NAB... 1st day

[Jannard]

Thanks to all who waited way too long to see our "stuff" today.

1. Peter Jackson and his team are heros. They did an incredible job in just two days shooting. I can't think of anyone else that could have made a mini-movie in this short of time. He is a delightful person and has an extremely dedicated and talented crew. My hat is off to them.

2. All of the shooting totaled 500GB of REDCODE RAW!

3. The entire team of RED (17 people) have worked tirelessly to deliver what we promised one year ago. I am a lucky guy and appreciate their work more than words can say.

4. I am really happy for the reservation holders who believed in us.

5. We announced development of a Professional Pocket camera, 4k displays and a 4k projector program. No ETA.

6. We still have a lot of work to do. Our job will never be done. We are committed to constant improvement of our system.

7. We just found out that we cannot post the movie due to music donated by Universal. Peter and his team are going to re-score the music, then we can post.

I appreciate the loyal RED following that has built up over the last year. It has turned into great support to offset the naysayers. I live to not disappoint the REDheads.

Jim

[Harmonica]

Bravo!!!

[Adrian Correia]

hell yeah!

[Brainstorm]

Hi Jim and all the RED Team,

It sounds like you guys totally rocked the house today. Amazing! Hope you all have SOME time to actually relax and enjoy yourself as well.

Bravo!

P.S. If you can give us ANY clues about the market that the RED mini (or whatever it's really called) will be aimed at, it would be fantastic.

Best Wishes to you all,
Brainstorm

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Jim,

Very sincerely, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. I only wish I could be there to see it all unfold. This is amazing.

[Cam Crowley]

A sincere thanks to Jim and all at RED. It now looks as if all my dreams for this camera and workflow solutions are really coming true.

I LOVE you guys!

Cam

[Manfred Lopez]

Thank you, thank you, thank you,thank youthank youthankyouthankyouthnkythytyht... This is a great day!

[robbo]

Jim - my hat is off to you, dude.

YOU made this happen - financed it - got the right people in.
Drove the project ... and now proved it.

I'm sure I'll benefit from all of this sometime in the not too distant future.

insane, totally insane ....

cheers

[Manfred Lopez]

By the way... It speaks A TON that Jim is still posting on this very busy nab day. I can't believe it.

[Harmonica]

I have a billion questions for you, Jim, but hopefully you are going to be able to catch up on what I'm guessing is some much needed rest tonight!

[Yash Keough]

Thanks Jim and company for all your hard work and stunning accomplishments!!! Let's hope Peter Jackson and all get that short re-scored fast! I'm sure everyone who couldn't make it to NAB wants to see! :D

Yash

[Emanuel A.]

I second the previous thoughts, of course. And I'd be delightful if I could know something more on this new announcement:


5. We announced development of a Professional Pocket camera, 4k displays and a 4k projector program. No ETA.
Very very interesting indeed!

[laguun]

thanks all @ red, thanks jim.

can´t believe that we are still sitting here in berlin and talking about the implications and possibilities with "the one"...its 5 a.m. over here btw

[Alex Boothby]

Crazy day. Crazy project. Crazy man. We love it!

[Manfred Lopez]

7. We just found out that we cannot post the movie due to music donated by Universal. Peter and his team are going to re-score the music, then we can post.

Jim


Not to be an ungateful bastard... but now that Universal nixed the online distribution of the Red demo... does this mean we have to wait days or even weeks before we are able to see it here?

[Petr Dvorak]

Awesome achievement Jim. Thank you guys!!!

... I am so stoked. And now with MiniRED announcement its getting even stronger. Wow.

[Karbon Arc]

Thanks Jim, your dedication and devotion inspires the creativity in all of us. We are indebted to you and your team.

[Martín Yernazian]

Jim Your product deserves big time respect, As I said in cinematography.com I thank you for rasing teh stakes and to make this the best times for all the "makers "out there.

This are the best times to go insane with our projects.... your tools that you and your team delivered us is going to help us achive the best.

Wait for Holophonics.... a little preview!

[Kurt Kuss]

Jim,

You're a modern day Prometheus.
Congratulations on today and Thanks for the fire.

[Vincent Rice]

Its been an incredible couple of days... and I've just been sitting on my arse in front of this computer!

[Tonaci Tran]

If you caught me and Blair this morning, you would have thought that we were on that show "amazing" race making a mad dash to the RED booth when the gates opened. We were in screening #2 (only beat by exhibitors who were already in the floor). It was absolutely INCREDIBLE. I saw it twice smack front row. I truly felt as if I was "in" the movie. No grain, pristine footage. THANK YOU JIM

[durangotang]

Thanks Jim! It is amazing what you are doing! Don't stop!

[HD Hildebrand]

It's been a hell of a ride just following the posts on Reduser today - can't even begin to imagine the ride Jim and the entire Red team has taken over the past year. Good-on-ya'. Can't wait to start shooting Red.

Cheers,
Dale

[Ajit_AP]

I wish you have documented the past year. I would love to see the story on all of this..

[Manfred Lopez]

I wish you have documented the past year. I would love to see the story on all of this..

I think between here (Reduser.com) and cinematography.com and similar places, the story has been documented.

[Emanuel A.]

Indeed!

[Hoffmann Films]

Great job Jim and the RED TEAM.....................

[J. Bernard Vallon]

500GB for a 4k short film. Thats amazing.

I asked my wife, "do you know how amazing that is?"
"No, not really."
I had to think for a moment..."Thats about the same order of magnitude of change as someone saying 'I just drove from here [maryland] to california on $50 of gasoline', this is going to entirely change the industry"
She shrugged, and went back to knitting. Chicks.

(I shouldnt be sexist, she believes in me enough to let me spend all this damn money on all this cool gear)

[Gavin Greenwalt]

Haha, that's right you are inspired to live up to our devotion. If you didn't the walls of your oakley research plant wouldn't need to be so reinforced just for show. ;)

[Zack Birlew]

I didn't get a chance to shake your hand today Jim, but I'll be back on Wednesday to do just that and maybe again on Thursday too cause I like ya and all!:sorcerer:

[Ace]

Congratulations Jim on everything. Congratulations to the entire red team. And I look forward to congratulating you many times to come.

One of my favourite quotes from an article I found when first researching all things RED is the following. I think its appropo to this moment.

"This company invented a product category. Perfected it. Dominated it. Defined it. Set their own standards for the industry, then went forward to exceed all their own standards leaving their so-called "competitors" in a swirling vortex of obsolescence."

[Aiden Cornwell]

I am very excited to see RED ignore all the people who said it can't be done. I was listening to an interview done with ZOIC (Company behind VFX for Fox show DRIVE) mentioned the RED Camera and hoping to impliment it into their production line.

P.S. When are you coming out with the Red shirts, and huggies.

[Evan Owen]

If you caught me and Blair this morning, you would have thought that we were on that show "amazing" race making a mad dash to the RED booth when the gates opened.

:)

Haha... I was in that dash as well. As I jogged past a competitor's exhibit, I heard one of them comment, "Where is everyone running to?"...

[Daymon Hoffman]

Thanks to all who waited way too long to see our "stuff" today.

5. We announced development of a Professional Pocket camera, 4k displays and a 4k projector program. No ETA.

Jim

This is unreal. I can't wait for more information on this to verify its target. Hopefully i fit right in the RED Centre. BULLSEYE!

Great stuff RED Team.

PS. That sounds like a good slogan or similar. I want credits for that if someone uses it! :P

[cal_rimular]

Just wanted to say thank you for your outstanding commitment to excellence. Your vision and amazing production team have crafted the most important digital cine system of our generation. Apple has proven to be an excellent partner in your development and its creation of the next-gen editing system that completes RED.

Kudos to RED and its families.

Sincerely,

cal_rimular

[Sanjin Jukic]

Jim you and the RED Team are the heroes of NAB 2007. You are the winners. Hollywood is the next battlefield.

[Don Woods]

Thank you jim it was incredible

[Bret Weeks]

Without sounding like a gushing dweeb- It has to be the most amazing thing I have seen in 14 NAB's...

Honestly, I was like my 3 year old son on Christmas day... the line was long @ 9:30, so I ran over to the Apple booth and saw the 2K downconvert and hurried back to get in line... It was no bother waiting in line after a 2K teaser...

Seriously amazing stuff....

Bravo to everyone involved.

[Alex Boothby]

A candid snap from hdforindies:

[Learvis Templeton jr.]

Mad props to you and your crew Jim! I glad I took a leap of faith, hey you only live once! Plus i'll be the only one in the state of Kansas to have one out of the first 1500 Reds (I think according to the map) Now if you could give a little more info on Red Jr. after NAB life will be good in the land of Ahhs!!!!:ninja:

[Mark Mannschreck]

I never would have expected in a million years what I saw in the RED 4K theater today. Hats off to Peter Jackson for being uber prepared for his Red demo. Of course, nothing will ever compare to Bad Taste, but... When you all get to see this thing... you're gonna flip. The LA screening was cool but this was f!@#$ng awesome. The RED performed so well in such a variety of real world situations. I can only describe the footage as 35mm with it's windshield wipers on for first time... I'm making arrangements to re- grain in post for certain projects. It's that clean.

[KETCH ROSSi]

Hey Jim,

it was a plager meeting you today at RED in NAB, PJ is not an ero but my Idol to begin with, wath a absolut stunning images today at the srceenning and also I liked the role the teddy bear played in the film, putting im self in the line of fire to save the young soldier in love, beautifull, and a particular apology Kelly and the other member of the RED team that I toock to the Hotel today (after geting lost, they warry I was going to kydnapp the RED team for exchange with RED #349/851 & 851 NOW!!!)

Great people at RED,

PS:
in case some of you guys did not ever see the sony 4k in person.

Ciao,

KETCH ROSSI

[Dan Blanchett]

Jim, my hat is off to you and your team! It was an honor to meet you this morning and the events today exceeded my already high expectations. Your accessibility throughout all this is truly an inspiration. And that Jackson footage was AWESOME!! What more can I say? :biggrin:

Dan

[Mark Thorpe]

Congratulations Jim,
We're all happy but you must be ecstatic. Nice job.

Cheers,
Mark.

[Ronnie Silos]

I got to shake Jim's hand today and even got him to sign my R. The footage was mind blowing in all levels. This was so worth the trip. I will be back tomorrow just to do some socializing. Thanks Jim and the whole team! The reservation holder card was also a nice gesture.

[Rick Darge]

I just got back to LA - I had a great time!

It was awesome meeting all you guys, Jim, Jarred, Graeme, Mike, Evin, Brook, Alexander, Kelly.. I wish NAB never closed.. I literally stuck around the RED tent all day long, blown away by everything I was seeing -

Things are a changin..

Thank you Redcrew for being the badass pirates that you are! I will support you forever!

[John Reed]

Great info from day one. Jim - look at Final Cut Studio 2 page - Final Cut Studio in Action - shows Red One!!
FC works with Red files - you need a firewire 400 or 800 cable --- if you have one - that is all it takes....... if you don't have one ---- get one!!!!!

[Brook Willard]

It was a big day guys... it was a pleasure to meet everybody and I can't wait to see what tomorrow holds.

Lots of great toys... lots of great people... tomorrow.

[Sanjin Jukic]

Thanks once more to all of you. Jim you and the RED Team are the heroes of NAB 2007. You are the winners. Hollywood is the next battlefield.

And one more thing.

After Peter Jackson, Timur Bekmambetov and more other directors that will come the RED ONE will establish and for sure owe a digital cinema 4K acquisition market for the next years. The RED set of 35mm primes and zoom are almost ready this year to ship. The RED already announced development of 4K projectors, 4K displays and RED mini (4K or 2K?), handheld professional camera. The RED is company with a strong vision to the digital cinema future. Congratulation.

[Kyle Spicer]

I agree with everyone else HUGE thanks to the RED team for not only making your dreams come true but ours as well!

[Paul Wizikowski]

Amazing. The footage looked truely amazing. The camera could not be sexier. RED TEAM congratulations. Continue the good work. I can't wait to see how the rest of the industry reacts!

[vidalsosa]

Awesome day!
What more can I say?

[Eirik Tyrihjel]

It has been and continues to be really inspirational to follow the RED progress here on reduser.net, red.com and through other media. It´s one enormous undertaking, and it seems to be right on track and even better than hoped...

What´s next Jim, going to the moon?, no wait Mars!

"7. We just found out that we cannot post the movie due to music donated by Universal. Peter and his team are going to re-score the music, then we can post."

Please feel free to post som 4K stills.... please please please

[Hrvoje Simic]

Fenomenal job. Great achievment. We are really happy for you.

Do your thing, man.
Thumbs up.

[Harry Clark]

Jim and Red Team,
Congratulations! Thank you for having the vision and courage to make this happen! Red will certainly have the best features of the film and video worlds, and none of the drawbacks, while ushering in a new way to image.
I only wish I had come out to Vegas (I had some work lined up at the beginning of this week that fell through)
Rest assured, despite the skeptics, that there are a lot of working professionals who are excited about this camera (and many are just journeymen like myself and not famous directors like Mr. Jackson)
Anyway... rambling... CAN'T WAIT TO GET MINE!
Enjoy the day, Jim.
Cheers,
Harry

[Ben Feuer]

Thanks, Jim. Can't wait until the footage is up. Also curious to see more info on Redcine and the focus assist.

[feb31films]

As I think about what's happening in Vegas, I imagine this huge mass of people that start out in various places and flow into the NAB hall swirling around a central vortex that has pulled them in and it keeps them there, circling, simultaneously active and captivated. When the day is done the mass disperses to various places, but never too far from that central vortex. They wait, hold up in hotel rooms and release the energy they've collected at the vortex, disseminating information through this and other websites. When the sun rises, the mass is again pulled in by the vortex for another day of swirling kinetic energy and excitement. I believe as scientists study this occurance it will come to be known as the Red Phenomenon.

Jim, from those of us who have struggled for years to make high quality films without selling our souls to Hollywood, we humbly, truly thank you. You are not just an innovator, you are a force of nature.

[Craig Bowman]

My sincerest Congratulations to you Jim and the entire RED Team! Its been an absolute blast watching everything from our electronic front row seats. It would have been nicer in person, but I'm hopeful I'll get a chance in the future.

I owe all of you a round of Guiness at the very least!

[Paul Hazlett]

there ate no other words than FREAKIN AWESOME. I walked out of the theater with a grin from ear to ear and didnt stop smilling the whole day. some people must have thought i was nuts

Jim and his team have pulled off what has to be one the greatest technological achievements in the short life of digital cinema considering the price to perfomance ratio alone.

The entire red staff were very accomodating to res holders
and have indeed took care and are going to take care of each and everyone of us.

[Billy Summers]

what you guys have done is more than words can speak.
Jim you were inspired, you hired and delivered, WOW!

RED TEAM= MORE FIRE!!!

:ranting2::love:

[Jeremy Hughes]

First 8 geniuses, then 14 now 17?