RED Digital Cinema is taking the next step in the evolution of our various education efforts with REDucation. The goal of this effort is fully immersive, hands on, practical training and teaching of the RED ONE camera system for both on set practices and post production practices.

This is real world training - taught by working professionals, for working professionals and those looking to work in the field of Digital Cinematography and High Resolution Post Production.

Over the past few runs of REDucation, we've streamlined the course, and are combining the Camera and Post sides of the course into one comprehensive class (no longer will we have the option of taking just the camera side or the post side separately.)

We proved with REDucation what we knew all along, that with the RED, shooting and post are so intertwined, that it doesn't make sense to separate them into to different modules. Considering there is a large on set component of post production, viewing footage, prepping files for editorial, screening dailies during or immediately after the shoot, etc. it really is critical to know all of it to be fully effective as a RED expert.

By combining the Camera and Post sides, we will be making it more focused on the subject matter that's most important, based on feedback we have received from the first few classes.

The new structure for REDucation is as follows: 6 day class - 2.5 days of Camera tech and on set practices, 2.5 days of Post Production for both on set and off set (post environment) editorial, color grading and DI finishing for TV and Theatrical deliverables. Middle day will continue to be the RED community day, giving the students in the class time to interface with the various companies that support RED in both production and post.

Classes will still be fully hands on with many RED camera packages, all kinds of support gear, both 4k and 2k projection. many Mac workstations for On set Tech training and post production training, and RED rocket enabled 4k screening station to view Student shot footage in 4k.

Looks like the first class we will be running this way will be in Las Vegas from April 8 to April 12 with a special REDuser and REDucation day on April 14th. Then we will be running this class structure in NYC, LA, Paris, London and select Cities in Asia and India - dates to be announced sometime early 2010.

REDucation Vegas:

First class we are planning to run as discussed above will be in Las Vegas from April 8 to April 12th with a special REDuser and REDucation day on April 14th. Then we will be running this class structure in NYC, Paris, London and select Cities in Asia and India - dates to be announced sometime early 2010.

This REDucation Vegas looks to be a very popular destination, as it is set to run directly before the NAB show, so many people coming in from all over the USA and Internationally will extend their trip by a week, and combine REDucation with their NAB activities.

Even though this class will be larger than our normal class size, we will be increasing support staff, gear and the venue to support it properly. All the learning will be hands on, just as with the LA classes.

If you are interested in Vegas REDucation, please register soon, as we anticipate this class will fill up fast, even with the larger number of students we plan to work with on this run.