Another day, more Red
WORKFLOW
Another day of Red queries. I’ve heard that some rental houses are requiring a “RED Technician” to go with their cameras. Sounds like more FUD. This is a great pity, because at the core of it, there is no more to a RED than your average video camera… now I’ll be accused of gross simplification… How about this: the camera can do a lot, but you don’t have to think about all those things all the time.
Okay, I understand productions wanting to be cautious, but really, all that is changing is that the clapper loader is unloading and loading “film” data with a laptop. If someone can’t cope with that, then God knows how they ever managed film. Previewing a clip (aside from the realtime video streaming out of the camera) is just a matter of double-clicking a quicktime. Not a big deal.
I know there will be problems with firmware and the like, but what camera hasn’t had its share of bugs?
The on-set workflow can be scaled up and down in complexity. Bottom of the ladder would be to take the data and copy to a disk via a laptop. Further up would be some sort of little on-set network between Camera department and the playback person. Mix to taste, and don’t forget to backup.
I think I should make some sort of diagram.