Thought this was interesting. I dunno, what do you think?

How inspiring is this?

I am a volunteer Video guy (for want of a better term) at out church; Southpoint Church in Cape Town South Africa. I do video work; content capture, editing and creation. I’m not the only one. However therein lies the problem – we are all volunteers with our own computers, with our own collection of content. So how do we share that content, work, projects and how can we manage versions, drafts and recommendations.

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Everybody Dreams, and in my dream I have many things.

In the next few weeks I will highlight my Dream List. Of course the items on the list are all related to filmmaking, and of course they are what I consider to be the fastest and most powerful in their league – I am a guy; what can I say?

Only the most amazing circumstances; orchestrated by God, will bring this list into reality. So I dream and I pray – knowing that whatever happens; it can only be the will of God. (more…)

Here is the entry for the Skarlets Short Film Competition that we entered.
The prize – a RED Scarlet with 8x Fixed Zoom Lens.
However it appears that the site that was hosting the competition is down(domain name registration not renewed at GoDaddy, hmmm) so I am not sure what it happening. However, below is our submission.

RED BOX Spider from Phillip Gibb on Vimeo.

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• The International Short Film Database (via @eyeforatooth)
• Ten Things I Learned From Making Our First Feature
• Whoosh! The short film for editors
• Codec Smackdown

and RED

• Big Resolution News…
• Build 104 Pre-Release…

I wrote about the trailer to “The Enemy God” here: (posted a Christian Film: The Enemy God (Trailer)) a short while back when I just received the DVD in the post. There you can find all the links and the Synopsis, as well as the actual trailer.
Here is the Synopsis in any case:
From IMDB

Shake is a powerful shaman of the Yanomami people. He wields his power to heal and to protect his people against their enemies in this world and beyond. Tracing his life and the life of his community over 40 years of their history, Shake tells how he and his people grapple with new ideas that come from the outside world and the challenging decisions they make in order to maintain their identity and survive as a people. Written by Christopher Bessette

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• The Coming Revolution: A Warning (RED Scarlet)
• Rumored Intel 6-core i7-powered Mac Pro
• FxAndy is a Sweet Film Simulator for Final Cut Pro
• Video Editing on the iPad: Is it Possible
• Canon 7D and 5DMKII Greenscreen Examples
• SimpleMovieX Video Editor
• Interview with Editor Brian Kates

Well the first question is: Will someone create a Video Editing Application for the iPad for $9.99 (is that a limit?). I think that Apple will: a scaled down version of iMovie or something. Or can you perform the editing by means of an online editing service like JayCut (by the way – what ever happened to JumpCut?).

Next Question: Can the hardware do it?  Lets take a look at the specifications:

• Processor: 1GHz Apple A4 custom-designed, high-performance, low-power system-on-a-chip

• Capacity: 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB flash drive

• Audio:
  • Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
  • Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV

• Video:
  • Support for 1024 by 768 pixels with Dock Connector to VGA Adapter; 576p and 480p with Apple Component AV Cable; 576i and 480i with Apple Composite AV Cable
  • H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

• Connectivity:
  • Wi-Fi
  • Bluetooth
  • USB through Dock Connector

It has been sometime since I have edited on my 1.6GHz Single Processor G5 PowerMac. Is this customized 1GHz A4 processor any better? I am sure it could handle a bit of DV work with minimal effects. Watching a compressed HD movie (not > 4K) won’t be a problem according to the features.
But that is not the problem. The problem is the maximum of 64GB Flash Drive – where would you store the files? Could they be accessed through bluetooth, wi-fi or the Dock Connector? Maybe.
I am not an expert in comparing the hardware of the Apple iPad to another device of similar processing capabilities. Also I don’t even know what kind of OS will be running on the Apple iPad – the same as the iPhone?

One thing is for certain is that the possibility is not far off.

Yet for now the iPad could be a great interface for specific applications already running on a MPB, Mac Pro or other computer. I for one am looking forward to an app that will provide touchscreen interface controls to Apple Color.
What do you think? Is is possible? Now, in the future?

The Apple iPad as it stands (or lies) now does not seem to be capable enough to be a video editing system. I can’t refute it’s usefulness as a great tool to assists pre-production, production and post. Yet the potential that this new interface is huge.

It won’t do as a stand alone system for editing. You certainly could not take it to the coffee shop for some quick editing could you.

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