We had a great day all around on Monday shooting footage for use in the AFX302 course. We were at Resolution Digital Studios (RDS) Chicago, which is a fantastic 32,000 square foot facility with production studios as well as full post production capabilities. I spoke at a RED event at RDS a year ago and was blown away by the size of the place….and getting to work with them was absolutely brilliant. They have a gigantic 5,600 sq foot main stage, white cyc stage, and an apartment/kitchen set. We took over their green screen stage to film using the RED camera. The crew at RDS was incredibly professional and helpful and worked hard to make sure our day went without hitches.
We’ll be sending out much of this footage to members of the After Effects course taught by Mark Christiansen and Mark Coleran. Christiansen came up with the creative concept and we collaborated on the script along with director Sam Pillsbury. The talent was great — really took the ball and ran with it. It’s such a joy to work with an entire crew of professionals. More from the shoot as well as happy snaps from RDS in the coming days. In the meantime, we gotta get busy editing this together…..
July 29th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Sounds great, John. Looking forward to working with these plates. Any more behind the scenes photos?