How to make a cinema look with the HVX200a?

Also, if you want a good read to help you out, I would suggest getting Stu Maschwitz's The DV Rebel Guide. There's tons of info and tips about pre-prod, prod and post-prod workflow and how to raise production value out of anything you shoot, low-budget or not.

There's even a DVD with lots of goodies in there, like a plugin for After Effects that's pretty nifty for color correction.

Hope this helps!
 
brandondull said:
@David S. I know what you mean but I am focus on the coloring of my images. Not composition. I know I need to move the camera around more but I want the cinematic look on tripod shots. so lets build off the tripod shots since thats what I got so far. Thats why I am asking for a better look. All I got out of it was to shoot 24p (which I can do) buy lights, lenses, dollies, & etc (which I cant) download the scene files but it's a headache to load them on & off because you can't get all 18 or how ever many on the SD card at one time. All I can say is I am trying... Can you post your work with what you are explaining for me to do?
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Brandon, what everyone's trying to tell you is that color grading is several steps ahead of where you need to be concentrating. Color grading is an enhancement -- it's not the image. You can't take bad footage and color grade it into something that's good.

You're stuck on a tripod and you don't want to worry about moving the camera at this point. That's fine. It's a good place to start. What you need to do is get your hands on as much still photography material as you can. Learn exposure first, because if you don't have enough light -- or the right amount of light -- on your subject, you've got nothing. Learn how to properly expose someone's face. Get that down, THEN move on. But not to color grading.

At that point, I'd stay with the face, and learn to light the face cinematically. Learn light ratios. Learn the art of shadow placement and shadow control. Learn how lighting creates mood and interest and feeling.

Then, expand out, and learn composition of a shot. Marry it all together -- exosure, lighting, composition. Then -- THEN -- you may be ready to move on to color grading.

You don't need expensive gear to do any of this. You can make do with what you have. But you have to learn the techniques, and you have to learn what makes a picture work. Without it, no amount of color grading matters at all.
 
A great source for lighting tutorials is the Reel Classroom DVDs.

http://www.spec-comm.com/store/index.php?l=product_list&c=141

I know that it's frustrating getting the look that you want and trying to communicate that to others but I agree with everyone on here. Stop, stand back and go back over the basics.

I hope this helps.

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@Jim Carewell Thanks for the scene files website.

@carrcs Thanks for the shutter website.

@Gabriel Berube I am going to try and find those books, if you have a link to where I can order them that would be great.

@David Jimerson I am understanding that I need to master my shooting techniques instead of worrying about the editing all the time. thanks.

@Spec-Comm those dvds are expensive! I might looking to buying them because i hate reading. lol. thank you!

P.S...
I am going to step away from this forum for a bit & try to learn more about my camera & techniques. Thanks to everyone who has help. Feel free to EMAIL ME; BrandonDull@me.com so I can show you examples in a private talk as I make them! thank you once again!
 
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