December 5th, New York, RED Workflow

The Red Digital Camera has few ambivalent observers. The camera is embraced or dismissed intensely by many in the production industry. As it is with many things, the real truth is always somewhere in between depending on your circumstances.

The post production workflow has become a critical factor in evaluating the merits of any of the new generation of Digital Cinema cameras.

Studentfilmmakers.com is hosting a RED Post Production Seminar on December 5th in New York, featuring William Donaruma of Notre Dame, Leigh Herman from Sony, and yours truly handling the Adobe version of the post workflow.

If you're in town, stop by...

TimK

Animating a Human Face from TED

One of my favorite destinations on the web is TED.com. It's a site that has a wide variety of presentations and lectures and often the only common thread that runs between them is that they're all fascinating.

Paul Debevec talks about animating a synthetic human face.


TimK

POV Cameras...GoPro HD on the way!

As my last few posts have indicated, I've been struggling with finding the right tool for a POV (point-of-view) mountable camera for several applications including my motorsports work.

The GoPro cameras that I have have it all...the size...the mounting hardware...the functionality. What my GoPro cameras don't have is HD. In fact they're a bit below full SD.

I've explored using some other small cameras, (Blog post October 6, 2009) but awkward body designs and narrow lens choices have been a challenge to overcome.

We've been making the standard GoPros work (Blog post August 12, 2009), but even with the really interesting images that the cameras are capable of, for video production purposes ten years into the 21st century, the resolution os a disadvantage.

GoPro has an HD product now listed on their website...though it looks as if it isn't shipping yet.

I know I'll be bookmarking it and ordering when it's available.

(I am not given any promotional consideration by GoPro, Creative Labs, or any other manufacturer associated with this post.)


TimK