If any DCFCPUG members are going to the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in April, there is a RED Camera and Post training event sponsored by RED and HD EXPO the week before NAB.

REDucation is the only RED-approved and RED-sanctioned educational program for learning the RED camera, RED workflow, RED data management, and RED post production techniques.

REDUCATION Registration page:

SELECT YOUR WORKSHOP:
April 8-12, 2010 – Las Vegas – REGISTER NOW
August 2-7, 2010 – Los Angeles – Registration Open Soon
September 27-October 2, 2010 – New York – Registration Open Soon
December 6-11, 2010 – Los Angeles – Registration Open Soon

About RED

CURRICULUM
It is important to note that REDucation is the RED approved and sanctioned education for learning RED. While the popularity of the camera and the 1000′s of RED jobs and massive industry adoption of the RED have created a lot of entities teaching RED in some fashion – none have been authorized by RED as the best practices that we believe should be taught. REDucation is what RED believes is the best way to learn the RED camera and RED post production techniques.

RED TECH:

• Theory & Philosophy of RED – The concept of digital film and RAW Cinematography
• The Future of RED – A peek into the Crystal Ball – EPIC, SCARLET, REDRAY, and more
• RED Myths – Dispelling rumors, innuendos, misinformation and FUD
• Common On Set Scenarios – How to work most effectively with this new tool
• The RED ONE Camera – Menus, Frame Rates, Resolution, overview of how to best learn and use the tool
• The RED ONE production packages – Setups for various shooting styles and production scenarios
• Shooting assignments – Testing various lighting setups, exposure situations, and rigging styles
• The RED Lab – Exposure measuring tools, on-set grading & file backup, and prep options
• Monitors – Calibration and setup procedures, philosophy of RED on set monitoring
• Software – REDCINE, RED ALERT!, REDrushes & 3rd Party software
• REDiquette – On-set procedures and politics, dealing with tricky situations and various personalities
• Data Management – Options and best practices for protecting and managing the digital negative
• RED Tech kit review and setup – use of the data-wrangling tools
• Data management during prep – Various testing methods and benefits
• Testing with the DP and the assistants – Getting comfortable with each job and its nuances
• Data management during photography – How to tech the data efficiently and effectively
• Hardware and software solutions for on set work – What makes sense for various types of productions
• On-set footage and color checks – File requirements for post production
• Data Management Lab – Who’s Responsible and various options
• Camera-to-Posthouse workflows – Options and recommended practices
• Storage and backups – How many, how often, and where do they go
• On-set editing and dailies – The modern video assist and file prep station

RED POST:

• RED Post logic points and theory – The pros and cons of many flexible workflows
• Overview of Workflow Solutions
• Small – Kitchen table, Do it Yourself
• Medium – Indy, Commercial, Do it yourself or Outsource
• Large – Feature, Episodic, Do it yourself or Outsource
• The RED lab – Receiving data from the field
• Backing up data – Data and error checking and best practices
• Quality control checks and feedback to set – Informing the set of problems or concerns
• RED Proxies – What are proxies and the various ways to use them
• RED Myths – Dispelling rumors, misinformation and wild information
• Preventing problems before they get to the post stage
• Archiving data – On-set, very short term, short term, long term, very long term
• Dailies – pictures and sound, and the various modern and traditional methods for creating RED dailies
• Editorial Workflow – Yesterday’s offline is today’s online
• Delivering cut scene outputs and elements to directors and producers
• Working with directors, post producers, and post supervisors
• Politics in post production – Specific to RED and the modern state of the industry
• Software options – Offline and online editing, DI and finishing
• RED specific post utilities and the best practice uses – REDCINE, RED Alert!, RED Rushes & 3rd Party software
• VFX Handling – How to manage and optimize the pipeline
• Color Space and LUTs for Post Production deliverables
• Deliverables – Traditional 35mm, and DCP, large format film and digital, broadcast HD and SD, DVD & Blu-Ray, mobile devices, web delivery

RED Digital Cinema is taking the next step in the evolution of our various education efforts with REDucation. The goal of this effort is fully immersive, hands on, practical training and teaching of the RED ONE camera system for both on set practices and post production practices.

This is real world training – taught by working professionals, for working professionals and those looking to work in the field of DigitalCinematography and High Resolution Post Production.

Over the past few runs of REDucation, we’ve streamlined the course, and are combining the Camera and Post sides of the course into one comprehensive class (no longer will we have the option of taking just the camera side or the post side separately.)

We proved with REDucation what we knew all along, that with the RED, shooting and post are so intertwined, that it doesn’t make sense to separate them into to different modules. Considering there is a large on set component of post production, viewing footage, prepping files for editorial, screening dailies during or immediately after the shoot, etc. it really is critical to know all of it to be fully effective as a RED expert.

By combining the Camera and Post sides, we will be making it more focused on the subject matter that’s most important, based on feedback we have received from the first few classes.

The new structure for REDucation is as follows: 6 day class – 2.5 days of Camera tech and on set practices, 2.5 days of Post Production for both on set and off set (post environment) editorial, color grading and DI finishing for TV and Theatrical deliverables. Middle day will continue to be the RED community day, giving the students in the class time to interface with the various companies that support RED in both production and post.

Classes will still be fully hands on with many RED camera packages, all kinds of support gear, both 4k and 2k projection. many Mac workstations for On set Tech training and post production training, and RED rocket enabled 4k screening station to view Student shot footage in 4k.

Looks like the first class we will be run this way will be in Las Vegas from April 8 to April 12 at the Tropicana Hotel with registration open for the first 200. Then we will be running this class structure in NYC, LA, Paris, London and select Cities in Asia and India – dates to be announced sometime early 2010.

REDucation Vegas:

The first class we are planning to run as discussed above will be in Las Vegas from April 8 to April 12th at the Tropicana Hotel with registration open for the first 200. Then we will be running this class structure in NYC, Paris, London and select Cities in Asia and India – dates to be announced sometime early 2010.

This REDucation Vegas looks to be a very popular destination, as it is set to run directly before the NAB show, so many people coming in from all over the USA and Internationally will extend their trip by a week, and combine REDucation with their NAB activities.

Even though this class will be larger than our normal class size, we will be increasing support staff, gear and the venue to support it properly. All the learning will be hands on, just as with the LA classes.

Michael Cioni and Steve Freebairn will be instructing with twenty TAs and forty camera packages. A massive gathering of RED gear and technology.

If you are interested in Vegas REDucation, please register soon, as we anticipate this class will fill up fast, even with the larger number of students we plan to work with on this run.