it’s a very interesting topic .

On one side it’s very good to warn people that digital cinema is not cheap ! most people nowadays just think that digital will open doors for FREE to the industry !!! People who works in the business just knows how expensive it is to produce a movie with this usual risk to get no money back from the investments . And here i’m talking about the most majority of people who works on indie projects . indie doesn’t mean cheap, an average movie budget is around 3 to 5 millions dollars .The real positive point about the digital cinema, is to get the same day, what we have shot !!! and that  worths SO MUCH, no need to get upset about the focus in a scene, the look of the lights, the performance of the talents .

No more … We can now with a DIT on set get a previsualization of what we’ll get and adjust our workflow, and work faster, time is money, especially for producers . to me that’s the real difference between the traditionnal workflow ( = with film stock ) and the digital daillies .

The other point is, for commercials, and ad agencies, it’s much better to work in digital, the client can see “live” the final product on an ipad, or the computer screen, and get the confidence that he has spent wisely his budget   .

About the EPIC workflow, i was upset about this side of the workflow, to deal with so many data , but i saw lately a workflow whorkshop on how to use the Alexa, the sony F65 and the EPIC on set . I had to admit that among those three cameras, the RED has produced a very versatile way for the post prod . The training shown us the regular routine with 2 mac pro and a DIT and the copy of the master on a hard drive ( with a Codex Vault )  & the LUT + color front “on set dailies”, and then we saw a smaller configuration with a macbook pro . the workflow begun more “painful”, slower, but do-able i may say but i wouldn’t recommend it for a long feature production, at the very least a short, or indie music video ; because of the high bandwith of the Data as we agreed that it’s the main issue for indie budget . but these tools are not for the mainstream market .

So to end , i would like to encourage everyone who wishes to make movies, to write first something that means something . i wish to say it again, but when we gather so much efforts, to get a budget, talents, equipement ( and it’s not only a camera ) :) it has to be for something true !

As it has been said, we’ve seen so many projects shot in digital or film which were such a WASTE !!!! Another thing is : a movie is a team work !!! when i see so many newbie people who claims to be a cinematographer, just because they got a dslr/digital camera and have shot a few pictures …. come on !!! Cinematography is a real art & craft, and it’s more about the light than a camera ! so is it about directing a movie, it’s as well, enough work !!! Apart some genius who did it both, like Kubrick ( who he had a cinematographer by the way to help him ) each jobs require skills and TIME .  One cannot do it a movie by himself = Again a team work !

So a camera by itself doesn’t make a great movie, only vision matters . The other point is, to produce a movie, one needs people, lights, lenses, costumes, grip, catering, insurance, production design and SOUND …….. :) so the cost of the post production digital or not is indeed important to plan, but i wanted to say that whatever option one’ll choose it will COST A LOT , even with a dslr movie made to get print for DVD market, the bill will be salted if one doesn’t see the economic reality ! Digital tools just SAVE time, and as we all know in this business time is money !!!

I researched the alarm clock quite well before I told her to buy it (got it off ebay) so knew all about it but just a warning the clock only lights up when you clap it (for 15 seconds then turns off again) unless it’s plugged in. So if you want to know the time in the night you either have to clap the sticks or have it plugged in. You can clap the sticks and keep them closed using an elastic band or something along those lines and then the time will always show but if you set the alarm and leave it shut you just get one beep when it gets to the time you have set the alarm for. Also clapping the sticks is how you turn off the alarm since you were wondering but I don’t think it has a snooze function. Not something I ever need since I usually wake up just before alarm clocks ring and then turn them off after one or two beeps.
The one thing that is a tiny bit disappointing is that it’s not got frames but tenths of a second but that’s asking for a bit much really!Thanks so much though for adding it to your list I was very happy to get it.