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Los Angeles Red Users group

What time and place is the LA users group RED meeting breakfast at? I live in Santa Monica.
 
When?

When?

When are we going to have the LA REDuser meeting? Would anyone want to organize one with me? We could do it at the Santa Monica public library - get a large conference room? Sometime in October.
 
Hey guys I know this guy in Beverly hills has a nice office in the 1901 building off of avenue of the starts maybe we can host something there? Let me know if interested and I will pitch it to him. But we need a red camera there? I believe 2oth century foxs office is in that building too.
 
Is there still a LA RED USERS group meeting this month?
 
adobeone said:
The date has been pushed because of cool stuff is in the works, thursday I will let everyone know.
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what's the cool gig were you had to let down the founding fathers?

I've still got this image of you hopping back fences with a pillow case full of handy cams.

spill........parole denied?


Cheers,
Dave,
 
I am offering my house as a meeting spot

I am offering my house as a meeting spot

The house is just under the Hollywood sign so should not be too difficult to find for anyone. I don't have an open floorplan so the house is not ideal for very large groups but I do have one large room that would comfortably fit around 20 seated people plus a speaker. If we used the back of the house and the patio we could fit around 30 people.(I would need someone to provide some chairs) And of course if all the people did not have to be in one area then we I would think 40 - 50 would be cool.

Parking would not be a challenge if most of the cars were full. Perhaps some people could park down the street and get rides from other guests.

My camera is not here for 2 more months so someone else is going to have to provide that detail :)
 
I can't believe I hadn't seen this thread earlier... there are just way too many topics on this site!

I would, of course, love to attend as well, and if the stars are in alignment I'll have my camera next Friday. I'm more than happy to bring any additional gear or accessories that anyone may find helpful.
 
Are we still having a LA user group meeting this month?

Neil
 
SHANE:

I won't worry about a price just yet. Being almost 1200 on the list means the you long way away from the rental biz. By the time you take delevery of your camera... the large chip Panasonic and the preview of the Sony will be out..which will affect pricing. Probably around $700 for 32,000 dollar camera...before lens. Thats what the rental houses will charge. Simms should take delevery before you ...so look to them for a rental ballpark.

Once we get a Red up and running...( ie most of the bugs out..software working...) Then expect delevery. Like you.... Im glad im not one of the first hundred or so prototype cameras!!!

Things worth waiting for take a long, long time.
 
david farland said:
what's the cool gig were you had to let down the founding fathers?

I've still got this image of you hopping back fences with a pillow case full of handy cams.

spill........parole denied?


Cheers,
Dave,
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So I come back to find this... The first question I have is. How did he know...? I gaffer taped the handy cams together, so they wouldn't make noise...

Plus I'm getting PM "What about the LA users breakfast...."

Well here are some answers.

First.
After my successful Handy Cam crime spree... I had to take a consulting gig, the mortgage was due... That gig created an opportunity that led me to someone.

I had been after this person for some time. I just couldn't get through the door. I wanted this person as a Co-creator for a TV series, I'd been in development of for a while... That door opened and I ran through it. So I've been writing like a madman... As things get more concrete. I will let you guys know first.

As of this moment, it will be shot exclusively Red. I will be shooting the pilot in 4k. The episodes will be in 2k so all of you Directors out there will be able to over-crank. I don't want to put camera limits, when I hire one of you.

La User's Breakfast.
I let every one know that because I had to take a consulting gig. That I couldn't put the thing together until after that. If anyone else wanted to do it sooner let me know. I will help as much as I can... (pra-phrasing the post)

I would love to do one but you guys need to do some communicating. I asked for some help... Shane the man stood up and hooked us up with a way to do the breakfast part. Had a good lead on FCP demos from you guys too, but that was it. I had a total of 7 RSVP's.

I talked to Panavision about hosting the event, It looked like they were going to step up. They had some valid concerns, and wanted reasonable assurances from us. I could not give them what they needed, timing of the event was a big one. It just fell through.

Panavision was fantastic throughout the whole thing. I started at the top, and when it was clear that is wasn't going to happen. I got the call from the top. Not some assistant. So I expect them to be treated fairly on this issue.
They have been a class act, and have not close the door to us in the future.

This is what I think we should do.

I am busy. So i need big time help

We need a location.

It needs to be able to accommodate a hot meal catering truck, and tables.

We need a place that we could screen some 35mm transfer from the stuff that has already been done and posted here. "I Know some guys"

I would like to get somebody from apple.

The guys from Scratch will step up and bring in a demo, and answer questions. We just need a suitable place.

The above was what I was going to do. If we can make it happen great.
I can help. If you want something smaller I'll be there. I'm just slammed.

Cheers.
 
OK so I had my first shoot with the Red Camera, and after some lens control issues, non the fault of Red, we had a marvelous shoot. The Red was mounted to a camera Jib that was mounted to a Shotmaker camera truck. The camera performed flawlessly and the pictures were incredible.

I worked with some of the Red Ninja guys, and they were great. I hope they will send me some footage soon.

I am sure jazzed and can't wait till I get my own camera.

I am looking forward to getting together with all of the local LA guys. I had some good chats with the Red Ninjas and they have the same ambitions as I do to keep the quality of the Red camera up high, and to deliver a great service to producers in the motion picture industry. We should all keep this in mind when we get our Reds.

Thanks,

Shane
V8F Productions
 
So...is there going to be a meeting? How can I help get this meeting off the ground? PM me.
 
So I've just reserved my body and basic production pack and I'll be moving to the LA area next month. Surely I won't have my Red for a long, long while, but I'd still love to meet fellow users and learn everything I can before I get mine.
 
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