Make a Short and Win a Red Scarlet

In Skarlets’ Digital Age Short Film Competition, first prize for the best 1 minute short film is a Red Scarlet.  Deadline is 9/1/09, and you can enter as many shorts as you want. Details here.
via Student Filmmakers Magazine at studentfilmmakers.com

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A Warning from Filmmaker Alex Ferrari on Using the Red Camera

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Below is a message from filmmaker Alex Ferrari from numbrobot.com on using the Red Camera.  And see some of the amazing looking images he is getting with the Red and color correction:
I was just at [...]

Pick Your Brain- Red’s Jim Jannard Reveals New Red Scarlet and Epic Specs

With the goal to make “Obsolescence Obsolete,” Red unveils pictures and specs for their new DMSC system (Digital Stills and Motion Camera or is it Digital Motion and Stills Camera?).
We promised that we would make “Obsolescence Obsolete”. In our minds, when we released the RED ONE, we imagined that we would offer an upgrade for [...]

Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chilli Peppers) to Get Own HBO Show

The show is being overseen by Catapult 360, who’s credits include The Bernie Mac Show and Entourage.
from Synthesis

New New Scarlet News

Sounds like these two cameras are probably the reason that Red went back to the drawing board with Scarlet.  Any day now, Red will release the specs for the new Scarlet.  Fresh DV has fun and informs with Red Announces Announce Date of Announcement.
Update: A review of the D90s video capability (suprisingly, for all the hype, it [...]

Doesn’t anybody have something bad to say about the Red One?

So far, I’ve only heard glowing reviews about the Red One, about how it outperforms more expensive HD and Film cameras. Until now. From Rian Johnson, the director of Brick (a pretty damn good flick) and The Brothers Bloom,
The RED camera does not do what it claims. Which is not to say it’s a bad [...]

Forget Everything You’ve Heard About Red Scarlet: New Red Scarlet News

Sounds like it is back to the drawing board.  From Red founder Jim Jannard:
We have changed everything about Scarlet because the market has changed and we have discovered a lot of things in the process. We have a new vision. Wipe you minds of the past announced Scarlet. Forget the design and forget the price. [...]

Article on Red from Wired

From August.  In the comments, some people point out some of the errors in the article, but nonetheless a good article.  The article talks about the development of the Red One, about Peter Jackson shooting Crossing the Line and Steven Soderbergh shooting his Che Guevara biopics with Red One prototypes, and shows some footage shot on [...]