REDucation

[Von Thomas]

REDucation Day 1

REDucation Day 1

Well, this was a very informative day. REDucation hosted students from all over the world. The class size at REDucation is 40, and students came from India, London, Dubai, Italy, Hong Kong, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, and all over the US.

It was a day filled with presentations (both visual and verbal), lectures, Q and A, hands on RED, and shooting assignments.

Ted Schilowitz (RED Digital Cinema) and Michael Cioni (formally with Plaster City) are the main teachers, with Mauricio Gutierrez, Casey Green, Steve Freebairn and myself (Von Thomas) as teaching assistants. The event hosted by HD Expo Creatasphere, and produced by Jeff Seckendorf, is held at the Los Angeles Center Studios, in Downtown LA.

I have to say, collectively we have a awesome crew, the skill level, the first hand knowledge and experience, the willingness to share, makes this learning event, above and beyond a benchmark for our new digital cinema learning frontier.

You may be able to get a picture with RED, but with training like this, your vision as a story teller, will literally leap off the screen.

Oh, by the way that's me in the third picture above.

Von

 

[Luca Immesi]

Well, this was a very informative day. REDucation hosted students from all over the world. The class size at REDucation is 40, and students came from India, London, Dubai, Hong Kong, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, and all over the US.

And one from Italy! :biggrin:

 

[Von Thomas]

Sorry, I'll update.

Von

 

[Jeff Seckendorf]

Few more stills from day 1.

Jeff

 

[Stacey Spears]

There is a rear projection setup from IGI that is using a Sony 4k. It is being driven by a DVS, so its real-time 4k playback.

 

[Von Thomas]

Day two of the RED Tech segment of REDucation, , and the students were presented with myriad of tools for the tech. From monitors, ingestion software, tech cart configurations, RED Tech and DP/AC relationships, color correction and much more.

The assignments carried out by the students on Monday, were viewed and discussed today. The assignments varied, covering just about every possible shooting scenario, under varying conditions. For me this was truly enlightening. This is world class film (I mean RED Digital) school. This program is structured so everyone learns, no man left behind.

Some of the tools discussed today were Sony CineSlate, iSlate, FilmSlate, monitors like the Dell S2209W the prefect low priced monitor that also gives you menu display via HDML.

The day ran a full 10 hours, and no one wanted to leave, the energy is high, and the staff very willing to answer questions to the end.

Being a technology geek, I love the gear, so many REDs, and the Sony 4K Projector, along with DVS Real-Time 4K Playback with full debayer, wow.

Von

 

[Raphael Varandas]

very nice gguuys... see ya on october

 

[BigLu]

Anybody else have any other updates?
photos or anything at all?

 

[Andrew clemson]

Ive got a few pics of the different camera setups and so on. Ill put them up later after day 3.

 

[Andrew clemson]

Out of interest, is there any way to get a copy of any of the other frames from the group video casey shot with the RED? Im kind of only half in the photo and would like to have one i can put up in the office.

 

[Michael Cioni]

REDucation - RED TECH

REDucation - RED TECH

RED Tech has been a wonderful experience for just about everyone involved from the education side. I cannot thank the participants enough for their enthusiasm, professionalism, great questions, and, of course, their continued patience. There has been a tremendous amount of organic exploration of the world of RED, both coming from the TAs as well as the students. I couldn't be more thrilled to work with so many talented and energetic people, especially when they teach me as much as I (hopefully) teach them.

When the REDucation Founders Team began building the curriculum, Ted kept stressing how much we wanted to have hands-on time with the RED camera. Though it was a challenge to secure, build and maintain 10 full RED packages, the founding members, sponsors, producers and HDExpo staff have empowered students with access to over $450,000 worth of RED camera gear, not to mention nearly $400,000 worth of ancillary computer and projection equipment in our RED-Center. I took my iPhone and did short walk-through during one of our RED Labs so you can get a sense of the atmosphere. Here's the link to the iPhone ".mov"
http://red.cachefly.net/REDU1.MOV


Now that we're half-way through the REDucation course curriculum, I can't wait to get into the post side of RED. But for now, RED Tech #001 is complete. Here is our talented group, recovering from 30 hours of redaches.

best,
michael

 

[Von Thomas]

Another group shoot. REDucation Graduation Class #1, July 2009

 

[Andrew clemson]

Thanks Von, Im actually in that one! Jeff and I are both clipped from the 1st one. Any chance you could email me a Hi Res one, so I can Print it?

 

[Luca Immesi]

Another group shoot. REDucation Graduation Class #1, July 2009

Very cool, Sergio Leone style!

 

[Steve Sherrick]

Congrats to everyone involved! Looks like a huge success!

 

[Chris Parker]

that looks like a kick-ass way to spend the week.

 

[Casey Green]

Hi everyone,

REDucation has already been an incredible event, and we're only half way through! I'm very grateful to be a part of such a great team of professionals, both faculty and students alike. With a great assortment of people from all over the world with different backgrounds, businesses, and production styles, we are all learning a tremendous amount from each other!

I've been taking many photos throughout the week - here are a few to start off with. I'll try and post more as soon as I get some spare time. Heheheh!

Thanks to everyone involved, from Ted and Michael, Jeff and the HD Expo team, the TA team, L.A. Center Studios, the students, and all of the others helping with all aspects of the training and community day!

OK, gotta run...

 

[Casey Green]

Here are some more...

 

[Casey Green]

another batch...

 

[Michael.B]

Congrats everybody on putting together a very impressive community day. FotoKem is glad to be part of the founding team of REDucation.