Had to work this weekend, but I can’t complain. This weekend involved heading over to Europe in order to work with our friend Arnaud Paris at LocaRed in Paris. LocaRed specializes in RED rentals, production, and post production…and, the reason we’re here, stereoscopic filmmaking. The folks at Element Technica were kind enough to get one of their stereo rigs express shipped to France in time to film this weekend for the Introduction to Stereoscopic course at fxphd. Don’t expect the rig to be something you easily can carry around on your shoulder with two RED cameras. But you probably wouldn’t be doing that anyway. The rig is extremely well-built…incredibly solid and rigid which means the cameras won’t move as much independently of each other. This leads to better original acquisition.
We’re here covering on-set issues regarding stereo…cameras (we used RED), lenses, on-set monitoring, alignment, rigs, and more. But the best part was that Arnaud thought it would be a great idea to put the rig in the back of a truck and drive through Paris filming a motorcycle out the back. Who was I to complain? Driving and filming past the Louvre, through Place de la Concorde and then along the Seine? Life is good…
Tomorrow….more fun in France, including filming the plates for Daniel Smith’s killer NUK203 Nuke and Stereoscopic course.
November 9th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
“Driving and filming past the Louvre, through Place de la Concorde and then along the Seine? Life is good…”
The video will be amazing.. I have no doubts you’ve paid your dues but wow! what a reward!
Live it up we are watching
November 10th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
We are very happy to have participated by making the equipment available to Arnaud. He really is the pioneering force behind RED in France.
take exception to the term “hefty” when describing our rigs. Perhaps the term is fair when compared to some of the “hobbyist” rigs currently available but I can tell you many stories of 3D from 10 years ago when the fully dressed rigs weighed in at nearly 300lbs. Even today some of the new rigs easily exceed 250lbs with a pair of F23s. The Quasar with F23s and the rest of the necessary parts scan still weigh less than 100lbs. Now since “hefty” was followed by “incredibly solid and rigid” we really don’t have much to complain about.
However we respectfully
Anyway, we’re happy to be involved and look forward to what LocaRED will do with the entire line of Technica 3D rigs.
Any chance we can see some photos of the rig in action?
Stephen Pizzo
Element Technica