Hi all...new to this so some questions....
I'm considering taking the evening courses from either New York Film Academy or from the Digital Film Academy (also out of new york).
My initial intent is to shoot / make music videos for upcoming bands to make into demo reels for them.
My question is: is it better to shoot in film or digital?
Also, if anyone has any experience with either of these two schools, please dont hesitate to put your 2 cents in.
Thanks in advance.
Joe
Joe Carvalko
Joe Carvalko
To answer your question thoroughly would take a huge amount of time. What it real comes down to is
1) your budget and
2) if shot digital, what camera would you be using.
If you have a few hundred or thousand dollars (or more) to spend, go for film.
Digital is cheaper by far. If you have access to a good digital camera and have a good computer for editing and some skill in color correction, you can make digital look a lot more like film for a lot less money.
If your budget is fairly small, I would recommend putting that money into good post-production equipment and the right digital camera, which you can find advice on all over this forum and the Internet. If you decide to go with digital, also be sure to read through the results on Google by searching for "make video look like film."
If you have the money, experience, equipment, and crew, shoot film. If you don't have a several thousand dollar budget, shoot digital.
I would go digital. That is the way the whole industry is heading and since you are starting out...go digital. The only people using film are the die-hards. I've shot both and I will not shoot film again unless it's on somebody else's dime...and even then I probably wouldn't do it. When you shoot film you have to be so conscious of how much footage you've shot to keep your costs down that it can hamper you in getting everything you need for editing. Plus you have the additional time and cost of loading mags, storing your film and the used film prior to sending it to the lab, you worry about the camera gate and the lighting, etc. Digital is so much easier and cheaper...you can edit it on a home computer/work station. Film has to be developed and telecine'd to tape or other format so you can then edit it on your computer. Plus, when shooting film you have to record your audio on a separate recorder. Go digital!
How about plug-ins like cinelook or others if I use digital rather than film...are they worth it?
Joe
Joe Carvalko
Joe Carvalko
I use Magic Bullet and it works great. Still not quite the same as film, but that combined with 24p conversion definitely makes a big difference.
I also use a black pro mist filter as I have read that helps give a film look, in addition to 24 fps.
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Originally posted by andyc52042
I use Magic Bullet and it works great. Still not quite the same as film, but that combined with 24p conversion definitely makes a big difference.
