Hollywood's Latest Production Hits Derby
We are of course delighted that the University of Derby has decided to invest in the RED One program and wish it well with its planned training.
”Alan Piper, of RED Digital Cinema, based at the UK's Pinewood Studios.
The University of Derby has taken delivery of a £40,000 digital cinema camera.
The computer-driven technology is the first to seriously challenge the use of 35mm celluloid film, used by the industry for decades.
We are believed to be the first UK University to obtain a professional digital cinema camera like this - ordered from California, USA - to offer short courses where film industry professionals and others can be trained to use it.
Stephen Watson, a professional film-maker and lecturer here at Derby said: "The RED Digital camera we've bought is the same as that used to film director Steven Soderbergh's Che: Parts One and Two, about Che Guevara, and is being used by Peter Jackson (director of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy). It was also used to film the recent BBC One detective series Wallander, starring Kenneth Branagh."
Stephen added that a major advantage of the new cameras was that a director would not have to wait for the film to be processed before seeing what they'd filmed (called 'viewing the rushes'). Filming digitally means that scenes can be instantly played back on a computer to see if they were shot well, potentially making production quicker and cheaper.
Stephen travelled over to the RED's headquarters in Los Angeles where he received intensive training for the camera, alongside fellow directors and producers from Japan, Italy and elsewhere.
Alan Piper, of RED Digital Cinema, based at the UK's Pinewood Studios, said: "We are of course delighted that the University of Derby has decided to invest in the RED One program and wish it well with its planned training. We will be excited to witness the talent of young filmmakers bred from the University of Derby."
