Comments on: Seeing RED http://www.richardmassey.tv/2009/seeing-red/ Sat, 23 May 2009 09:54:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joey Parr http://www.richardmassey.tv/2009/seeing-red/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Joey Parr Sat, 23 May 2009 09:54:52 +0000 http://www.richardmassey.tv/?p=693#comment-169 It's too bulky and heavy without the dressings, making it almost impossible to handheld. It attempts to put the amateur and professional on the same playing ground, and to a certain extent, that is what it does. But I have not seen extensively impressive rigs used by any of the independents. What I have seen is sloppier lighting design compensated by overbearing post color-correction. This makes everyone feel like they are shooting Amelie. People get a little too caught up in image and forget that its worthless without and good story and even then, cinematography and composition only serve to buttress the narrative. Self-conscious photography proves nothing to an audience. It only pleases the behind-the-scenes amateur. What has really impressed me is the Canon 5D Mark II 25p. Everything I've seen on vimeo from that hardware looks terrific. It smaller, very good for documentary, I would say, and pending a external sound mixer, one might have a fancy-looking piece of film. It’s too bulky and heavy without the dressings, making it almost impossible to handheld. It attempts to put the amateur and professional on the same playing ground, and to a certain extent, that is what it does. But I have not seen extensively impressive rigs used by any of the independents. What I have seen is sloppier lighting design compensated by overbearing post color-correction. This makes everyone feel like they are shooting Amelie.

People get a little too caught up in image and forget that its worthless without and good story and even then, cinematography and composition only serve to buttress the narrative. Self-conscious photography proves nothing to an audience. It only pleases the behind-the-scenes amateur.

What has really impressed me is the Canon 5D Mark II 25p. Everything I’ve seen on vimeo from that hardware looks terrific. It smaller, very good for documentary, I would say, and pending a external sound mixer, one might have a fancy-looking piece of film.

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