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AA on Shot on Red Page

gbalaji — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:48:45 +0000

My first feature film with Red One Digital Cinema Camera is now honoured by RED and they have placed the film “Achchamundu Achchamundu” on Shot on Red Page.http://www.red.com/shot_on_red/

Future of Digital Cinema

gbalaji — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:16:35 +0000

Gen next Optical Disk medium, Blu-ray arrives in India with a humble beginning!

gbalaji — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:39:03 +0000

Blu-ray is a next generation optical disk storage medium capable of storing up to 50GB of 1080p HD Video with uncompressed Sound. The benefits of blue-violet laser (405nm) is that it has shorter wavelength than red laser (605nm), which makes it possible to focus laser spot with even greater precision. Blu-ray is currently supported by about 200 of the world’s leading consumer electronics, personal computer, recording media, video game and music companies. The format also has support from all Hollywood studios and countless smaller studios as a successor to today’s DVD format.

Inroads of Blu-ray titles are very less in India and one company which is pioneering to achieve this new height on Blu-ray authoring is AP International, a chennai based company.

About AP International:

AP international is a leading film exporter based in chennai whose promoters have a 50 years of history in film industry.They began with film finance, distribution and exporting films, releasing audio cassettes and compact discs in India. Within a short span of time, AP International has made rapid strides forward with a focus on production and distribution of software for home entertainment and Corporate needs through DVD, VCD and Audio CDs. API is now moving forward to merchandise its software (ownership of Copyrights) of more than 400 Tamil and Malayalam films – a majority of them are blockbusters – into the digital world of entertainment through Satellite, Internet, DTH and PayTV. AP International also designed and authored DVD Discs for more than 250 titles across various languages in India. Some of Hollywood DVD titles for Indian version are being designed by AP International, which speaks for their capabilities.

AP International Studio facilities:

Based out of Chennai with exceptional high quality team and top expertise people in the field . They involve efficient product development pipeline, workflow and strategies to create superior quality encoded pictures and high quality sound in DVD and Blu-ray nutshell. Their Quality Control pipeline is one of the bullet proof mechanisms matches international standards for their entire product lines.

Blu-ray arrives in India with a bang!

Ted Schilowitz saw Achchamundu Achchamundu!

gbalaji — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:41:33 +0000

Achchamundu Achchamundu DI work was done in Plaster City and after seeing the output of the product Michael Cioni of Plaster City put word to Ted Schilowitz and they were very excited about the ouput. Ted asked for 2 minutes of the movie for Red Conference to be held in New Zealand and Los Angeles. AA was color timed by Milton of Plaster City. Below snaps taken in Plaster city.

Basic Red One Camera Accessories

gbalaji — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:44:38 +0000

Several people find it difficult to order Red One accessories which one choose and which one to leave. Attached screenshot of accessories which you require at minimum prior to shoot. Along with these you need Red One Camera Body, Fluid Head, Tripod, Matte Box and basic filters. Visit Abel Cine Red One package section for Head, Tripod, Matte Box and filters here.

Activity Update

gbalaji — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:08:32 +0000

Sorry for not posting any article / workflow in this blog. I’m working on a Music Concert shot with 7 Red One Digital Cinema Camera and I’m managing the entire post workflow. Meantime preparing and training people for 2 feature films which is going to be shot on Red One DCC and I am working as DIT / DAS / Post workflow consultant. In last one month we purchased 16TB Avid Media RAID, New SAS Cards, 16GB RAM, Fibre Optic Card for MacPro and Apple vPromise RAID 12TB and the list is going on. Successfully completed a 4 minute promo for the Music Concert and the release date of Concert digitally in QUBE on Dec 25, 2008. Need to complete 10 songs running for 1 hour 45 minutes and CG, Titles and VFX if any and Conforming and DI before Dec 1. Hectic Schedule. Will post the Promo in True HD in coming week.

DSLR - Future of Digital Cinema

gbalaji — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:21:20 +0000

Canon EOS 5D Mark II records 1080p @30fps and Nikon D90 records 720p @ 24fps. Is DSLR future of Digital Cinema with Canon and Nikon lenses for cheaper price. More info and article coming soon…

Scarlet Redesign and New Price!

gbalaji — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:10:16 +0000

Jim announcement from Scarletuser.com,”We have changed everything about Scarlet because the market has changed and we have discovered a lot of things in the process. We have a new vision. Wipe you minds of the past announced Scarlet. Forget the design and forget the price. It is all different now. We think you will be surprised. Glad we didn’t take any deposits… :-)”

Shot with 7 Red One for Music Concert

gbalaji — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:53:07 +0000

Last 2 days, shot with 7 Red One ( 2 from chennai, 2 from Mumbai, 1 from singapore and 2 from Hong Kong) for a Music Concert to be released as feature film. Working has DAS / DAM / Post-workflow consultant for the project. Needs to take DLT backup today and start working on Post-production part. Will post more details later… Please check the link for project preview -http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?p=280565#post280565

Red Alert v3.5.0 - Audio Support added

gbalaji — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:19:53 +0000

Today Red announced Red Alert v3.5.0 which includes audio output for quicktime movies exported from Red Alert, Red Rushes and Red line. And also added ReelID for Red Line for setting the reel to FCP 8 character compatible and Added Meta output for Audio Channels and File Segments.