Our combined May meeting of the Washington DC Apple Final Cut Pro Users Group (DCFCPUG), DC After Effects and the DC Digital SLR (DCDSLR) will be an exciting knowledge sharing event!
Adam Lubkin and Zhibo Lai will be presenting the following agenda:

• Intro to the RED Epic camera
• How to shoot with it
• Show some sample footage and HDRx clips as well
• Shoot a few seconds of live footage
• Shoot same footage using a DSLR
• Downloading media
• Workflow demos using FCP, Color, Redcine X, and AE
• Compare/contrast footage from Epic and DSLR
• Q&A

REGISTER EARLY AND SHOW UP ON TIME AS THIS WILL BE A FULL HOUSE EVENT!

Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Time: Doors open at 6PM for networking time, event starts around 6:30PM..

COVERED PARKING – AVAILABLE

GEAR:
Epic-M with a rapidly growing list of support gear from Arri, O’Connor, Steadicam, etc. An additional Epic is coming soon, and Scarlets when they’re ready.

Website at archaimedia.com will be up by the time of the meeting (24th May).

BIO:
After attending NYU film school, Adam left the field for several years to explore other interests including drawing, sculpting, woodworking, bicycles, construction, and fitness training. He recently created a bronze statue for the city of Frederick. His return to filmmaking began with shooting and editing documentaries. He has directed the feature documentary “Eb”, and worked on projects for numerous anti-poverty nonprofits. He’s currently writing a comedy feature set to shoot next year. His new company, Archai Media, has several productions in the works both here and in South America. Archai Media also rents its Red Camera gear, and is developing a line of ergonomic camera support accessories.

WHAT DRIVES ME AS A FILMMAKER:
My approach to filmmaking is to focus on a subject that moves me, and to find my way intuitively from there. Everything seems to happen naturally once I catch that spark. The first film I really connected to was Bicycle Thieves. So many moments in the film felt like complex life moments, not movie moments. This changed my conception of what cinema is capable of. I see film as a means of connecting us with our core and helping us live with ourselves and with each other.

Looks like another director’s been on a shopping spree lately, as RED’s Jim Jannard’s just announced that he sold another 50 EPIC-Ms to one generous customer. Who’s this, you ask? Why, it’s James Cameron of Avatar and Titanic fame, and he’s probably just blown $2.9 million on his latest stash of cinematographic toys — it’s $58,000 a pop for these hand-machined professional cameras. Details are scarce at the moment, but any educated guess would point at the upcoming Avatar 2 due end of 2014, meaning our favorite blue aliens will be returning in a healthy 5K resolution. Keep an eye out for Jannard’s official announcement later this week for the full lowdown.

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Source: REDUSER