Comments on: The RED Camera vs. Hermione Granger: or, How I’m Learning To Learn http://saraziaebrahimi.com/2009/12/05/the-red-camera-vs-hermione-granger-or-how-im-learning-to-learn/ event promoter:artist:educator:film curator Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:54:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: bex* http://saraziaebrahimi.com/2009/12/05/the-red-camera-vs-hermione-granger-or-how-im-learning-to-learn/#comment-37 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:02:32 +0000 http://fromsparktofire.wordpress.com/?p=299#comment-37 i would happily work on a narrative (fuckupative?) with you. let’s keep it in our heads. and when the time is right, we’ll do it.

you know what else i feel that way about? cameras. both in keeping up with the technology (because i feel like in film school i’m always surrounded by all these straight white men who have encyclopedic knowledge of all the specs on each and every camera ever made) and in working it.

i’m like, yep, i use the automatic function. so recently i got this digital slr with some scholarship money, and i am trying to work on my manual skills in still photography, and then maybe that’ll help translate in video someday. right now i don’t really have access to any video (or film!…which i’ve never even used, what kind of film student am i?) cameras that i even need to know how to operate manually, so that’s a relief.

]]> By: sparktofire http://saraziaebrahimi.com/2009/12/05/the-red-camera-vs-hermione-granger-or-how-im-learning-to-learn/#comment-36 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:01:29 +0000 http://fromsparktofire.wordpress.com/?p=299#comment-36 bex*

I’m not glad you feel that way, but I am glad to know that I’m not the only one who struggles with this!

Maybe we should shoot a narrative–one that can be totally lame and we completely mess up on :)

I’ll let you know about the RED production process. I think that’s part of why they are doing this process to test out every step of the production with it. I heard that the lighting for the camera is tricky since you have to underexpose a bit or something. . .

]]> By: bex* http://saraziaebrahimi.com/2009/12/05/the-red-camera-vs-hermione-granger-or-how-im-learning-to-learn/#comment-35 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:48:59 +0000 http://fromsparktofire.wordpress.com/?p=299#comment-35 good for you! i think a lot of people often feel the same way. and i feel EXACTLY the same way about shooting narrative stuff – i too have stuck with docs and personal docs because i know it best and it’s what i’m “good at.” it helps that i’m obsessed with documentaries, but really, i could afford to branch out.

and do tweet about this RED business – i’m still scared of not at least putting my footage to tape. eek. but also, last i heard there were some serious concerns about the workflow and that Temple just wasn’t set up to handle it. do you know anything about that? not that i have access to it anyway, but i’m just curious.

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