I am having a Problem with movie picture quality

[Chux_okwuosa]

First of all i hve to thank the person whose idea it was to creat a kind of forum like this. It has really been elpful to me and I must commend all your effort.
At the same time, I would like someone to help me with ideas. I am a film producer in Africa, but the truth and the big problem is that ever since the history of African movie Production, the challenge of getting movie qaulity like that obtainable from Hollywood has been a very big puzzle. I have wondered if this probs are merely atmopheric diffences or camera....but I believe you can help me with ideas. What should I do to have a smooth and richly coloured picture quality. I edit with adobe primiere 6.5 and pro 7.0

Thankx
Prince Chux

 

[Daniel2007]

Get a really good camera , like the Red.

 

[-zach-]

Get a really good camera , like the Red.

That's not necessarily good advice. Does he have 20k+ set out for just the Red... or computing power to edit the footage? Probably not.

I'd go for a cheaper and easier camera to work with like the DVX or the HVX. Use the search function and there's tons of threads about film look and film look processes.

You might want to look at a 35mm adapter to recreate the shallow depth of field that film has. Again, search for "35mm adapter" on this forum, and you'll find a plethora of threads to choose from.

TimurCivan has a great one:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=51963

It's also amazing how much the lighting, cinematography, acting, and technical aspects affect the film. The reason your films don't look like Hollywood might be that you don't have your cinematography, lighting, or acting top notch like Hollywood pays millions for.

Audio surprisingly affects the overall outcome of the film.

If you have good audio and good picture, people will watch.
If you have good audio and bad picture, people will still watch.
If you have bad audio, but a good picture, you're going to have a tough time getting people to stay all the way through.

People's ears are sensitive to that sort of thing, even though YouTube is thoroughly de-sensitizing them.

So your production quality matters just as much as what camera you have.

And I'll quote a bunch of members of this forum:
"It's not the arrow it's the archer."

 

[milksac]

...the challenge of getting movie qaulity like that obtainable from Hollywood has been a very big puzzle. I have wondered if this probs are merely atmopheric diffences or camera....but I believe you can help me with ideas. What should I do to have a smooth and richly coloured picture quality.

For acquisition hire the best talent available - DP, AC, Gaffers, Grips, every position needs to be top notch. The quality of the people that create the images has more to do with the look of the film than technology ever will. You can rent any kind of camera you want. For post production hire the best colorist available.

If you want your films to look better start with the people creating them.