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Whats best camera setting for filmlook & music video on Red1

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ali farahani

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I want to rent a red1 camera for a chromakey music video. but i dont know whats best setting for 48fps shooting.
I got shoot with dslr cameras in flat picture style for better dynamic rang. is red1 the same of dslr for flat shootings?
Is Raw reccord best choise? plz help me about another choises
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Ali, you should rent the camera from a local owner operator, they will know what to do. And you can learn from them : )
 
Ali,

RED cameras only shoot RAW, and everything other than framerate, shutter and IRIS, everything else is just metadata that can be dialed up in post. This takes bit of pressure off committing to the look in camera. Spend your time getting the lighting as good as you can.

Evenly lit chromakey screen, interesting look on your performer with no spill from the screen.

Would take too much time to educate you on how to use the camera. Listen to Ian and rent from someone willing to help you sort it out.
 
Alli,

Well you made the first choice right by choosing RED, especially when shooting a green/blue screen where all the resolution will help make your picture look more believable. Like jimhare said, there is a lot to learn, more than one could teach over a forum.

Good luck mate
 
Any reason you are renting a R1 instead of an Epic?

If you shoot R1 give the camera lots of light- that goes for epic too, especially R1 if you want to keep the green clean. Yes you want to "shoot flat" but that doesn't really mean much in the red Raw world. Generally what you really want to do is look at your histogram and make sure your height is in the middle and stretches almost to the edges. Also double check to make sure you aren't peaking and your noise levels are low. Download the manual and become familiar with it. Then rent the camera for an extra day or two and become familiar with it before you shoot.
 
I have a green cyc stage , and I use red giant primatte Keyer pro . Awesome and simple to use. Has a built in spill killer. Works great
 
Good point chad- an actual chroma test with a lighting setup and a post key test would be good idea. Especially if this is his first time shooting red with chroma key.
 
J.D. Frey said:
Any reason you are renting a R1 instead of an Epic?

If you shoot R1 give the camera lots of light- that goes for epic too, especially R1 if you want to keep the green clean.
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If the RED One has been upgraded to MX there won't be any difference in light sensitivity between it and an Epic. The Epic has 5k and higher frame rates but for green or blue screen you won't have any difference with MX on both cameras.
 
Brian Ferguson said:
If the RED One has been upgraded to MX there won't be any difference in light sensitivity between it and an Epic. The Epic has 5k and higher frame rates but for green or blue screen you won't have any difference with MX on both cameras.
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Actually there are differences as the advanced electronics in the Epic does a better job of getting the most from the sensor. Having said that may not make a huge difference on screen.
 
jimhare said:
Actually there are differences as the advanced electronics in the Epic does a better job of getting the most from the sensor. Having said that may not make a huge difference on screen.
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That is a fair assessment. It would be interesting to have a Epic and RED One in a side by side on a green screen, both at 4k and see the results. I was mostly addressing the assumption that Epic would be more light sensitive than the Red One. Same exact sensor if MX. The RED One has the 5K it just uses it in the look around, non-recorded image area.

Edit Add: I should also say that the compression choices in the Epic could be a really big deal in the Epic. to go to 3:1 for a green screen could be a big advantage over the REDCODE choices in Red One. That just occurred to me. But there have been a lot of great films shot with both sensors on the RED One that if you are on a budget it still is a great choice. Might want to go with the REDCODE 42 on RED One.

Looking at the original post Ali mentions shooting at 48 fps, I don't know why but he does. This in my opinion would leave the RED One out of contention as you cannot shoot 4K at 48 fps. Ali go for an Epic so you can get the advantage of 4 or 5k if you need to shoot 48 fps. This is a specialized sync rate that might be a challenge for a novice btw. For example neither the Epic or RED One will record onboard audio at 48 fps so a scratch track for syncing is not available. And doing timecode will be a interesting situation, not sure how people are doing 48 fps TC.
 
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Not sure this helps anyone, but so you know, we have a full online program and DVD on the operation of the RED One.. It's called the RED101.

I feel a little guilty cause all our focus has been on Scarlet and EPIC.. But we STARTED on the RED ONE. I have not mentioned it in a while.

Just go to www.infotechacademy.net and click on the RED ONE course. If you are up for learning EPIC and SCARLET also, be sure to use the ALL RED ACCESS.. Since that's the best deal. Hope this helps any new RED ONE owners.

Good luck!
 
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