Best Filmlike Settings

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NYMills

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I realize depth of field plays a significant role in really get the overall filmlook, but as far as settings within the camera - is anyone using some successful settings to get a really nice filmlook from the camera? I set the camera to Barry Green's suggested Filmlook settings in the HVX Bootcamp DVD. The colors are rich and vibrant. I'm looking for something a little more. I want a nice rich 16-35mm look.

Thanks!

Michael Mills
TeleStory Pictures
 
A big factor of the film look you are searching for lies in the lighting. You must light your video to look like film (this doesnt necessarily mean light your video the way you light film). You must understand and discover how your scene file settings reacts and responds to different lighting styles.

Apart from light is the composition. Even 35mm footage with nasty compositions won't look good.

After you've lit and shot nicely, you can tweak your images in a DI or CC to look like more like film.
 
Of course lighting and composition are paramount to the creation of great visual imagery. I understand how to light and compose the shots.What your camera picks up is also crucial - as in the various film stocks you choose to use and the end results.

I have seen on this forum some amazing footage shot on the DVX, with only outdoor lighting, that looked like film. Considering that the settings within the HVX are identical, I am looking for similar setting results within the HVX camera.
 
if you really want a filmic look, apart from the camera setting and lighting i think the best way to go is doing it in post with CC or using a film look plugin..
 
NYMills said:
I realize depth of field plays a significant role in really get the overall filmlook, but as far as settings within the camera - is anyone using some successful settings to get a really nice filmlook from the camera? I set the camera to Barry Green's suggested Filmlook settings in the HVX Bootcamp DVD. The colors are rich and vibrant. I'm looking for something a little more. I want a nice rich 16-35mm look.

Thanks!

Michael Mills
TeleStory Pictures
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I think you should stick to the factory settings in 24p mode and make any adjustments in post. DV image is inherently bad compared to film and messing with the settings of your camera will only degrade the image further, at least this has been my experience with the DVX--don't know about the HVX. The factory settings are fine.
 
NYMills said:
Of course lighting and composition are paramount to the creation of great visual imagery. I understand how to light and compose the shots.What your camera picks up is also crucial - as in the various film stocks you choose to use and the end results.

I have seen on this forum some amazing footage shot on the DVX, with only outdoor lighting, that looked like film. Considering that the settings within the HVX are identical, I am looking for similar setting results within the HVX camera.
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True.

Ppl on this forum have shown us beautiful film like images with only natural light. But it wasn't luck... they were able to look at what the environment had to offer and used it to their advantage... not being able to move the sun, they moved the actors, blocking and camera into positions they know will created compelling images. Natural light is the best kind, most organic and regardless of format it always registers that way. Colour palette too will play a big factor. The green channel in the camera has the highest percentage out of the R G and B, and the DVX is a hugely oversaturated camera. Film replicates colour very richly, but not necessarily hugely saturated.

Post work does a lot too. But if you shoot in MiniDV, make sure you recompress your whole timeline to Uncompressed using Media Manager because MiniDV will start to break apart, artifact and band very quickly. Also, don't depend a fixed CC plug in preset, tweak it to what is best suited to your original image.
 
alotof the amazing outdoor footage has to do with the positon of the sun and time of day. DP's are very particualr about the sun its angle, and trajectory during the day. infact on the ASC website you an find charts that show sun position during the time of day and time of year etc.... its important ot mainting the same sun postiion if youre shooting all day long, for a scene.
 
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