got two questions

[Fred Potts]

I have two questions. first of all I'm shooting on the Red Epic Dragon 6k

1. I have V-mount batteries and also Redvolt batteries. Can I run the camera with both sets of batteries at the same time? If so, my thought was that when the V-mount battery goes dead the redvolt battery would kick on giving me no glitches during recording? Or would they both be powering the camera at the same time?

2. I have eight Redmag's. I have two short film shoot coming up, back to back with no lag time between the two shoots (Thursday, Friday for shoot one and Saturday for shoot two) and wanted to know the best way to keep these Redmag sorted on what is on them and what shoot without having to download the footage to see what is on them? On the backside of the Redmag is a place to write notes but I don't want notes permanently on the redmag. Is using tape a good way to go?

Thanks

 

[Benjamin Cabral]

I have two questions. first of all I'm shooting on the Red Epic Dragon 6k

1. I have V-mount batteries and also Redvolt batteries. Can I run the camera with both sets of batteries at the same time? If so, my thought was that when the V-mount battery goes dead the redvolt battery would kick on giving me no glitches during recording? Or would they both be powering the camera at the same time?

2. I have eight Redmag's. I have two short film shoot coming up, back to back with no lag time between the two shoots (Thursday, Friday for shoot one and Saturday for shoot two) and wanted to know the best way to keep these Redmag sorted on what is on them and what shoot without having to download the footage to see what is on them? On the backside of the Redmag is a place to write notes but I don't want notes permanently on the redmag. Is using tape a good way to go?

Thanks

1: Yes you can switch from v mount to redvolt while the camera is running but some red side handles wave a fault that does not allow to hot swap. Just test it before. I prefer do not switch between v mount and redvolt while the camera is recording but it is good to have a redvolt inside the side handle in case that i forget to change the v mount battery while is getting out of power.

2: Why don´t ask to your AC if he/she can do a camera report with notes about what is in each redmag? I prefer to bring a laptop and do a back up on set to not let the cards get full (I read somewhere that it is not convenient for the cards to be full filled).

 

[Phil Holland]

I read somewhere that it is not convenient for the cards to be full filled

The general strategy there is to save time by offloading less full magazines, which does work and saves time for the DIT particularly near the end of a shooting day. Does nearly nothing earlier on in the day to save much time, but it depends a great deal on what the workflow on set is and what is expected from that DIT.

Won't get into too much craziness here, but there's more than one way to skin a goat when it comes to on set data workflows, dailies, and all of that. This is one of those you'll want to find what works for you or your specific project sort of things.

What is somewhat non-negotiable however is offloading media and backups. At a minimum before a card is circulated back into the production for reuse you have at least two verified copies of the material. Generally this is managed by judicious use of tape and separate areas for "hot mags" and "mags ready to go back in action".

Mag management on set. AC generally hits the mag with some tape stating what role and what camera, if it's a single camera shoot often you avoid stating "A-Cam". Long shoots get broken down by date, multi-cam organized as such, etc.

Good to track takes and mags for later down the line. Take numbers are displayed on screen. If you are going the route I think you're going tape is a good way to go.

Generally speaking I don't recommend gaffers tap on mags if you can avoid it, it can leave residue. Paper tape is a better way to go.

 

[Uros Zuraj]

i do a fair bit of ACing on commercials where its hectic. Everytime i put the mag into the camera i put a bit or ProGaff neon tape over the mag/door with a reel number on (A001,...) so when I take out the mag i take the tape and put it over the connectors so everyone involved knows that card hasnt been downloaded yet. Only DIT can take that off when putting it in the reader. So your mag is marked with the reel. I also do camera reports. Most of the time super simple ones like scene number, how many takes of that scene, any filters in mattbox and any info that camera doesnt record in the metadata. most of the time noone looks at the reports but sometimes they save shoots

 

[Eric Santiago]

All of the above I've seen actioned on set and works. Just communicate with your crew as to what they (AC) want to be performed.
One thing I've learned is that my 64s were the best at managing data.
I started using 128s then 256s and found they were cumbersome for quick data upload.
you get too lazy with a 256 and you can run into offloading issues.
With my Scarlet, I was able to do the hot-swap for years.
But with the RV losing juice too fast (starts at 63%) I stopped bringing them on set.
I will use them for personal use but never let them go for rentals.

 

[Fred Potts]

Thanks!!!