drsanchez
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Mar 25, 2006, 3:18 PM
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My fault for not stating clearly the point of my post. The shooting like a film camera, light like a film camera, plan.... was a given. I didn't mean to imply that 24p is all it takes to simulate film. But over on the wedding forum it seems a lot of clients are in love with that damned 'old film look,' which is just as much a gimmick as flying transitions and star wipes, and I was just mentioning that there's more to simulating film than putting hair in your projector. To me video is just too crisp, and that extra fraction of a second that the shutter is open in 24p (compared to 60i) softens the picture just enough to be beautiful in its own way. Couple that with a shallow depth of field and you're already infinitely more pleasing than dust and scratches.
Good tip on the tutorials, I'll check them out.
There's a tutorial DVD out called Camera Command. It covers all this exactly. As a professional video trainer, I highly recommend it.
I use the DVX100a. Shooting 24p does not make it look like film. You have to shoot like a film camera, light like a film camera, plan like a real film camera. Just doing run and gun events in 24p mode doesn't give you an automatic film look.
But, with proper planning, you can get it.
I know someone who's using a plug-in effect to get the 24p film look, and I actually like it better for EVENTS than I do shooting native 24p.
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