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Noah Kadner RED The Ultimate Guide to Using the Revolutionary Camera Noah Kadner Peachpit Press 1249 Eighth Street Berkeley, CA 94710 510/524-2178 Fax: 510/524-2221 Find us on the Web at www.peachpit.com To report errors, please send a note to [email protected] Peachpit Press is a division of Pearson Education Copyright © 2010 by Noah Kadner Senior Editor: Karyn Johnson Development Editor: Corbin Collins Production Editor: Lisa Brazieal Copy Editor: Kim Wimpsett Technical Editors: Leo Ticheli, Joe Walker, Gunleik Groven Compositor: Danielle Foster Proofreader: Kelly Kordes Anton Indexer: Valerie Perry Interior Design: Danielle Foster Cover Design: Aren Howell and Aaron Lea Cover Production: Andreas deDanaan Cover Image: Zacuto RED ONE Filmmaker package featuring ZRED EVF monitor mount, courtesy of Zacuto Notice of Rights All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. For information on getting permission for reprints and excerpts, contact [email protected]. Notice of Liability The information in this book is distributed on an “As Is” basis without warranty. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of the book, neither the author nor Peachpit shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained in this book or by the computer software and hardware products described in it. Trademarks RED™ and its associated products are trademarks of Red.com, Inc. Many of the desig- nations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and Peachpit was aware of a trademark claim, the designations appear as requested by the owner of the trademark. All other product names and services identifi ed throughout this book are used in editorial fashion only and for the benefi t of such companies with no intention of infringement of the trademark. No such use, or the use of any trade name, is intended to convey endorsement or other affi liation with this book. ISBN-13: 978- 0-321-61768-2 ISBN-10: 0-321-61768-1 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed and bound in the United States of America “ If you want to dive in and starting using the RED, look no further. This book is the next best thing to having a top-notch production crew with RED experts work- ing by your side.” —Arthur Albert, Director of Photography, ER “ An essential guide loaded with knowledge, I recommend it as the fi rst purchase for any fi lmmaker who is thinking about owning or currently owns the RED.” —Rodney Charters, ASC, Director of Photography, 24 “ If you’re planning to shoot with the RED camera, this is the book to get!” —Rob Cohen, Director, The Fast and the Furious “ Noah Kadner takes the best practices of using the RED camera and shares them with the rest of us in this indispensable guide.” —Simon Duggan, ACS, Director of Photography, Live Free or Die Hard, Knowing “ Written in an easy-to-follow style, yet thorough in covering everything from production to postproduction to making money from your investment, this is a book that should be on every fi lmmaker’s desk and in their kit bag.” —Norman Hollyn, fi lm editor, instructor, and author of The Lean Forward Moment “ If you want to see how the pros are using the RED camera, you need this book.” —Nancy Schreiber, ASC, Cinematographer, Every Day This page intentionally left blank To Mónica y Max This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments I want to thank, above all, my family: my wife, Mónica, and son, Max. They gave their infi nite love, support, and encouragement during all those late nights and missed vacations to the beach while I was writing this book. I thank my mom and dad (Steve and Kathy) for support- ing me for so many years before passing the baton over to Mónica. I thank my father-in-law, Dr. Bernardo Reina, who is the very essence of a gentleman and an intellectual. I wrote this to try to make you guys proud. I’d also like to thank the good folks over at Peachpit Press: my editor Karyn Johnson for believing in this idea from the start and giving expert advice and support along the way, devel- opment editor Corbin Collins for his unwavering commitment to excellence in writing, produc- tion editor Lisa Brazieal for the great graphic look, and Danielle Foster for a beautiful layout. The good folks at RED were also a big help, especially Jarred, Graeme, Deanan, Stuart, Kelly, and Ted. The “chicos” at Simplemente were gracious enough to offer a ton of hands-on camera support, including Rune Hansen, Iris Mendieta, and Carlos Martínez Torres. And last but not least, I want to thank Jim Jannard for having the vision of a no-compromises movie camera for the masses and for following through on that vision. This page intentionally left blank About the Author Noah Kadner was born in New Jersey and raised in the American Southwest. He graduated from the MFA program in fi lm production at the USC School of Cinema-Television. Noah runs Ternura Corporation, a fi lm, television, production, and postproduction company. He made his feature-fi lm directing debut with Formosa, a 1950s-style romantic comedy shot on loca- tion in Albuquerque and Los Angeles. In 2006, Noah cofounded Call Box (www.callboxlive.com), an interactive training com- pany. Call Box produces and distributes a successful line of courses on DVD for independent fi lmmakers and broadcast producers. He also administers several online moviemaking and postproduction forums, including 2-pop, Creative Cow, and DVXuser. Noah writes for indus- try magazines such as Videography, HD Video Pro, and American Cinematographer, as well as for various industry Web sites, including Apple.com. Noah wrote the American Cinema- tographer cover stories for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. In 2007, Noah’s wife and her partner, Rune Hansen, acquired two RED cameras for their company Simplemente in Mexico City. Since then, Noah has worked with the cameras on many different projects, mastering hands-on production techniques and postproduction workfl ows.
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