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RED Documentary

Adam Rook

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How great would hit be to see a documentary about our most-loved company?

I love documenteries and with so much talent here why couldn't this happen? I'm especially fascinated with the early days of companies when they were on the cusp of greatness. I love the Apple story when Jobs and Woz were in Steve's garage and they had no idea just how HUGE Apple would become. I love seeing the stories of the failures and how companies or individuals overcame obstacles. We've seen the early footage of The Bread Box but I would love to see the early footage from the Bread Box. Even hear in-depth stories surrounding Frankie and BTS of The Milk Girls or the Oakley watch, if there are any. Watch Peter Jackson talk about filming with "Boris" and "Natasha".

BTS of the early days of manufacturing and the challenges that went into bringing us the best cinema camera ever made. Even the relationships between Jim and Jarred. Hear Graham talk about developing the color science. All of it. I want it ALL!!!

Jim? Jarred? How bout it? Give us a peak behind the curtain from bygone days?

Even if it's a web series. Because as soon as it would be released there would already be more history to cover. So make it in installments or chapters and focus on a certain area. That way the history keeps being told as it's being made.
 
Ran this general idea by Jarred about two years ago. At the time the overall consensus was sort of an interview/article hitting key people to discuss the history of RED with various images and footage throughout. I'd love to keep it a "live" project that can be updated over time as seen fit.
 
Heh. I did a good job serving as the "nag" last time. I have a decent quick idea that should be simple to execute. Let me ping the tall man about it.
 
A hard hitting, tell all, no hold barred look at the "scam artists" that built their fly-by-night enterprise on the backs of small, unsuspecting, working class cinematographers.

Sure to to be a box office smash! :-)
 
Or perhaps a Fincher biopic. Shot ofcourse on...a fleet of Ursa's.
Joke aside, are there any good published biographies where you can read about some of the back stories and origins of the company other than the normal stories about Jannard, Oakley, Soderberg etc.? Have an ensatiable appetite for these early stories.
-Kris
 
Since taking delivery in the summer of 2014, I've been enamored at the idea that most everything coming from RED is made in the US, which is a relatively rare thing in the electronics industry. That alone is worth a doc.
 
I'd love to see a documentary like this, but I'm not sure how money could be raised for production or whether an audience would pay to see it.
 
Marc Wielage said:
I'd love to see a documentary like this, but I'm not sure how money could be raised for production or whether an audience would pay to see it.
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Maybe you'd have to have some sort of hook to get the general public interested but I do kind of see this as a niche audience. Either way I think the story is very compelling and also as Bill Stengel mentioned just the story around everything being made in the USA is a wonderful direction just in itself. Maybe we can keep a fire lit under this and show enough interest to get it made.
I really want to know the more in-depth story of it all.
 
Realistically, I think you have to have wider customer base than RED has to get a Biopic or even a wide release documentary green lighted.

Let's wait to see what Jim is currently working on (something for everyone). Depending on how that plays out, we may see something done on Jim, and by extension, RED and current unknown project.

A documentary on RED the company should be done internally, kinda like the interview Jarred did with some mag or another... IMO.
 
I would be super into helping out if this ever progressed to fruition.
 
And deep down we all know this is to fulfill our desire to see Matt's sexy prototypes that were never shown off and get a peek into that stage where Jarred takes all those pictures with neat crap blurred out in the back. Title should be #REDporn
 
In a way, I kinda feel that RED collective is the RED documentary because it's about the result of creating great camera's more than the creation of the cameras themselves. I suppose a veritee style doc, with FULL ACCESS at the time it was happening would have been nice to see, (like Jim and Jarred parading the first EPIC through NAB, or taking things from the first meetings as a process doc might be interesting.

That would kinda be a geek film that we would all love to see for a narrow"ish" audience, but the collectives really show the effect RED has had on people and their wanting to pick up a camera again or for the first time.

To me that a big part of the phenomenon.
 
Marc Wielage said:
I'd love to see a documentary like this, but I'm not sure how money could be raised for production or whether an audience would pay to see it.
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Many of us would cover the production part for free. It is not a project for the box office but for the craft and history.

The potential problem may be too much spotlight on the team and further increase of cult of personality and fanboyism. Fame is a double-edged sword and a huge challenge for anyone. At some point the amount of asskissing on one extreme and petty nonsense on another turns into a pile of noise which combined with constant spotlight turns into a burden. Red team with time reduced the forum interaction likely due to S/N ratio significantly reduced by it's very followers, the number of which has risen exponentially.

Also, people behind the camera (in both meanings) typically care less about public exposure. It gets in a way of focus, picks up all kinds of vibes once it is out there, and satisfying other's curiosity easily brings a sacrifice of someone's privacy. Healthy distance to public's eye is good and 50K members online suggests the project's reach is already achieved.

Guesswork as this may be, it seems as logical explanation to why this project already hasn't been realised. It is reasonable to assume that a ton of documented material already exists. There is no rush.
 
Marc Wielage said:
I'd love to see a documentary like this, but I'm not sure how money could be raised for production or whether an audience would pay to see it.
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What doc ever worried about making money 🤑🤑🤑
 
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