Impatient Cow owns several cameras including the RED ONE, which is the state of the art in digital cinema, shooting at 4k resolution. We were early adopters of this technology, putting us in line for one of the first new cameras from RED, the EPIC, due out... well, no one knows exactly when but we're getting one of the first ones. We also have several other high definition 1080p cameras which we use when appropriate.
We exhumed DaVinci and now we make him do our color correction. After 500 years he's kinda stinky but, man, the guy knows his artsy stuff. And math. And geology, cartography, anatomy, music... he's a bit of a know-it-all. In all seriousness though, we got a DaVinci from Blackmagic Design and we love it, it's really cool. Our color grading is better, faster, etc. Very exciting. You can see why they won an Emmy.
We had a microwave. It was a very nice microwave. And then one day Arnie wanted to make soup. It didn't end well. Arnie claims Lipton said one thing, Lipton claims Arnie should have known 32 minutes was too long to microwave soup... well, the stench of French onion became ingrained into the poor microwave at a molecular level. So now we have a new one.
Much like boats, edit bays are large holes into which our money disappears. We have four of them plus a mobile one that we take outside on pretty days. Also we take it on set. All of our edit bays have dodeca- and octo-processors. Unless there's something bigger and more expensive in which case we have that. We use programs such as Avid, Maya, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, and Donkey Kong to create cutting edge special effects for our projects. Our editors are well versed in buying the most expensive equipment in order to, you know, whatever.
Impatient Cow uses Logic both in our decision making and our audio post-production. We have a very sophisticated audio board, which is very small, and a very large one with lots of lights and sliders, which is just for show. We have an audio booth with absurdly expensive foam to deaden the sound and a flat screen to provide scripts and video playback to our voice talent. There's also a really fancy microphone in there, Sennheiser or Mattel or something.
We have a 15 foot by 30 foot green screen we use to shoot smaller jobs at the Barn. We key out the background and put in a different one. That's about it. You know, a green screen.
MegaDesk began life as a tiny acorn and then grew into a mighty oak. Which we chopped down, milled and formed into a flat surface. And we laughed while we did it. We are cruel bastards. Actually MegaDesk isn't made from oak. It's made from some other tree. Probably a much more sensitive tree. Oh well.
It started with one tiny dorm room style fridge. And it was fruitful and multiplied. When we hit eight tiny fridges we decided to trade them all in and get one monster sized one. Which was great until we got it here and realized it wouldn't fit up the stairs. Being resourceful and obstinate, we rented a forklift and brought it in through the hay doors upstairs. So there.
When you're sick of sitting on the couch playing World of Warcraft and pretending to keep in touch with your office, you may want to try your hand at an Olde Tyme pastime, Shuffleboard. Just as all world-class shuffleboard facilities do, we make up our own rules and change them constantly to ensure we win. Since shuffleboard is played with only one hand, we are happy to give you something to hold in your other hand to balance you out. Also, if your budget is big enough, we'll let you win. Remember, the round doesn't end until the Old Mare is off the bobbin and four scrums equals one Halfcock. You'll do fine. Gambling is absolutely forbidden (wink wink).
Okay - if I have to explain this one to you, you need to go elsewhere. Seriously.