by James Thompson

I recently attended PlasterCITY Digital Post’s Open House in Los Angeles where they were demonstrating the RED camera and postproduction workflows with RED data laboratory services. While standing in the DI theater line for the demo, Ted Schilowitz from RED Digital Cinema approached me to discuss the event.

I told him that at a recent seminar at the AFM a filmmaker from New Zealand indicated he was interested in purchasing the RED camera. Ted said that he’d have to stand in line. Afterwards, I wondered if he said that because he knows I’m industry press and he wanted me to continue the buzz. What I didn’t tell him was that at the AFM event ASC DP Spiro Dibie advised the filmmaker to go with a camera with a proven track record like the Panavision Genesis. “Don’t be the guinea pig,” he advised. However, I believe Dibie might have had more faith in the RED camera if he were to attend this event, which produced some fantastic footage, validated by the ooh’s and aah’s and positive feedback from the audience.

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