Video to Film conversion

[gdebojyoti]

I have two types of footage - one shot in a simple digital camera, the other with an entry-level handycam.
My question is - how to change the video, so that it has the look of a film.

I tried some tutorials such as this -

http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/feature_video_film.html

But they didn't work very well for me.

Anybody here has any experience with this issue?


By the way, I am not talking about color correction, contrast and grain effect.
The moment you watch a clip, you can say whether it is part of a video or a movie. This is because a movie has got a distinctive look which separates it from video. And that's what I am trying to achieve.

[aedipuss]

if it were simple and easy enough for you to do with cheap cams the studios wouldn't be spending $100,000 and up on video cameras to do it.

[sanlyn]

The sample photo in the link provided doesn't look like film at all. I'd question most of the methods used ("deinterlace blend" ? ? ? ? ). How is this "film" version going to be played? for PC only? for DVD? For both? Depending on the desired output, processing would vary. You should also know that the contrast, color correction, grain effects, and luma/chroma range ( also those things you don't want to bother with) have a lot to do with it; they are different for film than for video.

[gdebojyoti]

It's going to be PC only.
By the way, it's just for the short film event at my college film.

[poisondeathray]

There's not a whole lot you can do afterwards except for the things you've discarded - adding grain, grading for a filmic look. You might be able to do a 24p framerate conversion if you didn't already shoot 24p

The most important things that makes something "filmic" are usually during shooting - technique, planning, lighting, shallow depth of field, controlled shooting (rigs, stabilizers, cranes, dollies, sliders) , 24p, equipment & camera sensors - high latitude & dynamic range

[Cornucopia]

The sample photo in the link provided doesn't look like film at all. I'd question most of the methods used ("deinterlace blend" ? ? ? ? ). How is this "film" version going to be played? for PC only? for DVD? For both? Depending on the desired output, processing would vary. You should also know that the contrast, color correction, grain effects, and luma/chroma range ( also those things you don't want to bother with) have a lot to do with it; they are different for film than for video.

I agree. And in addition to those, I'd add: true progressive framerate (@24), shallow depth of field (usually) and accompanying bokeh, STEADY shots - even when panned/tilted/zoomed/dollied/trucked - with 180degree shutter for that specific kind of motion blur.

Scott

[gdebojyoti]

Okay. Let me see what I can do now.
Thanks everybody.