Here's an idea that just came to me -- maybe crazy, maybe not.
I am wrapping up the construction of a TV/Movie studio in the beautiful little coastal city of Vero Beach, Florida, about an hour north of West Palm Beach and an hour and a half or so south of Orlando. We're no more than three hours (and usually a lot less) from any point in Florida other than the Panhandle
It will be quite a facility:
Three high end cameras (two Sony F900r's, one Thomson Grass Valley Viper -- but now I'm thinking 3 Reds instead) in a studio configuration, complete with HD switcher, full studio lighting grid, dimmers, tons of lights, full audio equipment, HD monitors, full control room, camera jib with contols, tripods/pedestals etc., cabling etc., full Final Cut system, and a Sony HDCAM SR recording deck (SRW 5500 -- unless I find a better or cheaper solution at NAB -- I received some good ideas in a previous post).
My studio will consist of an 80 ft. greenscreen cyclorama (40 ft. across the back, 20 ft. up two sides), Ultimatte chromakeyers, and will have one of the first HD 3D Orad virtual studio systems in North America. We'll be able to load our vitual sets into our machine and offer live compositing. Combining that with our other high end gear, we (and you), I believe, will be able to get a lot of major league production done in our studio in a hurry. We have pre-production on a movie with very recognizable actors well underway.
By the way, we also offer two extremely luxurious motorhomes for the comfort of our (our your) cast and crew.
But here's what I'm leading up to:
Instead of buying the F900r's and Viper, would there be three Red owners (or one or two if they owned multiple Reds) who would allow their units to be stored at our facility when they're not being used by the owner? (They'd be fully insured and secured).
We would use the cameras in our studio, and in return the owner(s) of the Reds would be entitled to free studio time and use of my equipment and facility. Of course, we'd figure a fair trade ratio for the amount of studio time the Red owner would accumulate for each day or week he stored it at our facility.
Since the Red owner will be using his camera whenever he wants for his own projects, I'd actually need to work with more than three red owners. When Red owner Bill checks his Red out, Red owner John can check his Red in.
Keep in mind that with this deal, Bill and John will have use of three Reds instead of just the one he bought, and all the rest of the stuff too. Plus, his Red would receive far less wear and tear (probably no wear and tear at all) versus renting his camera out during his non-active time.
Does this plan for productive Red storage make sense?
I am wrapping up the construction of a TV/Movie studio in the beautiful little coastal city of Vero Beach, Florida, about an hour north of West Palm Beach and an hour and a half or so south of Orlando. We're no more than three hours (and usually a lot less) from any point in Florida other than the Panhandle
It will be quite a facility:
Three high end cameras (two Sony F900r's, one Thomson Grass Valley Viper -- but now I'm thinking 3 Reds instead) in a studio configuration, complete with HD switcher, full studio lighting grid, dimmers, tons of lights, full audio equipment, HD monitors, full control room, camera jib with contols, tripods/pedestals etc., cabling etc., full Final Cut system, and a Sony HDCAM SR recording deck (SRW 5500 -- unless I find a better or cheaper solution at NAB -- I received some good ideas in a previous post).
My studio will consist of an 80 ft. greenscreen cyclorama (40 ft. across the back, 20 ft. up two sides), Ultimatte chromakeyers, and will have one of the first HD 3D Orad virtual studio systems in North America. We'll be able to load our vitual sets into our machine and offer live compositing. Combining that with our other high end gear, we (and you), I believe, will be able to get a lot of major league production done in our studio in a hurry. We have pre-production on a movie with very recognizable actors well underway.
By the way, we also offer two extremely luxurious motorhomes for the comfort of our (our your) cast and crew.
But here's what I'm leading up to:
Instead of buying the F900r's and Viper, would there be three Red owners (or one or two if they owned multiple Reds) who would allow their units to be stored at our facility when they're not being used by the owner? (They'd be fully insured and secured).
We would use the cameras in our studio, and in return the owner(s) of the Reds would be entitled to free studio time and use of my equipment and facility. Of course, we'd figure a fair trade ratio for the amount of studio time the Red owner would accumulate for each day or week he stored it at our facility.
Since the Red owner will be using his camera whenever he wants for his own projects, I'd actually need to work with more than three red owners. When Red owner Bill checks his Red out, Red owner John can check his Red in.
Keep in mind that with this deal, Bill and John will have use of three Reds instead of just the one he bought, and all the rest of the stuff too. Plus, his Red would receive far less wear and tear (probably no wear and tear at all) versus renting his camera out during his non-active time.
Does this plan for productive Red storage make sense?
