Doc-Style Shooting on Scarlet-W

[Matt Beardsley]

I'm just putting the finishing touches on a little doc-like book promo for a good friend of mine here in Oakland, CA. Shooting it gave me a chance to run around town with the Scarlet-W and a couple EF lenses, screw-on NDs, and some wireless mics.

Editing this camera's output is very rewarding. This was a quick edit on a laptop in FCPX (no Resolve, no grading beyond tweaking RAW settings in FCPX). Interview audio was recorded over wireless lavs through the V-Lock I/O module.

It's heavier and needs a little more care, power, and media, than a C100 or FS5, for sure, but the fact that RAW still images are being captured simultaneously, and that the latitude of R3D gives a lot of cushion for color and exposure, make it a pretty compelling tool for this kind of shooting. I have a few more commercial mini docs in the weeks ahead and really look forward to dialing in my DSMC2 run-n-gun chops

EDIT: the author is a Christian minister, so the video has a little religious language.. apologies if that's not your cup of tea

https://vimeo.com/184958727

 

[Matthew Quinn]

I did a documentary with my SW last month. Just used 1 canon zoom lens, as i was a one man show. came out great

 

[Bob Gundu]

Reds for some reason get a bad rap for not being Doc friendly. Not true. Careful planning and its really just like other cameras. Now with DSMC2 bodies, its even better. I've travelled to india with my Epic and it worked great.

https://vimeo.com/167981218

 

[Tom Dowler]

I wrote a whole post about shooting doc on red: https://medium.com/@tomdowler/shoot...digital-cinema-camera-277b6f4b93a0#.5reavp4jx

 

[Marc Pilato]

Tom,Thank you for your very useful informations about doc/Red.
I'm wondering the best way to rig the A box from WC and shotgun mic.

 

[Darius Lyles]

I used my Raven on a doc a few months ago and I loved it, the pro res option really make these cameras really versatile. As long as you can figure out audio they work great.