Simple Red Epic / Scarlet and Red One Avid Workflow
Red has a reputation for having a difficult, tricky or expensive workflow
This post will show one of the many ways to simplify it.
It's based around cheap and accessible tools so everyone should be able to make use of it.
For this example I'm using a 2012 Macbook Pro, the free version of Davinci Resolve 11 and two cheap external drives.
The first external drives holds your original Red footage and the second drive will hold your Avid ready footage.
With this model o
How To Safely Back-Up Your Data on Location - Simple Data Wrangling
Everyone can back-up data. It's simple and you do it most days when copying photo's from your camera or phone to your computer (or online).
Backing up footage from film shoots is not that different but a little more care should be taken.
So here is a guide on how to do it safely, and to insurance bonded standards.
This is not a guide to becoming a DIT but it will make sure you don't loose your footage!
I'm going to keep it really simple and straight-forward. There are
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Q + A : Ken Loach on Funding and Micro Budget Filmmaking
We had a small chat with one of our favourite filmmakers, Ken Loach about his thoughts on new talent, funding and the storytelling options of micro-budget filmmaking. Year Zero Filmmaking: Current funding options for new talent seem heavily focussed on an old ideology of 'good enough to be funded' or 'not good enough to be funded', which seems very negative towards encouraging and motivating anyone. Can you see or suggest a more positive system where new filmmakers – or funde
Empire of the Sensless: Funding, Promoting and Nurturing Emerging Talent pt1
Yesterday, I identified three problems I see currently facing Scotland's film industry. Today, I want to focus on the first of those problems - funding for emerging talent, and the promotion and nurturing of that talent. RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN My personal belief is that for the film industry to flourish it has to become more accessible – to everyone. Barriers between the Existing Industry and everyone else must be broken. We live in a society where filmmaking is no longer
Filmmaker Q&A: David Newbigging on Darkness Comes
Brand new to Amazon - and Tartan Features - Darkness Comes is David Newbigging's debut feature film. The film's production acted as a crash course in filmmaking for a group of young people local to the film's set in Greenock. We chatted to him about the making of the film and inclusion in the industry. Tell us a little bit about Darkness Comes - how did it come about? Darkness Comes was originally titled Dying Light. I worked for years in community arts companies and third se
'Even the Silent are Guilty in the Empire of the Senseless: The Creative Problems of the Indigen
The last decade has brought with it what I refer to as a Year Zero moment in filmmaking. Every aspect of filmmaking has changed beyond all recognition from when I first started my career in the early 2000's. I think mostly for the better. Cultural movements of the 20th century which have also been referred to as Year Zero moments have mostly followed the same path of change, with those who adapt with the times moving forward, and those who don't stagnating. Times and circum
STARZ Announce Outlander Seasons 5 and 6
Santa Monica, Calif. – May 9, 2018 – Starz President and CEO Chris Albrecht, in association with Sony Pictures Television, announced today that the Golden Globe® nominated STARZ Original series “Outlander” will premiere its fourth season this November 2018, and also announced that Starz has renewed its hit series “Outlander” for two new seasons, taking the series through a sixth season. “Fans can rest assured their beloved Claire and Jamie will be back facing new challenges,
Tartan Features #16 Darkness Comes Available Now on Amazon
What was your first time like? For Eddie it's going to be the most memorable night of his life. Waking up to find himself tied to the bed of the mysterious Suze may have been a fantasy, but torture and being initiated into an ancient cult has now become his nightmare. A nightmare which will change the course of Eddie's life, and all those he meets. Tartan Features is delighted to announce the release of TF #16, Darkness Comes, from BAFTA award-winning director David Newbiggi
DIY Distribution : How to Get Your Short or Feature onto Amazon Prime – For Free
Democratising the Filmmaking Process Volume 1 DIY Distribution : How to Get Your Short or Feature onto Amazon Prime – For Free There's surprisingly little information available on how to get your films onto Amazon. Many streaming services such as Netflix and iTunes give the impression of being a closed shop regarding streaming genuine Indie films – i.e. Your Film. Streaming on these platforms can be done, but not very easily for individual films or filmmakers sadly. To even s
