Quote from Steven Soderbergh...

[Jannard]

"This is the camera I've been waiting for my whole career: jaw-dropping imagery recorded onboard a camera light enough to hold with one hand. I don't know how Jim and the RED team did it--and they won't tell me--but I know this: RED is going to change everything." Steven Soderbergh

Jim

[Adrian T.]

Wow! Congrats! :)

[Michael Schrengohst]

Hmmmm, very interesting!
Too bad we can't see this jaw-dropping imagery!!!

[Weston Ford]

Thats awesome...

I love Soderbergh

[Shawn Nelson]

Fucking hell! What a quote! Congrats Jim :-)

[David Battistella]

This is great! Congratulations!

David

[Blair S. Paulsen]

This is the first thing on this forum that actually impressed my wife :watsup:

[PaulClements]

That's made my day, thanks Jim & of course Steven

[diskojerk]

i'm more impressed that this managed to impress your wife than the actual quote.

[C.H.Haskell]

thats what I am talking about...just fulfilled my RED dose for the day, Haskell out.

[Desert Rune]

"Life does not get more complete than this." - Desert Rune

[Mardi_Gras]

And the usual suspects go... Congrats, Jim!!!

[Mardi_Gras]

"...but I know this: RED is going to change everything." Steven Soderbergh

Jim

That makes him the 1500th in line... :weight_lift:

[Sanjin Jukic]

Thanks Jim!

Soderbergh is a real indie guy.
I do have almost all his film in my DVD collection.

http://www.believermag.com/issues/200608/img/interview_soderbergh.gif

Have a look on his interview with Scott Indrisek
http://www.believermag.com/issues/200608/?read=interview_soderbergh

[Sam Druckerman]

Well deserverd praise for a incredible group of talent.....

Congratulations Team Red!

I think we here at reduser can agree, this is only the begining.

[Priyesh P.]

Don't know who this Sonderberg is, but his statement sounds very interesting!

[Daniel Reichenbach]

Finally confirmed what we guess since month: RED, the rising star at digital heaven.

[Phil Becque]

Brilliant Jim ! Hearty congratulations from the UK. That must be a real shot in the arm for the whole RED team.

Whatever people think of Soderberghs' films his endorsment is extremely valuable for all us struggling indie film makers. Personnaly I like most of his stuff so I'm over moon! It sounds like it's more than good enough for him - so I'm sure it will do all I ask of it with room to spare.

Fantastic! All the best, Phil

[Gunleik Groven]

So I'm a happy camper, too -;)

Cheers!

Gunleik

[Andrew Benz]

"This is the camera I've been waiting for my whole career: jaw-dropping imagery recorded onboard a camera light enough to hold with one hand. I don't know how Jim and the RED team did it--and they won't tell me--but I know this: RED is going to change everything." Steven Soderbergh

Jim

This great news for all of us... contrary to popular belief most of these cameras are going to working professionals and it's impact will fill many articles, blogs and books to come.

Jim, I know these beta cameras are in extreme demand, but I have to ask... could a RED be made available so I could use it to shoot the BTS LART tests and all that they would entail? I ask because, we all have a very strong feeling that as time passes this footage will grow in historical significance. Any consideration is greatly appreciated by everyone here.

I cannot wait til november for my camera, lenses and accessories.

Thank you,

Andrew Benz

PS-A Happy fourth to everyone!

[Brook Willard]

Wow... That's huge. Great news, I can't wait to see what he and his crew do with the cameras.

[Alexander Nikishin]

Don't know who this Sonderberg is, but his statement sounds very interesting!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001752/

He's quite a talented Director.

More fuel for the fire.

Happy 4th everyone!

[Jason Francois]

That's a great statement.

Soderbergh is a great camera-centric director, so having him get his hands on one will be a very good thing.

Hopefully, he gets his hands on one. :)

[albert rudnicki]

keepthemcoming!

A.Rudnicki
www.yayofilms.com

[Sanjin Jukic]

Don't know who this Sonderberg is, but his statement sounds very interesting!

Kalone has a bad German humor ha ha he he heh.

Sodebergh did for example also "The Good German" (2006) that was presented at the last Berlin Film Festival.

http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0452624/th-1655.jpg
George Clooney as a Good German.

http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0452624/th-06139.jpg
Sodebergh

[Michael Schrengohst]

http://www.motionzonehd.com/files/footage_upload/soderberg.jpg

[Jarred Land]

yes.. coming from Soderbergh is big as he shoots alot of his own stuff, so those arn't just empty phrases.

[Steve Gibby]

IMO that's very significant. Congratulations RED on that reaction from Soderbergh. Very cool...

Soderbergh is a very accomplished cinematographer, beyond his skills as a director and writer. He's won an Oscar (Director, "Traffic", 2000), and been nominated for two other Oscars (Director, "Erin Brockovich", 2000, and Writer, "Sex, Lies, and Videotape", 1989). I don't think his feat in 2000 of being nominated for an Oscar as a director for two separate features in the same year has ever been equaled in the history of the Oscars.

Check out his awards here:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001752/awards

I thought his camera style in "Traffic" totally worked for maintaining the suspense and vibe of the movie. I also though his camera work in the "Oceans" features was excellent. He can definitely shoot...

[MikeCurtis]

First thoughts:

Wow.

Cool.

Nice!

OK, brain slips into gear - yeah, that's HUGE props/ups/kudos for the Red Team, congrats to all.

I actually had a chance to talk to Soderbergh years ago at the Austin Film Festival, probably around 1997, after Schizopolis but before Out of Sight - it wasn't the peak of his career. He was in a Q&A session, him and Richard Linklater, and he really shone in that moment. I, of course, digiboy that I was, asked him what he thought of digital production stuff and he lit right up, talking knowledgably about the then state of the art, and his hopes for the future, and the cameras he'd worked with. Years later, I got a chance to work on a music video that was being shot by a friend or DP or somebody connected to him, because they were shooting on "Steven's Canon" I don't recall if it was an XL1/1S/2, but it was "mo bettah" because it was a pre-production unit built to greater than production specifications, and it was Steven's personal baby.

So yeah, other than the obvious digital productions he's done over the years, he's been way into this stuff for a long, long time.

Again, kudos to the Red Team for impressing somebody that knows their shiznit - his statements are HIGHLY qualified.

-mike

[Keith Nealy]

Way to go , Jim.

Marketing and PR doesn't get much better than this.

I have a warm fuzzy feeling this is only the beginning.

Keep on keepin' on.

aloha,

Keith

[Keith Nealy]

And in "The Good German" his recreation of 1940's film noir is a study in those great techniques. I though he really nailed it.

As a "hands on" director with a camera he's got some chops.

[Jaime Vallés]

Fantastic quote. RED really is going to change everything... I can feel it.

[Tom Lowe]

haha, NICE!!!!!

[Ace]

When's Steven joining RedUser already?

[David Mullen ASC]

I thought his camera style in "Traffic" totally worked for maintaining the suspense and vibe of the movie. I also though his camera work in the "Oceans" features was excellent. He can definitely shoot...

My personal favorite is his anamorphic photography for "Solaris". Artistic widescreen compositions, especially using tight shots with a very shallow depth of field, interesting use of ND grad filters for interior scenes. I would have given him an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography for that movie.

[Steve Gibby]

My personal favorite is his anamorphic photography for "Solaris". Artistic widescreen compositions, especially using tight shots with a very shallow depth of field, interesting use of ND grad filters for interior scenes. I would have given him an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography for that movie.

Definitely...I was similarly impressed by his camera work on "Solaris".

The difference between his camera work on "Traffic", "Solaris", "Oceans 11", and others of his list shows me an unusual versatility in camera styles, and an ability to select a style that best conveys the story to the viewers.

[stephenv2]

Very interesting and enough to get me to actually post here as Red One is way outside my budget. I am working on a 4K film right now but all computer generated.

What's most interesting to me about this is Soderbergh directs, DPs and often operates as well. I do the same thing, albeit with my modest DVX and small short films, but still, I probably respect his opinion about a camera for motion pictures more than most anyone as the demands of doing all three of those things and hoping to do them well is not easy. It's taken me some years to get competent and I still feel I have a lot more to learn.

So I will be very interested going forward on how Soderbergh's experiences with Red, both from the standpoint of shooting and with the final image. I really enjoyed his worked in Ocean's 13. Sure, just a popcorn flick but the cinematography was wonderful.

[number6]

Nice try, Red Team. But you can put up all the testimonials you want and I'm STILL not buying a third RED... at least, not this year.

[Tonaci Tran]

I'm so loving the RED love.

[Mark L. Pederson]

"This is the camera I've been waiting for my whole career: jaw-dropping imagery recorded onboard a camera light enough to hold with one hand. I don't know how Jim and the RED team did it--and they won't tell me--but I know this: RED is going to change everything." Steven Soderbergh

Jim

Fantastic!

But I think the reality is RED has ALREADY changed everything. Some folks just don't knows it yet.

Keep rockin' RED TEAM - soon it's shippin' time ...

[Jarred Land]

I'm so loving the RED love.

its a little contagious :)

[Emanuel A.]

This is the first thing on this forum that actually impressed my wife :watsup::biggrin:

[Ruairi Robinson]

I don't think his feat in 2000 of being nominated for an Oscar as a director for two separate features in the same year has ever been equaled in the history of the Oscars.


Francis Ford Coppola

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[Evin Grant]

My favorite Soderburg pic is the little known "Limey". I don't think he shot it but it's one of the most striking visual/editorial style combinations I've ever seen.

[Craig Bowman]

The reaction from Soderbergh is not unexpected. We have been introduced to Red in a gradual kind of way.

After all of the Red Team's work, imagine anyone worth their salt getting all that Red has to offer hitting them all at once and the knowledge to really appreciate what it means.

Kind of a Red nuclear blast wave effect.

[Michael Schrengohst]

Those that get it do - those that don't, don't
In the next year a bunch of DP's and Producers
will be wondering why they did not land that
last job they were bidding on.

[casey warren]

simply awesome quote! Congrats RED team. Cant wait to see the footage!

[Finner]

It would be nice to know what kind of experience Steven had with a red camera to prompt the quote.

[Friedrich Moser]

I am already anxious to see what he's able to achieve with the RED. Soderbergh's "Kafka" and "Traffic" are among my all-time favourites concerning the visual style, and still years after having seen them I can recall their look.

Using the same gear he does really exites me. :huh:

Friedrich

[Jannard]

It would be nice to know what kind of experience Steven had with a red camera to prompt the quote.

Steven shot test footage in tough lighting conditions as well as lit charts. He ran the footage through his "machine", then projected 2K Apple Pro-res and 4K, as well as a filmout to a 55' screen. He was pretty happy it seems.

Jim

[Finner]

Nice.

Pre-tests for possibly one of the four features some of the beta cameras are headed to?

[Jannard]

"Wanted" and Soderbergh's movies are two of the four. We hope to announce the other two soon.

Jim

[Clint Johnson]

And how appropriate is it that the "Red" camera will be the one used to shoot two movies about Che Guevara? "The Argentine" (http://pro.imdb.com/title/tt0892255/) and "Guerrilla" (http://pro.imdb.com/title/tt0374569/)?

As a capitalist pig I gotta smile.

[Jeff Kilgroe]

I so want my RED One right now...

[Clint Johnson]

Wouldn't Wanted, The Argentine and Guerrilla make it three of five if there are still two features under wraps? While both of Steve's features are about Che I do believe they are two separate features no?

[Jannard]

OK... 3 of 5. :-)

Jim

[Shawn Nelson]

Now announce that George Lucas has caved and is doing Star Wars 7-9 and it's being shot on Red!! :-)

[shaftbond]

Now announce that George Lucas has caved and is doing Star Wars 7-9 and it's being shot on Red!! :-)

Please don't. :)

That is a great quote. This thread is only trumped by the thread announcing the engineering delay is off. :)

[Priyesh P.]

Kalone has a bad German humor ha ha he he heh.


Third man, I was honest, really...
And in retrospect I've discoverered that I know one movie of that guy. That one where the leading role is cast by the cleavage of Julia Roberts :-)

[Clint Johnson]

Now announce that George Lucas has caved and is doing Star Wars 7-9 and it's being shot on Red!! :-)

No, but the Star Wars live action TV series that we are going to start shooting in 2008 will be shot with Red cameras.

[Don Woods]

bad ass on so many levels.

[C.H.Haskell]

[QUOTE=Clint Johnson;56158]And how appropriate is it that the "Red" camera will be the one used to shoot two movies about Che Guevara? "The Argentine" (http://pro.imdb.com/title/tt0892255/) and "Guerrilla" (http://pro.imdb.com/title/tt0374569/)?

This is great news, I am late here but this is confirmed? As we have Cuba RED feature screenplay in development...this is quite inspirational.

Best of Luck Steven S. ;)

[Clint Johnson]

This is great news, I am late here but this is confirmed? As we have Cuba RED feature screenplay in development...this is quite inspirational.

Best of Luck Steven S. ;)

Jim can reconfirm here if he wants but that is what he emailed out to the CML list anyway.

[Jannard]

If announcements are tentative, we always say so. This one comes directly from Steven Soderbergh.

Jim

[P Andersson]

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/251_1183623240.jpg

[Greg Voevodsky]

LOL - Sex, Lies and REd Drives - I can't wait for the sequel now that Paris is out of jail. Now if Finner could direct...

and David Hasselhoff the star on the re-bound with a similar Hollywood alcohol free temptress.... Paris... Ohhh.... is it really... 90210 - The RED HOT Movie - in 2008 - can't wait!!! (hack hack hack....bad dream... sorry) ;-)

We seriously need some NEW HUMOR AND NEWS HERE....

[Keith Nealy]

Oh the horror...

the horror...

[Sanjin Jukic]

Kalone, zehr gut.

You are becoming a good German now.

Life is like a film.

Life is a movie.

[Priyesh P.]

Kalone, zehr gut.

You are becoming a good German now.

Life is like a film.

Life is a movie.

True, true, third man.

P.S.: I love this forum. The fun get's never lost here.
That's the last thing I'm going to say for now.

[Desert Rune]

Now announce that George Lucas has caved and is doing Star Wars 7-9 and it's being shot on Red!! :-)

He should redo Star Wars 1-3 with better actors, a better script and better director! :calm:

[Adam C Lubkin]

Steven shot test footage in tough lighting conditions as well as lit charts. He ran the footage through his "machine", then projected 2K Apple Pro-res and 4K, as well as a filmout to a 55' screen. He was pretty happy it seems.

Jim

Thanks for the details, Jim. Soderbergh's quote means a lot more in this context (not that I wouldn't expect him to test it, but it's good to know).

[PaulClements]

Something I saw on Red's site about Soderbergh's involvement that I don't think has been brought up on this thread is that he will also be using the 18-55mm zoom and other not stated accessories too! (If this was brought up and I missed then my bad!)

"The RED 18-55mm T3 (f2.8) CF lens and many RED accessories were also chosen by Soderbergh for these movies. Shooting begins in Spain July 24th"

[Desert Rune]

Let's hope Soderbergh doesn't do a "Full Frontal home video look" with RED footage. :)

[Sanjin Jukic]

RED REVOLUTION STARTS WITH "GUERILLA"

You will get 4K Bubbles and more about the Soderbergh's future projects at

http://www.stevensoderbergh.net/

http://stevensoderbergh.net/photogallery/albums/films/guerrilla/set/normal_guerrilla_set01.jpg
Benicio Del Toro as Che Guevara in "Guerilla"

http://stevensoderbergh.net/photogallery/albums/films/guerrilla/set/normal_guerrilla_set03.jpg
Benicio Del Toro as Che Guevara in "Guerilla"

http://stevensoderbergh.net/photogallery/albums/films/guerrilla/set/normal_guerrilla_set02.jpg
Benicio Del Toro as Che Guevara in "Guerilla"

http://stevensoderbergh.net/photogallery/albums/films/guerrilla/set/guerrilla_set06.jpg
Benicio Del Toro as Che Guevara in "Guerilla"

[Jaime Vallés]

He should redo Star Wars 1-3 with better actors, a better script and better director! :calm:

Quote of the day. :)

[Thom Steinhoff]

Now, this is what I'd love to see... When any of the trailers of a pure red feature is ready, lets have another screening: trailers, scenes and test footage--4K Digital side by side with 4K film out. Any nay-sayers will be forever silenced.

I now know the source of our California heat wave--it's coming the Red bunker.

[Jeff Kilgroe]

He should redo Star Wars 1-3 with better actors, a better script and better director! :calm:

He had 20 years to improve on the writing and build a killer story for Star Wars 1-3.... Did it happen? Nope.

[Christian Ford]

"This is the camera I've been waiting for my whole career: jaw-dropping imagery recorded onboard a camera light enough to hold with one hand.

That's a juicy arrow in the PR quiver. But in truth, I'm curious about the real specifics of what he's got in mind. Soderbergh's clearly excited about having a tool that opens up undiscovered territory to him, but I can't believe that it's just the one-hand/jaw dropper part, since the Arri 2c, Eclair Cameflex, Konvas, Aaton 35-III, Arri 235, and now the Penelope can all fulfill that function.

Was there any more to that quote that might illuminate this?

cheers,
Christian

[Dexter Gregoire]

Steven Soderbergh is a great cinematographer and those comments would not have come out without the RED ONE passing the tests. The RED ONE must be an impressive camera. It will be a privilege to use this great tool for story telling. Thanks Jim.

[Keith Nealy]

I totally agree. what a waste.
IMHO, none of them come close to the first Star Wars.

Script was better. Good characters (Han Solo) and less focus on special effects.

KISS

[Carlo Rho]

Great quote, I really like Soderbergh and I'm just dreaming about others "big indie" directors as Spike Jonze or Michel Gondry... I want my cameras and I want to go to see their REDmovies!

[Adrian Correia]

My favorite Soderburg pic is the little known "Limey". I don't think he shot it but it's one of the most striking visual/editorial style combinations I've ever seen.

The Limey is a fantastic movie! It really is a masterful example of direction and editing. Also, the DVD has one of the best commentaries ever!

[planet e]

kudos to RED for placing cameras in good hands. directors like jackson and soderbergh are well-known names, but they also take artistic risks and make a lot of unconventional stories. good fit for RED.

[Casey Green]

"This is the camera I've been waiting for my whole career: jaw-dropping imagery recorded onboard a camera light enough to hold with one hand. I don't know how Jim and the RED team did it--and they won't tell me--but I know this: RED is going to change everything." Steven Soderbergh

Jim

Congratulations on receiving such good feedback from Soderbergh!

Ya know, it's great to hear someone of his stature agree with what we've been saying around here for months. hah! :biggrin:

[I Bloom]

My favorite Soderburg pic is the little known "Limey". I don't think he shot it but it's one of the most striking visual/editorial style combinations I've ever seen.

The limey is still my favorite as well.

This a great quote!

Is it from a larger article??? No, I see it's a direct quote.

I'm also curious if any of the Beta tester filmmakers will be using RED lenses?
Other RED accessories?

IBloom

[Pol Turrents]

BTW... this weekend we had a HD conference in spain, and came Rick McCallum (producer of star wars) and David Stump. A journalist from the HD magazine asked "what is a best investment now, a RED or a film camera". Can you imagine the answer? ;)

BTW... Soderbergh movie is going to be shoot in my country! Jim, and the whole RED crew, if you came to spain and want to take a beer and spanish ham, just let me know!

[Tom Lowe]

So was McCallum well aware of the RED?

Does Lucas know much about it, I wonder?

[OwenR]

well done jim keep perservering...

[Pol Turrents]

So was McCallum well aware of the RED?

Does Lucas know much about it, I wonder?

They are really aware of red...

[Pol Turrents]

Soderbergh is about to start the movie, and all the media in spain is talking about the shooting!
http://vertele.com/noticias/detail.php?id=15995

Is the red crew coming to spain?

[Eugene]

How is Soderbergh going to make a movie about Che that is better than Walter Salles' Motorcycle Diaries? O. K., Soderbergh will shoot with Red.
The Cubans here in Miami aren't going to be happy about another movie about Che. Prepare for the backlash.
www.motorcyclediariesmovie.com

[Gavin Greenwalt]

Just think of it as a sequel.

[Casey Green]

How is Soderbergh going to make a movie about Che that is better than Walter Salles' Motorcycle Diaries? O. K., Soderbergh will shoot with Red.
The Cubans here in Miami aren't going to be happy about another movie about Che. Prepare for the backlash.
www.motorcyclediariesmovie.com

I wouldn't say they are out to make something better than Motorcycle Diaries, just different.

Motorcycle Diaries was based on the journals of Che Guevara. It's the story of his coming of age when he and his best friend cross South America together (of course by Motorcycle). We see him at an earlier carefree time, and then follow the journey to see how the two friends paths diverge as he finds purpose. It takes place in the early 50's.

From what I've learned of the Soderbergh scripts, one takes place in 1956, and shows how Guevara builds and army (led by Fidel Castro and other exiles) to oust the Batista regime. The other, supposedly takes place years later, and tells the story of Guevara traveling to New York to speak to the United Nations.

I anticipate Sodergbergh's style to fit well with this type of story... we'll see.

I do highly recommend the Motorcycle Diaries. A very interesting story with outstanding directing, acting, and stunning cinematography.