Video Assist on Set

[Jon Corcuera]

Hi joofa (good independent posts, keep going, is my way of going as well)
I agree with the detail matter but i was talkin about exposing in wich detail doesn´t have to much to do.
About the -0.4 i was already doing it by placing 250 ASA in redalert/redcine
But I just don´t see the 709 at this point as a good place to value the colours it might be just me but I see realy bad some colors. So I will steel recomend to use the spotmeter an informe then about my doubts about the rec 709 perfect transformation of the signal. Until next week I wan´t have my hands in the red one, is ok because I am preparing a Genesis, Red, Dalsa Origin(not confirmed yet) and D-20 (not confirmed yet when they are close to introduce the D-21 it looks stupid but ...) Test and still have shoots to work in so i might just wait until the big test for use it to check the 709 again. (any sugestion about the big test PM i will be realy glad to get another point of views).

Jon Corcuera
DIT/AC

 

[Chris Parker]

Maybe its about time the DPs in your area dust off their light meters and get back to some "traditional lighting by eye!"
(thats how Peter Suschitzky would put it anyway!)

Hey Johnny, would YOU tell your DP that? I have worked with pretty much all the top commercial DPs in Canada, and several from abroad on RED since it's release. Although they understand they are supposed to light with their meter, many of them rate the camera differently. Some rate it at 320. Some at 250. Others at 160. ALL of them realize the usefullness (or lack thereof) of lighting from the monitor, but they still want to know how what they see on their meter corresponds to what the monitor is telling them. The good ones learn this correlation and continuously improve their use of this great tool (RED).

Or, like you guys said, I could just laugh at them, tell them to dust off their meters, go back to film school and rate the camera at 320. I actually like working though, and prefer to work WITH them to optimize their use of this camera system....

 

[BradWright]

Hi there,

I am a video guy. I am wondering what the output will be for on set video assist. Will this be in the form of a BNC out? Is it a downconverted NTSC video feed, or strictly HD? Does it matter what format you shoot in for these video outs? If strictly HD, will there be an easy way to mount a downconverter, such as the Miranda box, on the camera?

Also, does the camera generate framelines? Say you are shooting 2K. Will there be accurate framelines for directors/agencies, etc. to KNOW what they will be getting on the TV when the edit is finished?

Really just looking for the planned on set workflow for video assist.

What guide lines do you need? I can add them in software in real time if you want to feed it into a Mac on the set. You can use an MX02 and MacBook Pro.