Red in Africa

[araujofh]

Hello folks,

I just saw some similar threads regarding the orders from different places, and I was wondering how many orders from Africa there are.
I am based in Angola, and I have placed an order for one Red Camera.

Are there any other fellows from Africa as well?

All the best,

Fidel.

 

[Tom Lowe]

Fidel, if I might ask, what do you plan to do with your Red? Nature/Wildlife docs?

 

[IAN SUN]

Well Fidel, I am based in Toronto but I have plans to shoot a music video in Ghana with a local artist. I am also hoping to travel to South Africa to reconnect and do some music videos with some friends who have returned to SA.

So many stories to tell about the struggle in Angola.
Aluta continua!

 

[Rosferatu]

South Africa

South Africa

Hiya Fidel,
I'm based in Cape Town, South Africa and cant wait to get my hands on the RED when it arrives.
So I guess that makes two of us in this continent. SCORE!
-R

 

[araujofh]

Hello all!

Tom,

I am setting up a production company in Angola and I will be making films, TV series, music videos, commercials, etc... I will be renting my camera as well to a few local production companies.

Bro,

If you watched Blood Diamond, that is a movie that could have been made in Angola. I have been in the diamonds mines and I know how it is like. It is a nightmare, a lot of people die burried while digging for diamonds. There are so many stories to be told about Angola in particular and Africa in general. In the movie you hear Dicaprio mention Angola a few times.

Rosferatu,

I have just returned from two weeks holidays in Pretoria. I did not have time to go down to Cape Town, but next time I go to South Africa I will be going to Cape Town. I have a few relatives in Johanesburg.

What do you plan to do with your Red?

 

[Steve Gibby]

I enjoyed two lengthy production trips to South Africa in the '90's. Each time, we were shooting an ESPN program featuring world tour professional surfing events (ASP World Contest Tour). On the first trip the event was at Durban, but before and after the event we traveled around South Africa shooting creative b-roll of cultures, nature, etc. We went all the way up by Mozambique. On the second trip, the event was at Jeffrey's Bay, but again before and after the event we again traveled all around shooting creative b-roll of cultures, scenery, nature, etc. I'd love to go back to South Africa (and many other places in Africa) with a RED One camera system and shoot some 4k footage!

I also shot 35mm stills in Egypt on another trip...an awesome visual experience...

 

[Petr Dvorak]

Hey all, I cant wait to see all that 4k footage everybody is planing to shoot all around world!
Awesome time

 

[Jarred Land]

it amazes me the reach... ive gotta make some location sections.

 

[Trevor Meier]

I'm not based in Africa but I do travel there a couple times a year - mostly docs & NGO promotional work. We have a feature in development that's set in Malawi, though we haven't decided yet on a shooting location.

 

[Steve Gibby]

it amazes me the reach... ive gotta make some location sections.

Great idea, and maybe a "Projects" forum, where RED User members could share stories, frames, and clips from the projects they're using RED One on. That would be an awesome addition to RED User! (Perhaps divided into geographical areas and genres of production?)

The tech end of RED One is great...but then stories and frames of that tech in real world use around the world would benefit everyone in the RED community.

 

[Dan McCain]

I work a lot in Nigeria (Although I am based in Atlanta) and will be using RED for a variety of projects there.

 

[Emanuel A.]

it amazes me the reach... ive gotta make some location sections.

Good idea Jarred. But don't be so amazed at all!

Fidel is a well-known dvxuser.com member as well. It was there where all this RED-worldwide-range-thing began.

 

[P Andersson]

Great idea, and maybe a "Projects" forum, where RED User members could share stories, frames, and clips from the projects they're using RED One on. That would be an awesome addition to RED User! (Perhaps divided into geographical areas and genres of production?)

The tech end of RED One is great...but then stories and frames of that tech in real world use around the world would benefit everyone in the RED community.

Sorry I know we are drifiting off topic but...

this will be great indeed, why not start it right away, red camera available or not, the stuff that shows up here with pictures from the bottom of the ocean to the moon are so great that I get really curios what people are doing with motion

then we could get into a discussion of what is really the best way to post video on the web, what player, quicktime, windows, or embedded in flash, what size and codec plays best for most users on this forum etc. then when red footage comes out, we already have the best solution for streaming it worked out

 

[Peter Kullmann]

Hi, I'm based in Vienna now - after many years of working in Africa - but intend to put at least one of our REDs to good use in Africa. I think, there's plenty of stories there that need and deserve to be told!

So, where do I keep my titanium "R" ? In my Vienna office, when in Europe. With me, when travelling - i.e.; to the blue nile falls / Ethiopia some weeks ago.

 

[Andrew Benz]

Great shot Redkube1. How 'bout a hi-rez version? Thanks.

 

[Jeremy Hughes]

It's going to be hard to get footage in a unique location. Anybody in Romania? Guilin? Lake Titicaca?

 

[Ramesh Jai]

Well Fidel, I am based in Toronto but I have plans to shoot a music video in Ghana with a local artist. I am also hoping to travel to South Africa to reconnect and do some music videos with some friends who have returned to SA.

So many stories to tell about the struggle in Angola.
Aluta continua!

I am in Ghana too. Do get in touch when you are here next.

 

[Rocket]

We are planning a 4K production / post facility in Johannesburg based on Red aquisition and Scratch. I know Digital Film in Johannesburg have two Red's on order that will be for hire.

Rich

 

[Bruce Allen]

We are planning a 4K production / post facility in Johannesburg based on Red aquisition and Scratch. I know Digital Film in Johannesburg have two Red's on order that will be for hire.

Rich

Excellent, more Red folk in SA! Yes Scratch seems like the way to go due to its tight integration w/ Red.

Rich, do I know you guys from any previous SA film company?

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com

 

[Rocket]

Hi Bruce,

There is a growing (hopefully) digital cinema scene here in S.A. We have launched two new digital cine resources online, one at www.4khub.com and the other S.A. specific at www.4khub.co.za, please check them out, join up and get involved. They are community based sites, much like this one but a bit broader in subject matter.

They are somewhat blank canvases at the moment, but will feature a lot of information pertinent specifically to 4K and to a certain extent 2K production and post as well.

We plan to launch a S.A. international chapter of the digital cinema society soon, which will be a first for S.A., and for this we are working with DI Film Co in Cape Town, who are S.A.'s Scratch, Bright Systems and Bluefish representatives and distributors here.

Together with DI Film Co, we are really trying to push 2K/4K digital aquisition, post and projection in the country, but as with many things it is a slow process requiring lots of pursuasion to get others on board.

There are two big productions coming up that will be shot in 2K by a couple of S.A.'s hottest directors, one by Frieze Films, directed by Tony Baggert that will be shot with Genesis, the other with the Arri D20, both will be pushed through Scratch at DI Film Co, using the only Scratch system in the country (until we get ours...).

Our production company, Sentinel Entertainment, started in 2003, and has never been anything else, so I doubt you would have come across us before. We are pretty unknown even in the S.A. industry to be honest, but that is starting to change the more we get involved in pushing digital cinema here.

I have heard from Digital Film in Jo'burg that there are at least 20 full Red One kits destined for S.A., but I don't know how true this is.

Rich