VIDEO: 4 things you need as a Filmmaker in 2019

[Waqas Qazi]

For those who are brand new to filmmaking and not sure what's next. Let's start here. I curated a list of essential PRODUCTION gear you need to get started and become the ultimate content creating machine.

FULL VIDEO

FREE LUT (Teal and Orange) included for those who are interested. Created from scratch by me. I will show you how to properly use it at the end of the video. Check the video description on YouTube.

Bless up!

 

[Michael Tiemann]

The first of the four things you describe is a Blackmagic camera. What's this doing on REDUSER.net? Blackmagic has a fine forum for talking about their cameras.

I realize you talk about three other production tools that may be of interest to RED users. But the opening of your video is just so disqualifying when you consider who reads these forums, and why.

Disclaimer: I'm not a moderator.

 

[Phil Holland]

Moderator here and I am on both sides of the argument.

On one hand, this post is in Off Topic feature tips from a content creator luring in new viewers with simple content that isn't hitting this user base.

On the other hand, yep, this is not exactly the best audience for the content as most have walked through fire to get to where we are to do what we do.

REDuser has become "most of the time" a sensible place to share, learn, and discuss, which is why at attracts the spectrum of all sorts of filmmakers from novice to elder jedi wizard who force operates the camera rather than dealing with gimbals. But even the experienced jedi once had to lift a camera out of the swamp.

It's still a filmmaking community however, but there's likely other user bases that this particular thing is more suited for.

 

[Michael Tiemann]

To me, Off-Topic is a place where things that don't fit in any other box, but are tangentially interesting to the RED user community, can be discussed: new meta-materials that will lead to new optical designs in 20 years, next-gen battery chemistry, how various other camera systems are stacking up against RED, how vendors in the RED ecosystem are helping/hurting progress, etc. I even see it as well in bounds for people to seek and post solutions to matching other cameras to RED (using LUTs, lighting techniques, what have you). But to me, a straight-up "I'm not a RED user, and I need specific help with my non-RED setup" is not "Off-topic", it's "Other Cameras -> DVXuser.com". And if DVXuser.com has fallen over, some other link.

If we really do want to host other communities who are having trouble deciding whether to buy one kit lens or another for their Canon EOS Rebel DSLR so they can start vlogging, or they don't understand how to calculate the crop factor of an APS-C lens on a GH2 (trick question!), or their BMCC has poor audio quality using the Camera's built-in mic, we could have a forum dedicated to each or all of those. In which case I would implore that the "New Posts" feature exclude such forums, as it does the Marketplace postings the first time one clicks on it. The day the Off Topic post noise overwhelms the RED user signal is the day we lose another major chunk of valuable contributors.

 

[Jake Wilganowski]

If we are taking about cleaning up the site, the enormous amounts of video links all in a row is taking over a lot of threads and has for a while. While a few links are useful, you all know exactly what I’m taking about I’m sure....