Peter Jackson Shoots with Red!!!

[Gavin Greenwalt]

If you just want to send me the REDCode Version along with a copy of REDCine, I'll be happy to donate a renderfarm to the cause. :sorcerer:

 

[Manfred Lopez]

Thanks to all who waited way too long to see our "stuff" today.

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7. We just found out that we cannot post the movie due to music donated by Universal. Peter and his team are going to re-score the music, then we can post.

Jim

It looks like Universal nixed the online distribution of the Red Demo... :bye2: :sad: :angry01: hmy:

 

[Evan Owen]

Awestruck...

Awestruck...

I was able to get into the screening #2 here at NAB, and I have to concur with all the previous posts. I hadn't been able to attend the previous RED footage screenings, but I wish I had. The footage I saw today was jaw-droppingly gorgeous. I'm also incredibly impressed with Peter Jackson and WingNut films at their ability to produce a short film of this quality in just two days. Or maybe the credit should partially go to RED...

It just blows my mind that what I saw today (16min long) could be shot in a total of 500GBs of footage. That's TOTAL footage, at 4k. Combine the stellar performance by RED, and Apple's native support of 4k REDCODE RAW (confirmed by Ted S. and Apple.com), and it seems that all the pieces to this mysterious 4k puzzle are finally falling into place.

 

[Yash Keough]

It will, talked with an apple guy, it is just the beginning of a new story...

Sweet sounds good! I'm sure it will all come together pretty quickly given how things have been going now.

 

[Manfred Lopez]

Interesting... It looks like Peter Jackson approached the Red team about trying out the Red One... and not the other way around...

From HDforINDIES.com:

"As you may already know, Red was approached by a director who wanted to shoot some test footage - so Red said OK. That meant spinning up Jim's jet for a nonstop flight to New Zealand to drop in on Peter Jackson.

Thinking he wanted to shoot some charts and stuff and maybe set up a scene or two, they showed up with Boris and Natasha, the two testbed cameras. Turns out he had a script and actors and extras and everything...and everyting included planes, tanks, shooting from helicopters, 'splosions, teddy bears, the WORKS."

 

[Craig Ryan]

Don't know if anyone else spotted this already within the havoc, but i saw this
banner on the RED Store section. Just from this, it looks pretty damn sweet already.

 

[Jannard]

We asked Peter, a reservation holder, if he knew of anyone in LA that could help us shoot NAB footage. He gratiously invited us to NZ to shoot NAB/test footage with him there. We jumped at the chance. By the time we got there, he had a story in mind. Two days later... he and his team were cutting a movie.

Jim

 

[Roberto B]

nice move..

 

[Craig Ryan]

That really sums up why Peter is simply one of the best directors out there right now. He knows how to make an f'n good movie. Here's to RED and one of cinema's greatest!

EDIT: I am really curious as to how the movie was shot; was it more of a training/collaborative effort with the RED ONE with everyone trying out new things? It would be the ultimate learning experience to get to see some behind the scenes footage of that shoot.

 

[Manfred Lopez]

We asked Peter, a reservation holder, if he knew of anyone in LA that could help us shoot NAB footage. He gratiously invited us to NZ to shoot NAB/test footage with him there. We jumped at the chance. By the time we got there, he had a story in mind. Two days later... he and his team were cutting a movie.

Jim

Thanks for the clarification, Jim. As you know we all have a great deal of curiosity about all details regarding this shoot. Sometimes we have to relly on picking up crumbs of info from diferent sites... and HDforIndies almost always is reliable (but I guess not this time). I am sure all (correct) details will emerge over time... In the mean time... Kudos on today!!! A very special day indeed.

 

[Zakaree Sandberg]

too lazy to read through the whole thread so forgive me if its been answered.. but someone asked if peter will even use a red.. according to Jim Peter has the maximum reservations

 

[Brook Willard]

We don't know when/where/if Peter is going to use his cameras... that's for him to determine and we won't speak for him.

 

[Manfred Lopez]

but someone asked if peter will ever use a red..

You mean other than the demo? Like his next feature? I think that only Peter himself can decide that when he gets his order delivered.


EDIT: Damn, Brook beat me to the punch. :gun:

 

[Steve Gibby]

Thanks for the clarification, Jim. As you know we all have a great deal of curiosity about all details regarding this shoot. Sometimes we have to relly on picking up crumbs of info from diferent sites... and HDforIndies almost always is reliable (but I guess not this time). I am sure all (correct) details will emerge over time... In the mean time... Kudos on today!!! A very special day indeed.

In case you missed it, there were several details of the Peter Jackson shoot in my RED @ NAB, Part 1 article that went up on the Studio Daily web site this morning at 9am. That article was the first news that broke about the Peter Jackson production work (and the new RED lenses).

Link: http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/7959.html

 

[Kyle Spicer]

From the single picture on RED.com I can only imagine what It looked like. I cant wait to see it!

 

[Jarred Land]

and HDforIndies almost always is reliable (but I guess not this time)..

there is alot of buzz going around and with alot of buzz things can get confused, we can give Mike Curtis a break on this one misprint

 

[Don Woods]

We asked Peter, a reservation holder, if he knew of anyone in LA that could help us shoot NAB footage. He gratiously invited us to NZ to shoot NAB/test footage with him there. We jumped at the chance. By the time we got there, he had a story in mind. Two days later... he and his team were cutting a movie.

Jim

And I think it paid off big time.. I think this was the only way that this cameras footage could have been shown and made such a strong statement in the industry.

 

[Deanan]

500 GB of data? If they used redcode at 27.5 MB/s that would be about 5 hours long.

About 500GB shot during the two days (and 3 hours
on the third day). Backups were up to two separate drives after each mag
rotation and additional backup back at the hotel
to pass on to the editor.

Deanan

 

[Paul Wizikowski]

Did anyone shoot behind-the-scene's footage? And if so, enough for a little docu?

 

[Steven-Marc C.]

Since the online availability of the demo seems to be delayed, could we get a few stills in the meantime? That would be very nice as I'm sure everyone here is dying to have a look at some images!