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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 :)

CAMP RED - AUGUST

So of course the question though is how much? I didn't see it posted on the webpage. Or do we need to contact you to get that information?
 
That is a totally awesome initiative.
I started photographing at the age of 5.
Just imagining what benefit I would have gotten out of proper guidance at that age makes me want to go back in time and join the camp.
 
OMG... This is so FREAKING COOL!!!!!

If this works out, I'll be sending my daughter next summer! (she just turned 8 a couple weeks ago). I guess I'll have to make sure she wants to go... So far, operating the camera, other than occasional snapshots, and post side is of little interest to her. She wants to be in front of the lens all the time.


Anthony Cote said:
while cute and fun to ponder about a 9 year old shooting on the most advanced digital cinema camera, this just seems unneeded.
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I disagree (I know, me too). Train them up while they're young. Most people never believe the stuff I was doing when I was that age... My kids are 8 and 5. My son, who turns 6 in July, knows the RED One menus surprisingly well for a kid who has only just started to read... He's starting to develop a pretty darn good eye as a budding photographer.

While we're on the subject, for anyone who has young children, one of the coolest gifts you could ever give them is a camera. I have yet to meet any kid that doesn't love taking pictures and it's always fascinating to see what they take and to view the world through their eyes. Garbage childrens' cameras are a waste of time. They often run too slow and are actually more difficult to use than a "real camera".

Here's a couple shot by a 5 year old. He was so proud of the flare he was getting and snapped off a couple right here. And, since I know you'll ask, he was sitting on my shoulders. Taken with an iPhone 4, no adjustments, but a slight crop, done by him, in iPhoto. Flare was most likely induced by his favorite camera filter, "dad's dirty iphone".
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He has a thing for flags, too...
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EDIT> I should add that his garbage shots greatly outnumber his good ones, but come on... he's 5. His good ones are usually pretty good though.

Oh, and one last thing... Won't work this year, but maybe next year. I'd love to participate with something like this. I work with kids all the time.
 
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Now when people complain about RED post being difficult, I can offer to have my wife bring our kids by after school to show them how it's done.
 
Greg M said:
Great idea...Im booking my kids. Since I live in Louisiana, can I just fly them in to LAX and let them spend nights at Jarred's place?
They are good kids I promise.
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Trust me.. that's a really, really bad idea :)
 
Greg M said:
you dont know my kids...
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heh heh heh... I have a half-pipe in my front yard that hangs over top of a hundred foot cliff.. and Coyotes that circle the house looking for food around the clock. Not to mention my crazy hollywood neighbors that are scarier than both of those put together.

Im pretty sure we would lose our insurance forever if any of your kids took two steps down my driveway :)
 
Anthony Cote said:
while cute and fun to ponder about a 9 year old shooting on the most advanced digital cinema camera, this just seems unneeded.

I think a better age group would be 15-21 or so, with high school kids getting excited about getting jobs or studying film at universities. I do not want to suggest that they aren't excited about filmmaking, but I do not know if a 9 year old could sit through learning about such intense camera technology. Just my opinion.

In my film major at UC Santa Cruz there are students who have said "I don't want to have to care about the camera, or I want it to just do everything for me on auto!" so how many kids who want to make films actually care about the process? I hope this succeeds though, it would be a great oppourtunity for anyone 9-15 who actually follows along with the technology ands knows RED's significance! good luck!
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Hehe, my 21 month old daughter knows for example how to operate an iPhone and a laptop - not just tapping randomly on the things, but with true purpose and specificity. So I can't even begin to imagine what she'll be able to do - and understand at 9 years old :) This sounds like a great initiative, RED!!
 
Yes yes yes. I'm so glad Ted introduces me as "the 12 year old kid with the funny hat". Thanks Ted. I know you had me in mind for this program the whole time...

Where do I register?
 
well i stand corrected. Of course I don't mean to dissuade any child from learning about this technology. And I think it's great that your children as passionate and willing to learn about this stuff. Again, i know this will be an awesome program. I wish more kids....and people my age cared about camera technology as much as this community. I feel alienated even in a film major, because so little know about image processing and shooting. I find it fun to even read about cinematography and similar topics. Im weird :P
 
ARGH! Why couldn't this have happened three years ago when I was in that age group?! Great idea and great initiative for sure!
 
@ Anthony,

The guys who said "I don't want to care about the camera" or some other such non-sense just plain don't get it. They're in the wrong major, frankly. It's like saying you want to be a surgeon but skip anatomy lessons. It's stupid and can only produce bad results.

I was a little weirded out at first when I saw the post, but then I thought to myself: some of the "best of the best" in their fields learn at a very, very young age. Tiger Woods started golfing preteen, so did Lewis Hamilton in F1, Spielberg started making movies in his early teens, and so on and so on. It's a great idea to provide the facilities for children who want to learn film making at a high level. I'm not aware of any program out there like this.
 
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