Re:RED is going to change the game for indie films
by joshwa on Tuesday April 15, 2008 @04:08PM
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Those can be rented... in fact where this will really change things is when the local grip rental houses start renting these things out by the day/week.
Even if the rates are more expensive than the equivalent 35mm kit, the cost of film stock far outweighs the rental costs.
So now for the cost of a day rental, an indie filmmaker can shoot at 3k quality, and only be limited by hard drive space (which is way cheaper than film, and is renewable) rather than the $600/min cited above for 35mm film stock.
Even if the rates are more expensive than the equivalent 35mm kit, the cost of film stock far outweighs the rental costs.
So now for the cost of a day rental, an indie filmmaker can shoot at 3k quality, and only be limited by hard drive space (which is way cheaper than film, and is renewable) rather than the $600/min cited above for 35mm film stock.