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Articles Tagged with "Digital Cinema Filmmaking"

Three Ways Camera Assistants Have to Adapt to Digital Cinema in Order to Survive

Three Ways Camera Assistants Have to Adapt to Digital Cinema in Order to Survive

by Evan LuziCamera Assisting

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If you want to survive in the digital cinematography future as a camera assistant, there are a few things you’re going to need change. These adaptations may be easy for you, others may not, but all of them will play a crucial role in your career path.

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ARRI Alexa During Camera Prep

Arri Alexa Software Update 3.0 Available in Beta Release

by Evan LuziCameras

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ARRI announced yesterday that they are opening up participation in a public beta phase for ARRI Alexa Software Update Packet (SUP) 3.0. There are some great features packed into this one so Alexa owners should fire up those cameras, register at Arri’s site and download the update.

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Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC Cinematographer with Light Meter

Roger Deakins on Digital Cinema and Arri Alexa: “Images are of a quality comparable to film”

by Evan LuziCameras

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Award-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins, ASC BSC has been shooting with the Arri Alexa recently and posting about it on his web forum. Deakins seems to be quite fond of the camera and defends it from those who decry the digital revolution by stating that digital cinema workflows “seem to me to have tipped the equation.”

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RED One Camera Activate All the 4Ks

10 Things Every Camera Assistant Should Know About the RED Camera

by Evan LuziCameras

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On any professional set, it’s always the camera assistant’s responsibility to take care of the equipment and whether you’ll be working your first RED gig or your 100th, seeking out tips and advice can never hurt.

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Advice from the DP Red Wizard, Timmy Rubensteiner

Advice from the DP Red Wizard, Timmy Rubensteiner

by Evan LuziMiscellaneous Tips

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I have featured Timmy Rubensteiner, the self-proclaimed DP Red Wizard, on my blog before when he released a useful video explaining how to use the RED Camera Magic Movie Input Machine. But Rubensteiner, surprisingly, is willing to share even more of his knowledge of RED, cinematography, and set etiquette on Facebook where he posts intermittent pieces of advice.

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RED One Mysterium X Cameras Now Available to Buy, Original Sensor Dead

RED One Mysterium X Cameras Now Available to Buy, Original Sensor Dead

by Evan LuziCameras

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Digital cinema’s favorite color coded company is now taking orders for the Mysterium-X equipped RED One cameras. Mysterium-X sensors were previously only available as an upgrade and in the forthcoming Epic and Scarlet cameras. The sensor’s main draw is it’s ability to be more sensitive to light and handle color better, as Pete Jackson found out. But while the Mysterium-X being up for purchase is good news, it doesn’t come without a price…

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Peter Jackson with Mysterium-X RED Camera

Peter Jackson’s Red One Mysterium-X Sensor Tests

by Evan LuziCameras

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Recently at NAB, Jim Jannard, founder of Red, showed a video of Peter Jackson that he also posted on Reduser.net. In it Jackson talks all things Red as well as shows some tests he shot with the new sensor.

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Macbook Pro Data Loading Station

Digital Media Management Best Practices

by Evan LuziCamera Assisting

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When shooting digital cinema, it’s important to have your workflow set out ahead of time. While film has an established protocol (for the most part) with handling printed takes, short ends, etc., the digital world has many options that can be cumbersome if not thoroughly explored.

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RED Scarlet Digital Mockup

RED Epic and Scarlet Cameras By End of 2010?

by Evan LuziCameras

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Reading off Engadget, found at the comprehensive Reduser.net forums, Jim Jannard (founder of RED) has apologized for the “embarrassingly late” production delays on the Epic and Scarlet cameras. He explains the cause of the delay was a bug that took months to find and put a “bullet in the back of it’s head.”

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