Success...

[Ivan Kovax]

Success is very hard to define.

Success is easy to define. Very easy in fact.


Success is the choice between the safe decision and the stupid decision, and realising that sometimes the calculated stupid decision is the smarter one. The one that pays off. But it doesn't pay off every single time. However if you succeed in 1/10 of the stupid decisions you will have succeeded far more than the 10/10 safe decisions you could ever have made...

 

[ericyoung]

Red has succeeded by confounding industry expectations technically, and producing a highest level, groundbreaking, imaging machine at a previously unheard of price level! :thumbsup: :biggrin:

My only disappointment has been that the audio recording side has so far been the poor relation to the imaging. Don't get me wrong - the forthcoming fan(s) redesign and new algorithms are a huge & welcome step in the right direction, but the audio circuitry/interfaces/controls aren't the best. It's one of the few things that Sony/Panasonic do better, even on their budget camcorders. I'd be a happy bunny if my sound recordist friends could be just as impressed with the camera in the future, as the picture making department is now.

Still very glad I put my deposit down for the "vaporware" - I had faith in the founder! :smile:

 

[Justin Marx]

Like!!!

 

[Bobby Farokhzad]

As long as you keep aiming for the stars, we can't ask for anything more. I love this company.

 

[Stephen Pruitt]

Success, indeed!

Your dream allowed me to make mine.

Simple as that.

Stephen

 

[James Brundige]

Can't make it this year, but that's ok because I have just signed an international distribution deal for a major nature show to be shot on Red. I'm hoping the upgrades are soon available to non-atendees.

Just for the record, have been shooting all nature B-roll on Red since 2008, years before BBC finally caught on.

 

[Meryem Ersoz]

you are the pebble in the pond.

(ok, the big rock slamming into the lake).

we are the ripples.

I'd define success by the ripples you made.

and the ripples have had ripples.

 

[Craig Weeding]

JIm, you and the RED Team have done a great job at showing vision counts.

You had a vision and you made it happen, this is success.

Please keep up the great vision and the great product.

Thank you

Craig

 

[Patrick Wieland]

RED!

 

[Elsie N]

you are the pebble in the pond.

(ok, the big rock slamming into the lake).

we are the ripples.

I'd define success by the ripples you made.

and the ripples have had ripples.

Nice metaphor.

 

[Dan Kanes]

I know that my success has grown with access to the right tools for the job.

Thanks for everything Jim , Jarred, Brent, Nar.

Its been an Epic Ride the last couple of years!

 

[Phil Holland]

Success is very hard to define.

The promise of the Red One being a REAL digital film alternative with the power of on board Raw capture and impressive resolution to match was what first attracted me to Red years ago. Epic and Scarlet delivered even more. Dragon looks to be paving new ground that we haven't even walked before.

I think the fact that 4K is becoming the industry delivery standard and the fact that Red didn't just do it yesterday, weeks ago, or even months ago - but years ago in the face of skeptics and critics is a tremendous marker of success.

Thousands of cameras out there working everyday on every type of production is a good marker as well.

Red cameras went to the edge of the Earth and to the bottom of the sea floor within the same year, that's certainly a mark of achievement.

A lot to look back on with satisfaction for employees at Red and Red shooters. Dragon's going to raise that bar again hopefully capturing images with an image quality that people have never seen before.

 

[Andy Roberts]

When I tell my clients that I'm shooting with the best digital cinema camera in the world, I always feel like they think I'm lying or something. How could a little company like mine have the best tool for capture in the world? Team Red made it happen. Thanks for letting me tell the truth.

 

[Paul S.]

Success is easier to quantify when the mission statement is more narrowly defined, and has an existing yardstick. So if the mission was to provide a worthy successor to film in the digital age, then you have pretty much succeeded already, and by the sounds of it will have done when Dragon hits the shelves. Success after that, once you have surpassed film, gets a little more tricky to measure, and need not be on the same trajectory.

 

[Liam Hall]

Success is very hard to define.

Everyone views success differently.

All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.
Mark Twain

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Dale Carnegie

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
Bill Gates

 

[Peter Lyons Collister ASC]

Jim,
You know how I feel.
Vinaka

 

[James McLellan]

Success is very hard to define.


One of our goals was to put cinema-worthy cameras in the hands of many. Pros. Students. Check.


Jim

As a teacher I always found it crippling to try to teach with consumer level equipment. You certainly hit a price point where the cameras are being used by a wide range of people. My high school film classes have been shooting 4k since February 2009. Crazy. Democratization of filmmaking. Definite check.

 

[Björn Benckert]

Thank's Jim,
Right now we land one project after the other and our Epic is a corner stone in everything we do. I could not even see how we would proceed without it.

I'm looking forward to an upcoming shoot this month. 6 days / 90second stop motion motion control production. I would not even think of doing such thing before we got this camera.

 

[AndrewThomas]

RED cameras, mostly EPICs in the past 2+ years, are responsible for over $7B worldwide box office. That includes 3 movies that have done over $1B each.

This seems poorly worded. Surely you don't mean that a film worked on by 1000s of talented and hard working people over several years was successful due simply to the camera it was shot on?

 

[Andy Roberts]

This seems poorly worded. Surely you don't mean that a film worked on by 1000s of talented and hard working people over several years was successful due simply to the camera it was shot on?

Yep... I'm pretty sure that's what he means :lol:

Dude, no need to be so literal. Just step back for a moment and at least consider what he actually did mean. And consider the impact of the statement. A camera company that is only 7 years old was trusted for films that grossed over $7 billion in box office sales. Would they still have brought in that much if they were shot on an Arri or a Sony? Probably, but those films CHOSE to use and trust Red. That is a big deal. Especially since I get to own one too.