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First ever RED music video (We think)...

Evin Grant

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This is the first cut of "Solo El Principio" the first ever Music Video (we know of) shot on a Red one.

This is a 1.8K (Don't ask, QT thing) H264 about 390MB.

http://www.freehillproductions.com/RED1/SEP1.8K.mov
Please cntrl click and download to desktop.

THIS IS A ROUGH CUT. NO GRADE OR FINISH APPLIED. Be gentle.:pinch:
And yes the H264 does add some compression and noise so don't get bent out of shape if the image has some texture.

Again a big shout out to Brad at VRi for providing #15 "Ripely" and Blair S. Paulson for providing #19 "Opus".
 
The footage quality is amazing. Nice work guys! I can't wait to see an aggressive color grade.

Did you cheat the club interior? Looks suspiciously like an apartment interior. :shiftyph34r:

I am also wondering why you have black borders on the quicktime. Did you just stretch to fix a standard sequence setting in FCP? I think you can crop on export to a custom size using compressor.
 
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lordnumberzero said:
The footage quality is amazing. Nice work guys! I can't wait to see an aggressive color grade.

Did you cheat the club interior? Looks suspiciously like an apartment interior. :shiftyph34r:
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It's a photo studio and modeling agency.
 
Nice. How did you light the green Wall? --INSANELY FLAT!

Oh and BTW nice red sticker on the ipod :)
 
Thanks for uploading something larger than 1K; it really helps to see detail and show off the resolution advantage that RED brings. It's also nice to see a clip longer than 10 seconds in length. :-)

A couple of mis-focused shots, but that just reiterates how important it will be for shooters to have a talented AC at all times; it's going to be a huge wakeup call for those used to shooting with a 1/3" chip camera. That being said, the stuff that is tack sharp is really nice looking and the clip shows off RED's shallow DOF properties very well.

I'm really thinking of investing in a bartech FFD from the beginning... I think it may be a lifesaver device with this camera.

Compression actually looks very good. This is H.264 like a lot of the earlier clips, so I'm not sure why some people's footage looks so blocky while others do not - I guess it's just the "quality" setting that everyone needs to keep as high as possible.

It's definitely going to be a fun year!
 
As far as I know H.264 quality can be as high or low as you want, just like JPEG, the bitrate is adjustable. When you have a very OOF or low-detail background, of course it's easier to get good quality overall even with a low bitrate.

Thanks so much for posting this! Very interesting to see this type of work pre-grade. Some shots, such as the 7-girl lineup at 01:08 have a very nice look already while others eg. in front of headlights at 01:44 look quite low contrast. I will be interested to see what it looks like after it's finished!
 
I know, I'm just surprised that anyone would want to release their RED footage in "low" quality. :-) This compression in this clip looks very acceptable to me, however, so whatever setting Evin used was a good one. :)
 
While I'm downloading this, Evin, here's a quick question. How was your experience with the Red in the MV environment? pros/cons to the onset workflow? (in relation to film or 1K HD). Feedback/interest from director, artist/label? If this wasn't a Red shoot, do you feel it would've been shot in film or 1K instead?

Okay, not such a quick question, but I'd love to hear any response you care to share in this regard.
 
Nice work, guys! The quality is fantastic. Even this H.264 looks great.
 
Not bad for a camera that was only "released" in the wild
2 weeks ago! Of course it helps to have a good shooter
like Evin! Can't wait to see the final grade.
 
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jimarri said:
If this wasn't a Red shoot, do you feel it would've been shot in film or 1K instead?
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Sombody at the begining suggested we shoot on a Sony Z1U. I told them to find another DP, then they asked what I wanted to shoot on:shiftyph34r:

jimarri said:
How was your experience with the Red in the MV environment? pros/cons to the onset workflow? (in relation to film or 1K HD). Feedback/interest from director, artist/label?
Okay, not such a quick question, but I'd love to hear any response you care to share in this regard.
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Over all very smooth. It was nice seeing footage from the day before and the earlier scenes for reference too. Despite Haakons claim about focus I didn't find it that hard. I did have an AC that works with 35mm but for the the handheld I focused by eye and for the most part that worked fine. The director and Artist were drooling over the footage on the laptop, so that worked out very well.
 
Evin Grant said:
Sombody at the begining suggested we shoot on a Sony Z1U. I told them to find another DP, then they asked what I wanted to shoot on:shiftyph34r:



Over all very smooth. It was nice seeing footage from the day before and the earlier scenes for reference too. Despite Haakons claim about focus I didn't find it that hard. I did have an AC that works with 35mm but for the the handheld I focused by eye and for the most part that worked fine. The director and Artist were drooling over the footage on the laptop, so that worked out very well.
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Z1U - LOL, everyone will have to add the REDRAG to the kit
to wipe up the drool.
 
Nice

Nice

Very nice first cut! The diversity of looks are powerful . BH
 
Evin,

Felicitaciones! It's nice to hear news from you on the edge of our common worlds into the latin world.

Can you post a 1K h264 version please?

Gracias.
 
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