OFFHOLLYWOOD'S first Red Feature Film & more!

[Mark L. Pederson]

Okay, I promised to post some goodies so here it goes -

I'm going to post some pics and info on three recent Offhollywood Red shoots first - and then post link to 4K tiff's & h264 video from those shoots.


This past Monday - we made a small contribution to RED HISTORY.

On 10/15/2007 at 9:20am - picture was up on the first feature film to be shot in 4K on a Red camera in New York.

(This is also the first feature film in the world to be shot in 4K with a Red camera directed by a woman. We think that's pretty cool!)

THE ASYLUM SEEKERS is a freewheeling, demented, dark comedy pitched as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory meets The Shining - very much a Tim Burton meets David Lynch kinda' thing.

Cipher Productions Presents
in association with Offhollywood Pictures, Kinetic Arts and Crowned Heart Pictures.

THE ASYLUM SEEKERS
Written and Directed by Rania Ajami
Produced by Molly Conners and Alex Twersky
Director of Photography Lyn Moncrief

[Mark L. Pederson]

Some more pics -

[Babu Kantamneni]

wonderful.Best of luck with the feature.

[Mark L. Pederson]

even more pics -

[MikeHedge]

wow. great BTS shots... exciting!

[Babu Kantamneni]

Great

[Adrian T.]

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i1279017_cables.jpg

This camera definitely needs a breakout box! :blink:

(just kidding :clown2:)

[Babu Kantamneni]

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i1279017_cables.jpg

This camera definitely needs a breakout box! :blink:

(just kidding :clown2:)
All of those wires cant be from camera or is it?

[Mark L. Pederson]

Another recent shoot was a camera test by Igor Martinovic, who was excited to see what the camera could do.

Igor shot the film Padre Nuestro which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2007.

http://www.igormartinovic.com

Igor wanted to see how the camera handles highlights and shadows, and specifically wanted to see the results printed back to 35mm film.

The tease I posted called "Candles in Manhattan" was from this shoot - which Igor lit with only a bunch of candles, a mirror tile and one practical.

[Adrian T.]

All of those wires cant be from camera or is it?

Of course not. I was joking. :clown2:

[Michael Schrengohst]

Looks like you need to order more cameras.....

[Mark L. Pederson]

The third recent project we want to highlight is a short film called SUSPICION (previous working title Fascination Street).

A neo-noir thriller directed by Brendan McCall, this short film was shot by Director of Photography Bryan Pryzpek in three nights - mostly night exteriors.

Before he started shooting, Brian has been known in New York for years as a top gaffer.

He shot Suspicion almost entirely with only three lights.

Brian is awesome and we hope to be doing a feature with him shortly.

Offhollywood Pictures presents
SUSPICION
Directed by Brendan McCall
Produced by Andrew Kletjian and Lawrence Elmer Fuhrmann Jr.

[Rick Darge]

Awesome, can't wait to see some footage.

[Mark L. Pederson]

Okay here's the link -

there are 4K tiffs WITHOUT correction/grades that you can grade yourself and post back to this thread -

there are also H264 clips - these clips can NOT be liked outside this forum without written permission from Offhollywood - you CAN link to this thread on this forum.

There is a bit of banding from the web encode which in the Igor_2k clip - next week Pliny is back in the office and I will see if he can find better encode settings and I'll replace the clip -

The H264's were "one click" exports out of Scratch.

Enjoy and please mirror - a bunch of REDUSERs offered bandwidth - I just didn't have time to upload other than to this site - (huge "shout out" to newly married Carl-August Nilsson in Sweden!!!)

http://offhollywood.digital-elephant.com/

UPDATE: you can find the downloads here as well:

www.digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_2k_h264.mov
www.digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_4k_h264.mov
www.digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/asylum_4k_h264.mov
www.digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_4k_h264.mov


www.digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/asylum_01.tiff
www.digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/asylum_02.tiff
www.digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/asylum_03.tiff
www.digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/asylum_04.tiff

http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_01.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_02.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_03.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_04.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_05.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_06.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_07.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_08.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_09.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_10.tiff


http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_01.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_02.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_03.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_04.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_05.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_06.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_07.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_08.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_09.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_10.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_11.tiff

[I Bloom]

Is that Dave Ellis on steadicam!! Rock on off-hollywood.

IBloom

[Mark L. Pederson]

Awesome, can't wait to see some footage.

link is up

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Thanks Mark!

Downloading now... I'm only getting about 48KB/sec, looks like it's going to take a while. Oh well... Plenty of other things to do...

[Sanjin Jukic]

Impressive.

RED at work.

[Ben Feuer]

Thanks! The footage gods have smiled on us tonight!

[Tim Lüdin]

Thanks Mark for your time and dedication.
I'm downloading now.
It's great how you represent RED at offhollywood. We all need that. Lead the way...

Cheers
Tim

[Emmanuel Cambier]

ther seems to be a problem with the link.

[Rick Darge]

I think the link is already locked up.. Browser can't get in

:(

[Emmanuel Cambier]

The link finaly showed up but the server is having a bad time.

[Rick Darge]

Hmm.. DLing at 5/kb per second..

[Rick Darge]

double-post, sorry

[Greg M]

Mark,
My server is still available if needed....I have a ton of bandwidth and its quite speedy. I sent an email w/ details.

[jbeale]

looks like a bandwidth bottleneck / server overload. Mirrors like redrelay is an obvious solution, but not if the owner specifies "not to be posted outside this thread" ?

[Mark L. Pederson]

Mark,
My server is still available if needed....I have a ton of bandwidth and its quite speedy. I sent an email w/ details.
starting to upload now -

[Columbus]

great looking footage, quick cc done in photoshop.

[Carl-August Savgård]

But as it looks now the server is pumping out 6 MB / sec.

Please keep trying if you want to see footage... it really rocks.

/C-A

[Álex Montoya]

Love the Igor stuff.

http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/1434_1192926405.jpg

[Justin Kirchhoff]

Great Shot!!!

[Ben Feuer]

Seems like things are back online -

Igor's footage is probably my favorite stuff so far. Dynamite!

[blacksunday666]

Bless 'Off-Holloywood' for finally providing a professionally packaged demo which showcases the capabilites of this camera. In particular the boxing clip 2K demo shot by Igor, which to my eyes looks like a damn Nike Commerical. This must be Sony's worst nightmare.

[Kholi Hicks]

Might have to mirror. Looks like it caved in another five minutes.

[Rune Hansen]

You can get all the files on a quick server here:

The URL is:

http://red.simplemente.net/offhollywood/

--
Rune Hansen
Simplemente
Mexico
#84, #85 arrived!

[chuck colburn]

Sure is purty to see the RED all rigged out on a Fisher and a Steadicam.

[Mark L. Pederson]

the stuff is here as well:

www.digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_2k_h264.mov
www.digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_4k_h264.mov
www.digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/asylum_4k_h264.mov
www.digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_4k_h264.mov


www.digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/asylum_01.tiff
www.digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/asylum_02.tiff
www.digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/asylum_03.tiff
www.digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/asylum_04.tiff

http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_01.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_02.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_03.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_04.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_05.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_06.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_07.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_08.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_09.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/igor_10.tiff


http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_01.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_02.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_03.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_04.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_05.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_06.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_07.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_08.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_09.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_10.tiff
http://digitalfx.tv/clients/red/offhollywood/suspicion_11.tiff

[Greg M]

PLEASE "SAVE TARGET AS" the above files.

[Claus Mueller]

QT-Download and Flash h264 Versions available:

http://www.hd4.tv/red/mirror.html

[Michael Schrengohst]

Mark,
Thanks for the eye-candy. You are working
with some really talented folks.
It is hard to believe all of this is
coming from 6 & 7.

[Mark L. Pederson]

QT-Download and Flash h264 Versions available:

http://www.hd4.tv/red/mirror.html

Thanks Claus - Flash 9 w/h264 is pretty damn impressive!!

[David Cubbage]

Pretty impressive footage, and you're right, Flash h264 is damn good. Red is producing some fantastic imagery.

Thanks for sharing Mark.

David

[Kevin Lang]

Wow!! That is some Stellar clips! I just watched the clip of the punching bag amazing!! What is that stuff in the background floating...dust?

[Fix]

This is some really great looking stuff! Good luck with the feature. Looks promising.

Couldn't resist to grade some. Heres a shoot on the “smoken chick”.
Warning! mighty compressed.

before:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-4/1255148/asylum_01ungraded.jpg

After:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-4/1255148/asylum_01gardedvg_da_ccbr.jpg

[Häakon]

Wow, that "before" picture has wayy more gamma than the way it looks on my screen.

I hate that there aren't easier ways to standardize the display of this stuff... it seems to be radically different every place you look.

[CraigYoung]

this is a question that I have- what's being done regarding the editing?

[Rick Darge]

I couldn't resist..

http://richard-darge.com/Redrocky.mov

[jbeale]

I couldn't resist..
http://richard-darge.com/Redrocky.mov

I can't stop laughing! awesome job.

[Mark L. Pederson]

I couldn't resist..

http://richard-darge.com/Redrocky.mov

LOL!

Let's see how long it takes before someone asks you to take that down!

[Mark L. Pederson]

this is a question that I have- what's being done regarding the editing?

Feature is cutting Final Cut Pro.
Short is cutting Avid.
Igor's camera test was cut right in Scratch.
LTO3 for archive.

We can't get into any specifics on workflow now, so please don't ask.

We are testing stuff for several companies - and on the feature film alone we have NDA's with four separate hardware/software companies - and by the time we are done I am sure there will be one or two more.

We are playing hard in the sandbox - lot's of fun - lot's of work -

What I CAN say is -
it WORKS now -
it's only gonna' get BETTER -
you don't have to worry about workflow - relax -
it's coming ... and it's all good.

[Michael Schrengohst]

"It's all good" -
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[CraigYoung]

I, for one, appreciate the images and the editing of the image because I am not a techie by background. I believe what I see, and that last image just sold me on this camera's ability to produce really incredible images. All of it has been good, but the last one is to me at least, is better. Oh- and thank you for posting film projects.

[Mark L. Pederson]

I, for one, appreciate the images and the editing of the image because I am not a techie by background. I believe what I see, and that last image just sold me on this camera's ability to produce really incredible images. All of it has been good, but the last one is to me at least, is better. Oh- and thank you for posting film projects.

Craig - you were a tough sell ... welcome to the future!

My pleasure to post. Much more to come ....

[dvpixl]

Red Rocky clip is hilarious. Nice touch to the final punch.

anyway, everything happening on this thread. A-MAZING.

[Eric Maran]

What lenses were used on the Igor shoot? Looks amazing!

[donatello b]

"What lenses were used on the Igor shoot? Looks amazing!"

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showpost.php?p=98625&postcount=19

[Zach Hilton]

Hey, where did the boxing footage come from? Haven't seen that before. Igor's stuff is very impressive. Definitely some great stuff coming from some talented people. Can't wait!

[jbeale]

unless I am mistaken, the Igor Martinovic test was separate from the Brian Przypek shoot which used Arri Ultra primes. Seems like several different people have been using Offhollywood's cameras recently.

[Tyson Perkins]

I like the punching of the sony logo :P

[Mark L. Pederson]

unless I am mistaken, the Igor Martinovic test was separate from the Brian Przypek shoot which used Arri Ultra primes. Seems like several different people have been using Offhollywood's cameras recently.
Igor's test shoot also used Ziess/ARRI Ultra Primes. Yes, they are three separate shoots - but they happen to all be using Ziess/ARRI Ultras (which we love).

[Hrvoje Simic]

Great work guys.

Here's a little something...

...disclaimers for the clipped highlights from the lamp and native white points...:-)

[Christopher Barry]

Thanks Mark, you sure did deliver.

[liquidigital]

Thanks Mark. The Igor stuff is really impressive. Looking forward to Wed.'s soiree. :)

[Mark L. Pederson]

Thanks Mark. The Igor stuff is really impressive. Looking forward to Wed.'s soiree. :)

http://www.nypostconference.com/fcpug.htm

we also filmed out three clips from Shawn Nelson that he sent us because he REPRESENTS!!

[Jim McKinney]

Nice shots, Igor.

Also, useful to show what the REd can do.

[Noah Posnick]

I have a ticket to the Soiree, but I'll only be able to stay for a little bit and most important to me is seeing the RED to 35mm print projected. Do you know from when to when this will occur? I really don't want to have to miss it.

[Mark L. Pederson]

I have a ticket to the Soiree, but I'll only be able to stay for a little bit and most important to me is seeing the RED to 35mm print projected. Do you know from when to when this will occur? I really don't want to have to miss it.

pretty much 1st up - after some sponsor introductions - I will present for 30 minutes -

[Fix]

Wow, that "before" picture has wayy more gamma than the way it looks on my screen.

I hate that there aren't easier ways to standardize the display of this stuff... it seems to be radically different every place you look.

The "before" picture doesn't originally look like that on my screen either .. I think it has something to do with the compression and color space output. Those should be optimize for monitors. But as you where saying.. bah

[Sanjin Jukic]

http://www.sanjinjukic.com/extras/Igor_06_Shake_Color.jpg
(igor_06.tiff) After CC in Shake and Color.

[Noah Posnick]

That's great news! So you think I could be out of there by 7pm? I'm in development on a few projects and I really want to be sold on RED being suitable for the big screen.

[Joseph Mastantuono]

Hey red-folk. I've been the tech on set with this baby, and it's been really pretty amazing to look at 4k on my laptop... Only one picture of me staring at histograms and checking footage and wrangling playback seems to have made it in, but pictures of looking at a screen aren't don't really make good copy.

I think all I can say without Mark killing me, is that it works. The workflow is there. There are a few small bumps, and the thing is that they loom a lot larger because this production is a full-speed New York indie. However, these small bumps, are feel so much easier to deal with than comparable film problems, and the ability of playback is huge.

You guys gotta understand, this is a production where we're moving so fast that the minute spent rebooting the camera on battery changes is one of the hard barriers we're hitting. It's a minute and a half every two hours, and we feel it, time is such a premium on indie productions like these.

They've been dubbed "Red-Alerts!" by the crew, because of the bright red text that some times show up on the monitor when the battery is critically low.

The glory of HD-Monitoring is something that the Gaffers, Make-up, Costume, etc... is *really* paying off, and it's something that usually isn't available on indie features like this.

I still can't believe this thing is real, and now, I'm starting to hit the things that I wish were perfected, and the snags of the 1.0 release. But to be honest, HD cameras are 10 to 20 times more difficult and pain in the ass to shoot with, and honestly, the varicam and the f900 simply can't hold up to these shooting situations, where every second counts.

The red on the other hand? it holds. It's pretty damn solid for a freaking 4k camera.

And I have no Idea how the hell red-code scrunches 4k that small visually losslessly.

[jbeale]

You guys gotta understand, this is a production where we're moving so fast that the minute spent rebooting the camera on battery changes is one of the hard barriers we're hitting. It's a minute and a half every two hours, and we feel it, time is such a premium on indie productions like these.

Thanks for the inside view on the Red set! good to read.

I wonder if it would be possible to rig something that would charge the battery while it is still running the camera, to avoid the bootup stage. You could use it whenever the camera doesn't have to be mobile, you'd just plug the charge cord in and run up the battery charge for however long you have. ...I think this is something Red would have to design, though, I wouldn't want to damage the camera's power inputs by overvoltage.

[Michael Schrengohst]

Hot swap battery cable??
Sounds like another project
someone can get started on.

[Hrvoje Simic]

Some more practice...

[donatello b]

any chance you can hook up a double block type batt to RED when it is sitting on dolly or sticks ?

[David Mullen ASC]

So is the movie being framed for 2.40 extraction from the 2:1 RED recording?

[Álex Montoya]

IMO, the Igor 2K footage asks for a more agressive approach:
http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/1434_1193158954.jpg
Again, remember that's done in Adobe RGB (1998) profile.

[Álex Montoya]

Another one:
http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/1434_1193162814.jpg

[dvpixl]

saw these clips- film-out at the event tonight in NY with offhollywood and it looked like a regular movie. which is a compliment. The screen was big though and I guess I should've sat farther back- it did seem a bit blurry to me.

That boxing clip looked amazing. It didn't look all grainy though like the image above. I didn't notice any grain.

IMHO, it was just a film version of the RED. I think we can all learn something new from that - that one can go film out if you want, but I wouldn't want my RED movie to be shown on film. a DLP or 4K projector would suit better.

then again, whatever, right?

[Álex Montoya]

The grain is art of the color correction I did.

Anyway, keep in mind that the boxer sequence was filmed in 2K windowed, which has an effective resolution which is noticeably lower than regular 35mm.

[Fix]

Anyway, keep in mind that the boxer sequence was filmed in 2K windowed, which has an effective resolution which is noticeably lower than regular 35mm.

That is true, but more crispy than film if shown digital projected.

If you show a filmout on the cinema from a 2k film(digitalized than back out to film), than it will look a bit soft on most cinemas. IMO a digital projecteded 2k footage woulde look more crispy than the film even if the native resolution is from a lower res. Most cinemas (analog) dont go above 1000 lines res. Of course if you show a digital presentation of a 35mm film than its a different story i guess.

[McDiver]

I was there last night, as well. They saved Mark for last -- good marketing for the user group, if you ask me :)
Mark warned everyone that he simply didn't have the time to put all the footage in there that he would have liked, and that the LUT for the filmout hadn't been finessed either.
Once the film started, the first thing that struck me was -- no audio. Just the clackity-clack of a projector. In a humorous sense, it really emphasized all the negatives of using film to present an image.
Without the audio, there was nothing to draw me into the story. So now I'm remarking to myself how bad the gate weave is, and how annoying the projector-noise is, in the background. Uggh. If we shouldn't mix audio in that environment, why should we be forced to present a film in that environment?
But, back to the film -- it was fun looking for the tiniest details on such a huge screen, and finding them represented quite well. The fine hair on an actress' arm showed up with the same clarity as what we've seen on our computer monitors. No blurring from being uprezzed -- no sense that we were watching an "upgraded" image. Very clean. And the shots of the car at night were exquisite -- the streaking, reflecting lights in the black hood looked unbelievably clean.
But the color -- well, Mark warned us. In the process of being taken back to film, it seemed the saturation had dropped quite a bit, and so had the contrast. It looked very sharp, very clean, very large . . . and a little like video.
It just goes to show that movies are about workflow, and a break in the chain - anywhere - hurts the final results. Everyone knows this intellectually, but seeing it on the big screen was like a little kick to the gut. Note: no shortcuts for a final print -- could ruin everything.

Having met Mark twice, now, I can only say his honesty and enthusiasm is nothing short of contageous. He's the scientist over here, swaying the masses to take a fresh look at an old problem -- with the evidence to prove Red's approach. He's tireless, well-spoken, and generous. No doubt Off Hollywood will be guiding many Red projects through the straits of Production and Post.
Hats off to you guys.

Thank you, Mark, for sharing your experiences.

[Joseph Mastantuono]

Having met Mark twice, now, I can only say his honesty and enthusiasm is nothing short of contageous. He's the scientist over here, swaying the masses to take a fresh look at an old problem -- with the evidence to prove Red's approach. He's tireless, well-spoken, and generous. No doubt Off Hollywood will be guiding many Red projects through the straits of Production and Post.
Hats off to you guys.

Thank you, Mark, for sharing your experiences.

Hah! that's how I got suckered in! Now, while you guys were all ooing and aaahing over footage, and being charmed by Mark, we were shooting a late night deep in the woods of Staten Island in the cold.

It's very surprising how this "particle splitter" as our AD puts it... (He's still very wary) is holding out. We are definately putting it through it's paces and the hardware is holding up.

[Trevor Meier]

Mark... one pic looks like AB mount batteries. Are you using a V-mount adapter or do you have a plate to wire in direct?

[Mark L. Pederson]

Mark... one pic looks like AB mount batteries. Are you using a V-mount adapter or do you have a plate to wire in direct?

V-Mount adapter

[Mark L. Pederson]

I will post more goodies tonight or tomorrow AM on this thread -

Today is shoot day 11 of 27 on Asylum Seekers - they are rockin the RED hard - shooting in the rain, in the woods, fast and furious - going WAY smoother than I expected -

[Álex Montoya]

Ok. Keep us updated.

[till]

are you using 4-5 red batteries per day? or less.And how much time does it take to charge the batteries. how long can you shoot with one battery?

Would be nice to hear a real world experience.

[dvpixl]

right. that's something I want to know. great work guys. sounds exciting.

[Spike Baumann]

Good luck with the project. I saw all the Craiglist ads for crew for this and was tempted to sign up but I didn't have the time.

[Joerg]

I’m noticing that you are using Anton Bauer Battery packs. Did you have to modify anything to make them work? How long do they last compared to the RED packs?
Thanks:
Joerg

[Joseph Mastantuono]

Good luck with the project. I saw all the Craiglist ads for crew for this and was tempted to sign up but I didn't have the time.

That's too bad, because this crew is pretty bad ass...

As far as the AB batts, we're mainly sticking to red-bricks. Those are back-ups, because again, we are moving so fast. And we're using them less and less, as we're finding the battery life on the red-bricks to be pretty solid.

My question to you guys out there, is it surprising to you how rarely you're getting asked what you're shooting on? It's strange but I've had a lot of people assume we were shooting film... (at least until the head over to video village) Have any of you had the same experience?

[Mark L. Pederson]

A few more behind the scenes pics from the feature film Asylum Seekers -

[Rick Darge]

This flick looks really cool - Is it completely indie or is their a small studio behind it?

[Mathieu Ghekiere]

I agree, this film looks very interesting!
Nice production values! Nice pictures too! Thanks for posting this!

[Mark L. Pederson]

This flick looks really cool - Is it completely indie or is their a small studio behind it?
indie - 100% financed by private equity - no distribution (will not screen film until 100% complete and will most likely go the festival route) - it's VERY unusual - very clever script - IMHO director has a very BRIGHT future - she's impressing me - and that's not exactly easy -

[Mark L. Pederson]

a few more shots -

[Joseph Mastantuono]

It is a cool set to be on, and there are a lot of crazy and cool locations we're on. Shout out to Wilmot Kidd, the photographer on the shoot making these pics.

[Spike Baumann]

Yeah, I'm finally out from under the work now so if you still need any help I'm available.


That's too bad, because this crew is pretty bad ass...

As far as the AB batts, we're mainly sticking to red-bricks. Those are back-ups, because again, we are moving so fast. And we're using them less and less, as we're finding the battery life on the red-bricks to be pretty solid.

My question to you guys out there, is it surprising to you how rarely you're getting asked what you're shooting on? It's strange but I've had a lot of people assume we were shooting film... (at least until the head over to video village) Have any of you had the same experience?

[BASSAM MSSALATIE]

Mark L. Pederson

IS the director Rania Ajami
http://www.reduser.net/forum/uploaded/3151_1194344058.jpg

From arabic origin ?

[Dave Cooper]

Well she is Lebanese.

[Mark L. Pederson]

six shoot days until WRAP!!!

[Adrian Correia]

six shoot days until WRAP!!!

Mark,

Could you give an estimate of the weight of these rigs...I am starting to think the O'connor 1030HDS might not be enough...and it scares me...

[Mark L. Pederson]

Mark,

Could you give an estimate of the weight of these rigs...I am starting to think the O'connor 1030HDS might not be enough...and it scares me...

Well - IMHO - if you are doing feature work - 2075 is the move - we shoot a lot of "run and gun" stuff with lighter rig on a video 20 - but other than locked off establishing shots or maybe cut always - that's way too light -

I prefer 2060 - and LOVE the 2075 but it's a beast to run around with - if you own a 2030HDS already - you can use it for some stuff - but if you are thinking of buying - 2075 (or 2060) is the move - we have NOT purchased yet - we are renting - will have to consider leasing soon, but I just can't swallow the price (of fluid heads today) - hoping that Jim just BUYS O'CONNOR and changes the price point (one can dream, right ...?)

[Adrian Correia]

dreaming is a good thing!

[Joseph Mastantuono]

Soooo close to the end of this and my first credit as a Red Tech on set.

Early: Being able to do some simple pre-viz on set is really awesome... Oh you want to see what that looked at high speed? No problem.

Later: Hold on, I need to get the footage off the card!

[Shawn Nelson]

Mark! Rock on man, those pics are so cool!

Now get a few more of those features ;-)

[Mark L. Pederson]

A few hours ago we wrapped principal photography on Asylum Seekers.

Shot entirely on the RED in 4K with a few 2K off-speed shots. 29 shoot days. Cutting at Offhollywood on FCP.

Huge congrats to cast and crew and very special thank you to the entire Red Team.

[Shawn Nelson]

A few hours ago we wrapped principal photography on Asylum Seekers.

Shot entirely on the RED in 4K with a few 2K off-speed shots. 29 shoot days. Cutting at Offhollywood on FCP.

Huge congrats to cast and crew and very special thank you to the entire Red Team.

Wow! Congrats Mark! I'll drink whiskey in your honor tonight :-).

[brandon herman]

Was that a picture of the St. George Theater on Staten Island a few posts back?

That's 25 minutes from my house....aww, I wish I could have been there!

Congrats on the film. Can't wait to see it!

[gaganbanga]

Hi sir I am Gagan Banga from delhi india , presently i am working as a assistant direcor and scripwrier in bollywood ( indian film Industry)
i really want to be a part of any of your production I can be of good use and i am not looking for any money in return to my services i just want to have an experience in working with the red camera I is a history in making so i love to be a part of it
do reply me my email address is gaganbanga@yahoo.com

[gaganbanga]

Hi sir I am Gagan Banga from delhi india , presently i am working as a assistant direcor and scriptwrier in bollywood ( indian film Industry)
I really want to be a part of any of your production I can be of good use and I am not looking for any money in return to my services i just want to have an experience in working with the red camera I is a history in making so i love to be a part of it
do reply me my email address is gaganbanga@yahoo.com

[Mark L. Pederson]

more pics and another all RED feature starting next week -

[Emmanuel Cambier]

Where? What? When? Whom? Why?

[b e n t o n]

Mark,
send details. I would love to help out.
your neighbor in NYC:

john.benton@nyu.edu

[Mark L. Pederson]

They screen the 1st rough cut of Asylum Seekers on Monday.

[b e n t o n]

Let us know

[Mark L. Pederson]

Let us know

well .. that was just a quick update. Obviously we won't screen a rough-cut for the public. I think this film will make a festival debut - Director has agreed to let us put the trailer up here as soon as it's ready and give RED a 4K version (of the trailer) to use if they would like to - that being said - they haven't cut the trailer yet.

this is copy from press release -

Writer and Director, Rania Ajami (Filmmaker Magazine
"25 New Faces of Indie Film 2004), has just completed
her first narrative feature, "Asylum Seekers", a dark
comedy about six people trying to enter an
asylum to escape the madness of the outside world.

Produced in association with Offhollywood Pictures, the
film was lensed entirely with 4K Red digital cinema cameras.

Asylum Seekers is a freewheeling, demented, dark
comedy about the modern world, in which six men and
women, fed up with the abuse they suffer in their
"normal" lives, seek "asylum" as inmates of a mental
institution. They've all heard about a place up on the
hill with an exclusive treatment program; now each of
them is out to show just how mad they can be when
electro-shock treatment and a comfy bed with a doting
nurse has become the perfect alternative to life on
the outside. But the asylum has its own unexpected
agenda; for a start, due to a massive influx of
patients, there is only one bed left. The six are
forced to compete against each other in a mad dash
adventure reminiscent of Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory meets Brazil and The Shining, making it clear
this asylum is no ordinary institution.

Ajami's next project is "My Eyes through Carnage", a
noir/thriller/road movie, about two women embroiled in
a search for a missing girl in a desert country. This
will be the first narrative feature to be shot in
Libya since the sixties and follows Ajami's feature
documentary on Qaddafi's female bodyguards - "Shadows of
A Leader", which has been sold internationally.

[Nils J. Nesse]

Asylum Seekers is a freewheeling, demented, dark comedy about the modern world, in which six men and women, fed up with the abuse they suffer in their "normal" lives, seek "asylum" as inmates of a mental institution. They've all heard about a place up on the hill with an exclusive treatment program; now each of them is out to show just how mad they can be when electro-shock treatment and a comfy bed with a doting nurse has become the perfect alternative to life on the outside. But the asylum has its own unexpected agenda; for a start, due to a massive influx of patients, there is only one bed left. The six are forced to compete against each other in a mad dash adventure reminiscent of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory meets Brazil and The Shining, making it clear this asylum is no ordinary institution.


This really sounds like an interesting film, please submit it to Norwegian film festivals so I can see it. (I know BIFF (http://biff.no/2007/index.php3?ID=Entry&Eng=) has a 4k projector) :biggrin:

[Jaime Vallés]

I couldn't resist..

http://richard-darge.com/Redrocky.mov
Holy crap! I couldn't stop laughing!!!! Brilliant! :gun:

[Mark L. Pederson]

Just got word from Rania, the director of Asylum Seekers, that she completed a 60 second trailer and 2 minute teaser for the film and given the blessing for release on REDUSER.

We'll grade the teaser a bit next week and slam it up here with a full update on the project (they are close to locking picture and starting sound design, etc.) -

Oh ... did I mention we had this WHACKY idea to do a midnight screening in Vegas during NAB ...

[David Birdy]

Mark Thanks for the update.
NAB Movie night is a great idea! Maybe we could talks workflow after the movie.

Dave

[Mark L. Pederson]

Mark Thanks for the update.
NAB Movie night is a great idea! Maybe we could talks workflow after the movie.

Dave

I'm gonna watch the latest cut as soon as I get back - see how is plays - I know how it LOOKS and it looks GREAT - very curious to see how the edited film plays - it is a VERY strange and stylized film - very "David Lynchy"

[Adam Jeal]

Oh ... did I mention we had this WHACKY idea to do a midnight screening in Vegas during NAB ...

Sounds great Mark! - can I book a seat? :ninja:

[Rudi Herbert]

Hey Mark,

Can you quickly list how many services and for what duration/what level/what quality, etc Offhollywood provided for this film? I assume they'll be grading in your Scratch suite. Are you providing all the technical aspects from end to end? My mouth still waters at that figure you had provided once of full DI work for 10 days and film out for about 80K, are those projections still holding?

[Mark L. Pederson]

Sounds great Mark! - can I book a seat? :ninja:

If we do it - we will scoop it here and do it for REDUSERS - by the way randomfactor - I am in London at this very moment - sitting in the airport waiting for my connecting flight back to NYC!

[Adam Jeal]

If we do it - we will scoop it here and do it for REDUSERS - by the way randomfactor - I am in London at this very moment - sitting in the airport waiting for my connecting flight back to NYC!

Damn! - It would've been cool to meet up :) - I'm going to NAB for sure this April. NYC is likely at some point too!

We are getting 2 Red ones & just did a deal with Nacho for a full Scratch seat a few weeks ago.

[Mark L. Pederson]

Hey Mark,

Can you quickly list how many services and for what duration/what level/what quality, etc Offhollywood provided for this film? I assume they'll be grading in your Scratch suite. Are you providing all the technical aspects from end to end? My mouth still waters at that figure you had provided once of full DI work for 10 days and film out for about 80K, are those projections still holding?

Red cameras + support
DVD dailies
Off-line Edit Suite
Post production supervision
Audio Edit, design and mix
title design and animation
color grading in Scratch suite
deliverables

PM me for prices - we are officially in construction (well ... destruction first - they are demo-ing the floor for us next week) on our new facility - many new services and prices. All good.

[Mark L. Pederson]

just did a deal with Nacho for a full Scratch seat a few weeks ago.

tell that madman I am waiting for his NYC visit ...

[Adam Jeal]

tell that madman I am waiting for his NYC visit ...

:biggrin: The madman is due in London very soon! - i'll tell him your asking after him.

adam

[David George Ellis]

http://www.asylumseekersmovie.com/

Just did a Google and this came up... Hope everyone likes it!

[Michael Schrengohst]

http://www.asylumseekersmovie.com/

Just did a Google and this came up... Hope everyone likes it!


Wow, great stuff - Clockwork Orange blended with One Flew Over....
Excellent quality.

[Andrew Walker]

Looks very Terry Gilliam.

[Michael Schrengohst]

Yes, I wonder what the budget was. I e-mailed the link to a producer I have worked with on a few HVX-200 things and finally he seems to see the difference!! Of course this guy has no budgets but maybe if he trys hard enough he can see the light!!

[balaclava9]

d. ellis, i think there's a picture of you in the behind the scenes section of the site.
http://www.asylumseekersmovie.com/

[Rudi Herbert]

Looks very Terry Gilliam.

Indeed it does. Images look very good, RED did a great job in the right hands.

[Johan Pabon]

Found an interesting article on this one: http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/spring2008/redcamera.php

[Charlie Anderson]

Just found out that the 1st AD on that is on this production as well, Toe to Toe

[Mark L. Pederson]

Just found out that the 1st AD on that is on this production as well, Toe to Toe

Toe to Toe is the third "all RED" feature that Offhollywood is supporting with Red cameras and post services.

Simultaneously, our fourth feature on RED, Mystery Team, is shooting in NH.

Both Aslyum Seekers (finshed 11 days of Scratch color grading just last week) and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead
(begins color grading in two weeks) are trying for world premiers at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival - http://www.tiff08.ca/default.aspx

I would expect Toe To Toe and Mystery Team to both make the 2009 Sundance submission deadline.

[Jason Diamond]

congrats! nice to see people making headway!
we're in talks to start our first RED feature providing RedCam/Production/Post Services
Hope to join a great list of films before the summer is out.