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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 :)

" EPOCH " Shot by Christopher Probst on RED MONSTRO 8K

Absolutely gorgeous. Christopher, what would you say are the pros and cons of going Vista vs S35 Helium, for example, and by choice would you roll back to S35, or do you think Full frame , or even larger, is the future?
 
Sergio, the good news is that in my opinion, resolution wise, anywhere from 6K to 8K delivers a fine 4K finish. I'm therefore able to scale lens choice, resolution, compression and framerate based on the variables to a particular project and its needs. 6K Monstro is the same sensor size as 6K Dragon, and many Super35 lenses will work with that image circle size. Cropping for framerates doesn't have to result in a significantly smaller sensor window on Monstro compared to Helium, but for me the biggest factor is the image quality of Monstro. Even if I never shot 8K with it and only stuck with 6K, the improvements made on the sensor are worth it in that regard alone.
 
Christopher Probst said:
Sergio, the good news is that in my opinion, resolution wise, anywhere from 6K to 8K delivers a fine 4K finish. I'm therefore able to scale lens choice, resolution, compression and framerate based on the variables to a particular project and its needs. 6K Monstro is the same sensor size as 6K Dragon, and many Super35 lenses will work with that image circle size. Cropping for framerates doesn't have to result in a significantly smaller sensor window on Monstro compared to Helium, but for me the biggest factor is the image quality of Monstro. Even if I never shot 8K with it and only stuck with 6K, the improvements made on the sensor are worth it in that regard alone.
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Chris, I shot you a PM :)
 
I thoroughly enjoyed the short film. Excellent visuals! But what's the deal with the woman? Why is she collecting blood?!
 
Christopher Probst said:
Sergio, the good news is that in my opinion, resolution wise, anywhere from 6K to 8K delivers a fine 4K finish. I'm therefore able to scale lens choice, resolution, compression and framerate based on the variables to a particular project and its needs. 6K Monstro is the same sensor size as 6K Dragon, and many Super35 lenses will work with that image circle size. Cropping for framerates doesn't have to result in a significantly smaller sensor window on Monstro compared to Helium, but for me the biggest factor is the image quality of Monstro. Even if I never shot 8K with it and only stuck with 6K, the improvements made on the sensor are worth it in that regard alone.
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Thanks Christopher, really apreciate your opinion. Bjorn said similar and its often a side we dont normally consider, is that we are not getting any major penalty by going Monstro for both S35 and FF glass on a 4K finish, which is basically where we will be for at least 4 more years. (Excluding the very specific push for 8k during the Olympics and some japanese screen manufacturers, but that is covered by going Full frame).

Big fan of your cinematography man. Inspiring.
 
Christopher, just a very silly question: why not challenge for awards on prestigious short film festivals with this instead of direct launch on youtube? This is top quality filmmaking, Im sure Jim, Jarred and Red wouldnt mind this going on the Festival route? Is there anything against a supported film like this going for the big short festivals?
 
Thanks so much Christopher for putting together the BTS posts. The film was is truly fantastic and the BTS info you pass on is very valuable.
I also really loved seeing and reading all your posts on the ASC instagram feed a while ago.

I would like to hear more about how the post was handled. Currently I edit my r3d files natively in Premiere Pro CC without proxies or conversion first. I'm curious to see how others are approaching post with their r3d files these days.
 
This is really awesome, thanks for giving us such insight. Made some notes about your approach to certain scenes (specifically the 2xm18 shot into the sky behind the gas station at night for separation, really like that).

Hoping I can make it to Cinegear to see this in a theater and maybe hear more about it.
 
Jarred Land said:
Encoding to YouTube with clean footage can be tricky... noise usually helps kill banding at the expense of , well, noise. But YouTube does have its own codec with some dials that can help, it’s just a lot of trial and error. Vimeo throws bits at the problem but at the expense of a pretty horrible user experience, but there are tricks to that too which chris and rich have mastered.

I vote for frame.io to start their own playback engine for presentation :)
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Frame.io Ready Willing and Able! :)
 
Very, very nice! And thank you, Chris, for all of the additional behind the scenes insight and photos. What a fun project!
 
Epoch was just selected as a Staff Pick on Vimeo... So that's pretty sweet! Keep on chuggin' along little post apocalyptic short that could...

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Hey Chris,

Great piece. The tone was so perfect. When did you shoot this? We're prepping a movie shooting in the Salton Sea next winter to try and avoid those 101 degree days... And how did you find shooting in Indio? Did you interface with the municipalities? Were they helpful?
 
Just fantastic work, Chris. Really a pleasure to watch and to read your thoughts on making it.

I'm continually impressed by my Weapon Monstros, and your work only strengthens those feelings.
 
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