RED Users in Toronto

[IAN SUN]

Thanks Dale, Gabbymogul, and Glenn. Guess we could start trowing in some suggestions for a date and location in April for our initial meeting of RED Toronto.

Glenn I'm looking forward to meeting you on Wed @ PS.
If you can make it an a hour or so befor the 1:00 workshop, and Sean can wait, we can have a mini RED meet of Sean, You and I.

[Yash Keough]

Hmmm...I'm interested. I don't have a reservation nor is there any way I could possibly afford one however I would like to attend a meeting if possible to learn more and meet other people who see the possibilities! :) Looks like we have quite a few RED users in Toronto! :D

[Alex Boothby]

Guess we could start trowing in some suggestions for a date and location in April for our initial meeting of RED Toronto.

I'd be happy to host a meeting at Technicolor on Ontario Street & Adelaide where I work freelance - but that may require an evening or weekend. At first I thought it would be cool to screen a bunch of 2K and 4K RED footage (maybe on a digital projector) but this now seems a bit silly. I think it's much more valuable to brainstorm real stuff - like workflow, gear, resources, rates, barter systems, buddy systems... whatever. To a certain degree I feel that for RED to do well in Toronto, we all have to do well and look out for each other in case of nighmare situations like down gear, stressed workflows, etc...

I would be thrilled if the Toronto industry never hears the words "Oh Red... my friend had a bad experience...." or... "digital is not a safe format..." or.... "it takes too long to convert Dailies.... etc." I think that's where we can all share ideas and come up with some rock solid workflows and safety nets.

As such I'm sure we could meet anywhere - maybe a bar. :)

Until then...
Alex

[IAN SUN]

Hi Alex, those of us who can make it are going to have an initial mini RED Meet at PS between the two SI-2K demos they are hosting on Wed. (see invite above).

If there is syncronicity among our schedules on the day we could take the meet over to The Real Jerk restaurant at 709 Queen East (at Broadview) for a drink and to chit chat in private.

[Alex Boothby]

Wish I could make the SI demo but I'm out of town. I just had a chat with Phil Reimer @ PS the other day. Maybe you could ask him if they'll be renting RED - haha. I've heard that SIM video is getting a RED.

Hope you guys have a good meet up - I'll have to wait for part duex.

[IAN SUN]

Spoke with the camera dept. manager at PS, and yes they do have "a few" cameras on order. So they will be renting. Thats good news, that means RED's vision is catching on.

Looking forward to meeting with you when you get back.