REDucation

[Vince K]

That's great news. What a great location!

[Zack CC]

cool... now for the next move...

REDucation :: The College Years

RED meets film school.

Tagline: Hook em while they're young.



- Fall 2009 -

[Andrew clemson]

sweet. what would the travel time be between the location and RED? I need to take one of our cameras in for service before the course starts and pick it up after.

[Stephen Lovett]

It's about 50 miles from Downtown LA to Lake Forest.

It's better early, six a.m. or so and late, after midnight. But you have to be there during business hours so you are going to have to deal with traffic.

Therefore it's going to eat most of a day for a round trip.

Traffic in LA is horrific. I did a very similar trip last year. I was staying at USC, just a few miles from LA Center Studios, and took a Canon in for repair in Irvine, which is actually a bit closer. I headed out early, just after six a.m., and it still took nearly two hours to get there. a little more to get back.

I was thinking about making the pilgrimage to Redquarters while I'm there, and I'll bet others from the class will want to visit Red while in LA. The the carpool lane does make a difference (more than one person required.)

It might make sense to see if you could make at least one of the trips with someone along.

See you soon,

Steve

[Stephen Lovett]

All that, plus the food is amazing.

Hi Jeff,

That's great, often that important point is overlooked.

But... I think we may be morally obligated to see that visitors from outside the US are given the full on American breakfast at the Original Pantry, and a chance at a burger at In and Out or Fatburger. :)

Plus, I know I've got a 2:00 a.m. post shoot run to Pinks for a chilidog to work into the schedule somewhere

Steve

[Andrew clemson]

It's about 50 miles from Downtown LA to Lake Forest.

It's better early, six a.m. or so and late, after midnight. But you have to be there during business hours so you are going to have to deal with traffic.

Therefore it's going to eat most of a day for a round trip.

Hmmm..... that being said, what are the operating hours/days? I have no problem trying to squeeze a few more "working" days either side of the course if I can justify it by being able to get the camera safely to REDHQ and pick it up again. It would be nice to get out of the heat here for as long as humanly possible!

I was going to fly in to SanFran and drive down to LA, mainly because the flights from here are less busy, much cheaper (and because I hear the drive down the Pacific coast highway is amazing)

Would there be a way to sidetrack central LA and head straight for the Lake forest, drop off the camera, and then head to LA to save some hassle? Or am I dreaming?

[Conrad Hunziker]

I was going to fly in to SanFran and drive down to LA, mainly because the flights from here are less busy, much cheaper (and because I hear the drive down the Pacific coast highway is amazing)

That drive is amazing - I do it when I can. You should prepare for a day of driving, 8+ hours, to do it justice.

Would there be a way to sidetrack central LA and head straight for the Lake forest, drop off the camera, and then head to LA to save some hassle? Or am I dreaming?

You could fly into San Diego or even into John Wayne Airport. If you fly into San Diego, you could drop it off on the 3 hour trip to LA. John Wayne would be a bit of backtracking, but its close. However, neither of those have direct flights from UAE, so you'd be looking at at least one connection in the US.

If I were you, Id stick to your original plan - the Pacific Coast is just too good. And since you'll have your Red.....

[Marc A Hutchins]

Hi Jeff,

But... I think we may be morally obligated to see that visitors from outside the US are given the full on American breakfast at the Original Pantry, and a chance at a burger at In and Out or Fatburger. :)

Plus, I know I've got a 2:00 a.m. post shoot run to Pinks for a chilidog to work into the schedule somewhere

Steve

Pink's has never done it for me, but I guess everyone should give it a try. As for In-N-Out? Now there's a CA staple.

[Marc A Hutchins]

Are the classes full for July? Can you post number of vacant spots for both classes (even if simply an estimate)? I still plan to come over and play, but there are so many variables on the east coast right now. I would really like to attend both classes and melt my brain in the process.

Which beckons my next question: having very limited experience with the RED, but obtaining one soon, will I be lost in these classes? I am self-taught (6 years now), shot DVCPRO HD, and understand production from development to distro; however, I'm more of a utility player than a position player. My strong suit is producing, as I can manage the snot out of most productions, and can empathize with each player, generally speaking the professional language well enough to find the restroom and a bar. I want to be the 'goto' guy in my neck of the woods as RED grows, so I'm buying, renting myself with the RED (when not shooting my stuff), and immersing myself in the RED culture (yeah, I've been reading all ya'lls blogs).

Money spent on REDucation is money well spent - that's my motto, that and a bunch of cutesy saying that are taped all over my monitors and wall.

[Stephen Lovett]

Pink's has never done it for me,

In fact I'm not a huge fan either, but the exception of a Denny's on every corner in downtown, there aren't many things open at two.

It's very LA to be standing in a long line at two a.m., and see a bunch of other folks with camera tape hanging off their belts.

Steve