's unworkable. Still, I believed in it and what it stood for. I was among the first in Sweden to really work with Red One, not just as a DIT, but through out the entire process. Working close as camera crew, working late as a DIT and working around the clock as an editor I went through every error and problem that caused headaches on those early builds. But I learned, learned how to tame the beast and it was my ticket into the film industry. I was the go to guy for errors no one had heard about and even though I didn't know the answers I knew how to find them. I edited the first feature film shot on Red that was entirely edited through Avid and PC. Had to be in touch with Avid to get their unreleased Metafuze software in order to render out the MXF files and it took almost one and a half months just to sort out the DIT part of that job before any actual editing. But it was worth it and it was how I wanted film making to be; to be able to construct an entire film with a camera, laptop and software.
But during all the years I worked with Red both as a focus puller, clapper/loader, a DIT, editor and later colorist and even director I always had a dream to own one of my own. As cheap as the Red technology is it was never really a workable option for me. But after all these years I have now finally got my hands on my own Red Epic. Even though it's not a Dragon (yet), it's kind of a dream come true.
And it's also a kind of motivational move to get my own productions going. Even though I'm not a DOP, I'm aspiring to be a writer/director and my philosophy is in the David Fincher kind of school to actually know every part of filmmaking to be able to communicate with people and having my own technology will save a lot of money and headaches while giving me the chance to do my own post production easily.
Hopefully I will be joining everyone else showing footage from their productions, hopefully not footage of camera errors, but I know the drill. :001_cool:
Well, this is for the most part a thank you to Jim, Jarred and everyone else involved with the Red digital revolution. It was my ticket into the industry and I hope this will be the ticket into my directing future.
Take care! :emote_happyhappy:
Then the Red One came out and all those people became quiet, or rather shifted gear and said, yeah, it's really good, but there are so many errors with this thing that it's unworkable. Still, I believed in it and what it stood for. I was among the first in Sweden to really work with Red One, not just as a DIT, but through out the entire process. Working close as camera crew, working late as a DIT and working around the clock as an editor I went through every error and problem that caused headaches on those early builds. But I learned, learned how to tame the beast and it was my ticket into the film industry. I was the go to guy for errors no one had heard about and even though I didn't know the answers I knew how to find them. I edited the first feature film shot on Red that was entirely edited through Avid and PC. Had to be in touch with Avid to get their unreleased Metafuze software in order to render out the MXF files and it took almost one and a half months just to sort out the DIT part of that job before any actual editing. But it was worth it and it was how I wanted film making to be; to be able to construct an entire film with a camera, laptop and software.
But during all the years I worked with Red both as a focus puller, clapper/loader, a DIT, editor and later colorist and even director I always had a dream to own one of my own. As cheap as the Red technology is it was never really a workable option for me. But after all these years I have now finally got my hands on my own Red Epic. Even though it's not a Dragon (yet), it's kind of a dream come true.
And it's also a kind of motivational move to get my own productions going. Even though I'm not a DOP, I'm aspiring to be a writer/director and my philosophy is in the David Fincher kind of school to actually know every part of filmmaking to be able to communicate with people and having my own technology will save a lot of money and headaches while giving me the chance to do my own post production easily.
Hopefully I will be joining everyone else showing footage from their productions, hopefully not footage of camera errors, but I know the drill. :001_cool:
Well, this is for the most part a thank you to Jim, Jarred and everyone else involved with the Red digital revolution. It was my ticket into the industry and I hope this will be the ticket into my directing future.
Take care! :emote_happyhappy:
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