Working Hand in Hand Red - Apple

[gismor]

I wanna invest in a apple environment that is capable of smoothly work hand in hand with the red camera system.
The main purpose is financing a low cost feature, but inverting big money in a durable high -end "suite" and equipment.
Our little team wants to work as much as posible without cost involving third party post houses.
I mean I read a lot of forum pages, and the more information I get the more I get the impression I don t know nothing. I need some pro advices to hand in an investment list.

The Silverado System was a good choice recomended in this forum, and now I wanna now if my red package fits the expectation. I am really lost in the " Digital Media Option " solution. My expectation is to manage the way through the post workflow with the lowest compression to finally finish ( hopefully ) in a Traditional Cinema ( finish printing on 35 mm film ).


1. Red Body
2. Premium Production Pack
3. Prime Set
4. 50-150 Zoom
5. 2x Power Pack
6. RED EVF Viewfinder
7. RED LCD Screen
8. RED ARM
9. EVF / LCD Extension Cable 10ft
10. Digital Media Option ???

I would be very pleased to have some support on this,
thanx. gismor

[J. Bernard Vallon]

If your looking to save money, I'd say go with a nikon set instead of the prime set. You'll have a wonderful image with a very minor-if any-reduction in quality (has yet to be seen) and you'll save 10-15k.

[J. Bernard Vallon]

Or hey, even cheaper, you could just hire me and my set. :-p

[gismor]

Perfect Optics.
I don t owe nikon optics so for me now would be the beginning. I want to buy the hole set and it s alright with the budget.
the most important question for me is the one about the media options.

thanx

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Read the FAQ, do a search... Tons of discussion on the media options.

Personally, I would recommend 2 RED DRIVES, the CompactFlash (CF) module and a handful of approved 8GB or larger CF cards.

The RED RAM (just like a RED DRIVE, but has solid-state media inside) should also be a consideration if you'll be doing a lot of vehicle mount work or will be placing the camera in situations with lots of motion or vibration and won't have direct access every couple minutes to swap CF cards.

[gismor]

thanx again. I will read the faq intensly.
but I ve got problems to "search" the right question
can you give a hint for it

[Curran Giddens]

I wanna invert in a apple environment that is capable of smoothly work hand in hand with the red camera system.
The main purpose is financing a low cost feature, but inverting big money in a durable high -end "suite" and equipment.
Our little team wants to work as much as posible without cost involving third party post houses.
I mean I read a lot of forum pages, and the more information I get the more I get the impression I don t know nothing. I need some pro advices to hand in an investment list.

The Silverado System was a good choice recomended in this forum, and now I wanna know if my red package fits the expectation. I am really lost in the " Digital Media Option " solution. My expectation is to manage the way through the post workflow with the lowest compression to finally finish ( hopefully ) in a Traditional Cinema ( finish printing on 35 mm film ).


1. Red Body
2. Premium Production Pack
3. Prime Set
4. 50-150 Zoom
5. 2x Power Pack
6. RED EVF Viewfinder
7. RED LCD Screen
8. RED ARM
9. EVF / LCD Extension Cable 10ft
10. Digital Media Option ???

I would be very pleased to have some support on this,
thanx. gismor

You mean you wanna invest in an apple environment.... not invert.
Sorry, but I've been working on some desktop publishing projects lately, so my brain is in spell checker mode.

That looks like a nice setup. All you need is a Mac Pro with a like 8TB of storage, a storage backup system, LCD monitor, and Final Cut Studio 2.

I would get the finish print to 35mm film done at a Traditional Cinema lab.

There is some more gear you will probably need:

Lighting package (although it is possible to get away with just using available light). Camera support, mattebox, filters, etc...

[Bruce Allen]

You mean you wanna invest in an apple environment....

Why do Americans who buy Apples always say "invest"? Okay, okay, you are putting money into something that will help you do your work and potentially bring in revenue... but seriously... "investment"? A computer is something that loses value faster than practically ANYTHING ELSE...

Gismor, you will never have a "durable" high-end environment for more than 2-3 years. Just accept it. After that it will be out of date.

Now, do you have a Red reservation? It doesn't look like it. In that case, you are only going to get your camera in 2008. By that time, computers will have moved on. Just look at the Intel roadmap.

So, I'd say unless you have pressing need for a new computer now, you should keep vaguely abreast of the technology, but only start looking into systems about a month or two before your Red is due to ship. Until then, your investment will just be losing value.

Curran, totally agree with you that lighting, mattebox, filters, etc. are needed, BTW... and they don't lose value as quickly. Oh, and a tripod.

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com

[Gavin Greenwalt]

Are you planning on starting up a multi-bay post-house?

Do you just need the system for the feature you're about to shoot.

Do you need to own a RED or is renting the best option for you?

Do you need a system that is field portable?

Do you plan to subsidize your projects purely from project to project and only work on your own films or do you want the infrastructure to sell your services to other productions?

What do you want to do? Just editing? VFX? Grading? Motion Graphics? Are you going to do the audio work yourself? Will you need a render farm? What about client review or will you be your only client?

Do you want to setup a production company to create this project? Will this production company need to handle all of the finances?

On a limited budget you really have to think through your entire infrastructure when purchasing hardware otherwise you might have the fastest system money can buy but find yourself unable to perform a critical task without going over budget.

[gismor]

I see I see,...
you guys want to know everything,you re right, probably it will be easier to give an advice. I want to thank you for all the answers!

Well, yes we got a little production company in old europe, been supported by a much bigger enterprise, so at the moment were loving our work and didn t have to worry about our income. After long years shooting shorts, comercials and features for others we now wanna conquer the top of the entertainment industry ( just a joke ) no,... we want to shoot our first feature the indie way, and continue to work on our projects. So yes, the system I am asking for is mainly for the feature. And I do understand that it would be a mess buying it now, for later purposes. But I need to do aprox. calculatings to hand in "investment - lists " ( I don t know how to call theme ) to the bigger company
supporting us. And of course I need lightning and camera accesories but I allreaedy know what kind of tripod head, kino s or matte box I will be using.

No way I am making the transfer to film by my own. Post house and laboratory will always be listed in budget. Just want to do as much as possible at the office.

I am really not in to digital movie making, I had the pleassure to work with film and of course the DI pipeline, but always surrounded by experts, so now I am asking experts again... ( and It is my main question here!!!)

what about my red package, what media option would you recomend.

Muchas Gracias. And again Thanx
gismor