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Getting that "Cinema" look in FCE
- Thread starter ghking
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There are so many factors that go into the look of film vs. video. If you want to look like film, the best thing to do is shoot it on film. 
Here are some of my suggestions:
[*]Film often uses a very shallow depth of field that you can't get in video because of the smaller sensors. Someone suggested opening your iris and zooming in, that sort of works but limits your choice of focal length. I would suggest looking in to a 35mm lens adapter, such as the Redrock Micro M2 (I use this when shooting video and recommend it), or the Letus35. You can then use prime lenses which project on to a much larger area than the small image sensor, which will give you much greater control over your depth of field.
[*]Some cameras (I think yours included) include some sort of "cinema gamma" settings, which attempt to better recreate the responsiveness of certain film stock. Use this as a starting point. Try to do your image processing as in-camera as you can, because you're dealing with uncompressed footage that way, instead of crappy DV in post. At least adjust your knee points to bring the highlights down more in to exposure.
[*]Lighting is crucial, you'll need to use lighting kits, reflectors and diffusion if you want it to look professional.
[*]Shoot 24p, but make sure to remove the pulldown and edit on a true 24p timeline. It looks choppy and crappy if you don't remove it, and too smooth if you shoot in, like 60i.
Here are some of my suggestions:
[*]Film often uses a very shallow depth of field that you can't get in video because of the smaller sensors. Someone suggested opening your iris and zooming in, that sort of works but limits your choice of focal length. I would suggest looking in to a 35mm lens adapter, such as the Redrock Micro M2 (I use this when shooting video and recommend it), or the Letus35. You can then use prime lenses which project on to a much larger area than the small image sensor, which will give you much greater control over your depth of field.
[*]Some cameras (I think yours included) include some sort of "cinema gamma" settings, which attempt to better recreate the responsiveness of certain film stock. Use this as a starting point. Try to do your image processing as in-camera as you can, because you're dealing with uncompressed footage that way, instead of crappy DV in post. At least adjust your knee points to bring the highlights down more in to exposure.
[*]Lighting is crucial, you'll need to use lighting kits, reflectors and diffusion if you want it to look professional.
[*]Shoot 24p, but make sure to remove the pulldown and edit on a true 24p timeline. It looks choppy and crappy if you don't remove it, and too smooth if you shoot in, like 60i.