i recently purchased a nice mini-dv camera- the highest rung on the consumer-level cameras ladder (on the sony site, anyway). it's got a lot of features, 1-megapixel resolution, and a carl zeiss vario sonar lens. on the whole, i'm happy. but my dream is for my finished product to play at 24 frames per second. i'm not talking about slowing down the 30 fps normal rate, and i'm not interested in any cheap effects that will end up making what i film look shitty. i'm talking about maybe not the quality of what i film, but the frame-rate- that "film feel." is there any program which does this slightly convincingly?
help! you will make my day if you can answer this question!???
i am so tricky for you!!!
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Joe,
Changing the frame rate of your video piece won't have any effect on giving your work a "film look". The differences between frame rates for film and frame rates for video are due to the technical needs of the different recording media.
Indeed, where video is concerned, there isn't really such a thing as a frame rate in the film sense, since video operates in fields per second and each field is half of what would be considered a frame in film terms (newer progressive scan cameras not withstanding of course). On top of that you've got PAL vs NTSC - 25fps (or 50 fields/sec) vs approximately 30 fps (or 60 fields/second). The upshot - frame rate has nothing to do with it.
If you want to get a better look for your DV film the main thing that will effect this (that you can control) is lighting. Light it properly and it will look a whole lot better. But remember, as we say in the FAQ, it IS NOT possible to achieve a film look with DV. 16mm/35mm film, a cinematographer who knows what they're going, and a truck load of gaffers are the only thing that produce a "film look".
Ben C.
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Panasonic AG-DVX100 Shoots at 24p/30p/60i it runs about 4 grand but its a good dv cam
Most people who watch your movie arn't really going to be able to tell the differece (or even care) between video and film. Adjusting the contrast, messing around with curves, good lighting, and good shots can make your video look great. I have tried getting the "film" look before and it never comes out the way you hope it would.
