Clowning Around with the 5D, RED, and Alexa

Posted on August 23, 2011 in Cinematography | No Comments

The producers of the IndieGoGo Project “Clowning Around” asked camera assistant James Lackey about his take on the Canon 5d, RED, and Arri Alexa.

A burned up Arri that the factory managed to get back running:

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However, as with every project I do, when it comes to the real technical side of workflow, image compression and logistics I always ask
my very good friend and camera assistant James Leckey for his opinion. I have worked with James on about a dozen shorts since we met in 2007 on my film “Parental Control” (www.vimeo.com/12881846) and he has a ridiculous amount of knowledge on such matters so thought I would ask him some questions about the benefits of the various formats and share the answers with you.

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