I haven’t previously posted anything about the Epic, Red’s new $40,000 5K camera. Why? Mostly because I’ve been trying to gauge reaction, and figure out just where it fits into the market. As usual, this post assumes you’ve already read the information on the Epic’s tech specs; I’m going to focus on what it all [...]

Now that we’ve received our camera and Indie4K will soon be kicking into high gear, I felt it was time to step up and start posting here. I’m one of the other three in the three-man startup Chris mentions in the “About the Author” box. While Chris’s posts are mostly tech-oriented, I’ll be posting more [...]

As per Jim Jannard:

If the technical branch of the AMPAS, sometime in the next five years, doesn’t present RED with something heavier than a piece of paper, then they’re fools, and inattentive to boot. Shooting with RED is like hearing The Beatles for the first time. RED sees the way [...]

MTV: You shot “Inland Empire” using digital technology. Will you ever go back to film? Lynch: Never. Digital is so friendly for me and so important for the scenes, a way of working without so much downtime. It’s impossible to go back. Film is a beautiful medium, but the world [...]

Tom Slee is writing an extensive critique of Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail.

Why am I bringing this up here? Well, there’s a lot of discussion these days about what implications online distribution channels (and things like Apple TV) have for indie media, and one side of the debate (the one I’m usually on) relies heavily [...]