shooting a feature: HVX200 +g35 vs RED ONE

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I am new to the forums. And I have a quick question I would like all of you to share your opinions on. I am about to start work on a indie film and I have some money saved up. And like many of you i am in love with the imagery of the RED ONE CAMERA. I ve checked my budget and its clearly evident that I cannot afford one. However i estimated that if i were to rent it i would be able to shoot my feature with it.

Now the dillema. A friend of a friend showed me some stuff he shot with hvx200a and cinemek g35. And i was quiet impressed with what i saw. Buying a hvx200 and g35 is probably in the price range of renting out a red for the days i need it. Plus it would be cool to actually own it.

But part of me is thinking i am cheating myself out of the superior quality of the red one. Its a hard choice. I am interested to know what many of you would do in my situation. And before any of you mention it I hate these little dslr cameras that shoot 1080. I havent really been impressed by any of them (mark two, gh1), the upcoming canon d70 whatever it is)

Do you think the quality of the hvx200 plus cinemek g35 would hold up in film festivals? In competition with films being shot with the superior red one camera?

your advice would be greatly appreciated

Leo
 
It totally depends on what your focus is. do you want to be a DP or Wrokflow expert basically the technical side of cinema? if the answer is yes then its good to own your equipments but if your focus is to be a filmmaker i.e. Director/Producer then its worth renting the Red one and focus more on telling a great story. Very often i have seen people want to be everything and it rarely works. Renting equipment is a time tested formula and will save you a lot of head ache to focus on what is more important which is telling a good story. This is especially true for an india because the biggest hurdle that you will face is not making the movie but how to sell it. Remember end of the day tools don't matter much. you will find plenty of examples of films in the festival circuits shot with every possible camera setup.

hope that helps.
 
Thanks krish your comment made a lot of sense

CHPG

what do you mean by post? Because i was lead to believe that you can play with red footage in the system i am working on right now. MAC PRO 2.6GHZ with final cut. Unless i was mislead
 
there is a lot to do after the footage is shot that comprises as "Post". you need to log the footage, edit, color correct, color grade, ADR in case of missing sound, sound mix, score etc...
potentially you could do all this on your MBP but you are pushing it. Also you cannot be an expert in every one of the above mentioned skills so at the most you will do an average job.

if you want to see the full value of the red footage you will need the help of a good red post house like Plaster City Post (http://www.plastercitypost.com/4k.php). mind you a good post house could take anywhere from 2 weeks to several weeks for a feature lenght film to get the end product and they charge more then lawyers do!!!

Again i will go to my earlier comment to focus on the content. once you know you have the content which is "worthy" of good film fests then decided on how much you want to spend on the post to make it worth a screening in a prestigious film fest.

cheers

-krish
 
are YOU actually going to be operating the camera? if so, shooting with the RED is a lot different than just shooting with say a DVX... for that matter, so is shooting with an HVX with an adapter.

i fear from the content of your post you might be biting off more than you realize...
 
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