In August, I was called by an old friend Champe Barton of Horizon Productions who needed some online and color correction work on the Journey: Live in Manila concert that he was hired to DP.  Produced by Dan Barnett of Wizard Entertainment, this was a 10 camera RED ONE shoot in Manila, Philippines. If you are not familiar with the RED, it’s a video camera that shoots RAW images at 4K (4096×2304 pixels) allowing a multitude of adjustments in post.  A lot of credit should be given to the production team for their achievement in this, because most of the video and lighting equipment had to be flown in from various places such as the US and Japan.

The project was edited using Proxy files, which are lower resolution files and then reconnected to the RAW files after final edit approval.  There are many different RED workflows to choose from and being modified daily, as it’s still cutting edge. RED has created a line of its own applications to process the RAW image data into the other various video codecs. Third party applications are also available which are  Clipfinder, Monkey Extract and Crimson. Final Cut Pro/Color and Adobe Premiere can also import the RED files, but do not take advantage of the “Color Science” algorithm at this point, so these workflows weren’t an option. Some other higher end film finishing programs are available as well.  RED has also developed the RED ROCKET card to use with it’s programs, which is an excelerator card that allows you to convert the RED media in real time.  The 2.5hr camera reels that would take just over 3 days to render previously using the applications and standard 8-core MacPro, take just 2.5hrs using REDCINE-X with the Red Rocket, so this is the workflow we chose.    The DVD is available now HERE, with a Blu-ray and High Definition Broadcast possible this year.

At Hutton Miller LLC, I fill in for the in-house editor John McCormack of Edicut. Here is a list of the projects I helped edit on in 2009.

Pixos:

Bedaroos: Some of my friends that are teachers, say they are great for the classroom.

Neckline Slimmer:

Mighty Putty:

Mighty Tape: This was also a production project where we shot Billy doing an underwater demo, you can see it HERE.

Paperoni:

Fresh Spot: is a little battery powered air freshener.

The year started off with The Schwartz Group editing various Direct Response Commercials throughout the year.

Orgreenic Cookware: 30 minute infomercial for a Green Cookware that uses Ceramic instead of Teflon for non-stick.

Clip-it-Clean: a nail trimmer, with a light, magnifier and a nail catcher (not the best footage to watch). The product seems to be offline, so I guess it didn’t go so well, but it resembles the Sure Clip.

MSA9000: a hearing amplifier that looks like a bluetooth headset, which appears to be failed product, but you can buy it at various shops like this one.

WOW Containers: This is probably my favorite product, every lid is a container and every container is a lid…pretty cool.

Perfect Brownie: This thing is everywhere and now competing with the Mighty Putty spot as one of the spots I worked on, that I see most on TV. (although Mighty Putty doesn’t play much anymore. RIP Billy)

Moving Max Ladder: Ladder on wheels. Pretty slick and works pretty well, if you don’t stress it too much.

Big Top Cupcake: This one did better than expected. The Silicone really is non-stick and the food styling was pretty amazing. I didn’t realize until, my niece and nephew got one for Christmas and were very excited, not even knowing I worked on the spot, which made them even more excited.

Sponge Zapper: A microwave container that zaps germs.

Chocolate Factory: Just did some changes from an old spot.

Backyard Buddy: indoor dog training aid

Whipper Snapper: a manual, spring activated egg and batter beater.