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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 :)

First Clip from Crossing the Line

Ok after playing it about 5 times I got to say.. me want more. But that is the way of all great things. It looks truly stunning on a HD projector (thumbs up). IM waiting for those higher-res clips :) push the envelope!

This is going to be a truly good era
 
Amazing 00:00:35.17/24fps. A Great Moment in History of Moving Images. With the RED we are now crossing the line between 35mm film and 4K digital acquisition. The history of moving images is just happening in front of your very eyes. Thanks to all, Peter, Jim, Neill, Carolyn, Jarred, Deanan, Jabez, etc...
 
even so.. I like the milkgirls more! I'm not that fond of PJ's style.
 
The thing is, it looks even brilliant at 1k!! It's just such a huge tease! I've watched it about 20 times now and at 20 seconds I just start to get into it every single time. It made me cry. Jim, Ted, Peter and the rest of the team, I don't honestly know if I can thank you enough. It feels like the beginning of the rest of my life!!
 
That looks so flippin good. :-)

Anyone notice that it looks to be shot at pretty narrow apertures (the DOF is quite wide in this short). Certainly ND filters could have been used if they so chose to open up a bit more, though it probably would've made focus much more difficult in this kind of run-and-gun situation (and especially with no VF). I just found it interesting since being able to obtain shallow DOF is one element of the camera that the RED team is proud to promote.

Anyway, it looks awesome and I can't wait to get shooting with RED. Jarred, here's my mirror for you:

http://www.pixelquestfilms.com/crossing1.mov

All set and ready to go. :)
 
thanks for the mirror Haakon.

And as for the DOF.. just because you have it, doesnt mean you need to use it (or abuse it)
 
Really looks great for 1k.
The general feeling is awesome and so is the motion look.
But it makes it obvious that overexposing is something to be avoided at all cost, especially clouds since the transition from bright to less bright parts may show some pink hue which is not that good looking.

Again, this is so good looking in general that it should be possible to expose for your brightest parts and still be able to recover your shadows in post.

Emmanuel
 
Jarred Land said:
And as for the DOF.. just because you have it, doesnt mean you need to use it (or abuse it)
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Absolutely not. I totally understand the choice to shoot it this way and think it looks great! :-) I had just noticed it (in the 4K theater, actually) that they made the concious choice not to open up, even though that's one of the cool properties the RED ONE has over all the other 2/3" cams out there.

No problem about the mirror - anything I can do to help. :-)
 
sidderke said:
It really has it own look, not film, not video...
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Absolutely! And if you dirt it up in post you can match film in 2sec. No way you can shoot something that clean with 16mm or even 35mm IMO. Or wait, maybe if you tin can all negatives and carry them on gold plates, that would be cheap.

I agree to the fake shake in post though, not that splendent (with and Australian accent). But consider the time they use to make this movie its ok.
 
Well, I just took the movie, loaded it in quicktime, exported it to AppleTV (720p), saw it on my 1080p Sony - with B&W 805 speaker setup. Even at this convertion, it looks amazing!!!! It hangs in there with all the million dollar previews. Wow!!!!
 
I see rolling shutter "sheer" ...I sure hope that does not effect image tracking for VFX shooting....

looks like heavy sheer as the camera pans off the wheel in the first shot....how much sheer are you guys getting with a really fast pan?
 
"(with and Australian accent)"

Steady on, matey. That's a New Zealand accent.
Like me calling you Swedish. :-)
 
Emmanuel Cambier said:
But it makes it obvious that overexposing is something to be avoided at all cost, especially clouds since the transition from bright to less bright parts may show some pink hue which is not that good looking.

Again, this is so good looking in general that it should be possible to expose for your brightest parts and still be able to recover your shadows in post.

Emmanuel
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the pink was added in post.. it was an effect, and can be seen throughout the movie.

The movie has less latitude than the original as well, being compressed into the quicktime. You can do a little test using the 4k JPG from red.com of the sword and compare the latitude to the last part of this movie.
 
Amazing. Simply amazing. Come on, admit it. How many of you have now watched it frame by frame? :whistling:

No grain for me. I love the look--why muddy it up? While we're at it we might was well remove all of the color, drop it to 15 FPS and back it up with out of tune piano music.

If video is water and film is mud then lets leave it Red as it is: a fine, smooth, Whisky.
 
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