Clowning Around with the 5D, RED, and Alexa

The producers of the IndieGoGo Project “Clowning Around” asked camera assistant James Lackey about his take on the Canon 5d, RED, and Arri Alexa.

A burned up Arri that the factory managed to get back running:

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However, as with every project I do, when it comes to the real technical side of workflow, image compression and logistics I always ask
my very good friend and camera assistant James Leckey for his opinion. I have worked with James on about a dozen shorts since we met in 2007 on my film “Parental Control” (www.vimeo.com/12881846) and he has a ridiculous amount of knowledge on such matters so thought I would ask him some questions about the benefits of the various formats and share the answers with you.

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