HC3 Film Look... at DVinfo.net

Steven Bills · February 10th, 2007, 10:43 AM

Besides the Cinema Mode, which gives really choppy video, what combination of effects or modes do you guys use to best emulate the coveted 'Film Look'?

I use the Flash digital effect, set to its lowest setting, combined with an exposure tweak. I'll probably upload some footage later on today.

What do you guys use to achieve this 'Film Look'?

SB

EDIT: Here's the link to the test clip: http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...1D600415A1CB79

Jung Kyu · February 11th, 2007, 11:20 AM

here's film look
u need to deinterlace the footage

hc1 footage.

http://www.dvuser.co.kr/zboard/data/...2112051579.wmv

http://www.dvuser.co.kr/zboard/data/pds/Untitled99.wmv

David Delaney · February 11th, 2007, 04:02 PM

Steve, are you capturing straight to a laptop? What setting are you putting the FLASH on (about 1 from the very left)?

Steven Bills · February 11th, 2007, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Delaney

What setting are you putting the FLASH on (about 1 from the very left)?

Yep. Sorry for that vid, it's not very good. But that is what I do.

SB

C.S. Michael · February 13th, 2007, 12:50 PM

Yeah, best we can do is probably to deinterlace, then add cinematic color correction.

I don't know what a 24p conversion (ie. DVFilmmaker) would do with HDV footage.

Tony Macasaet · February 13th, 2007, 04:18 PM

From discussions here, elsewhere, experience and Douglas Spotted Eagle's book on HDV (which is very good BTW)... [These suggestions are relative to the HVR-A1]

These are 'filmic' settings... but much of filmic has little to do with settings of course... so for what it's worth:

-Shoot with shallow DOF - stand back from the subject and zoom in, or use a wide aperture 35mm lens (with 35mm-lens adapter)
-Increase the color (to ~6+ on the A1)
-as suggested before, deinterlace and convert to 24p in post.
-In general people pan the cineframe - pseudo 24p modes, though Douglas Spotted Eagle does report some utility of CF30.
-Black Stretch on
-Gamma setting 2 (though I think this and black stretch add a degree of noise)
-Sharpness down one from default
-1/60 sec shutter speed
-attention to audio quality

Steven Bills · February 14th, 2007, 07:00 PM

Thanks Tony, those are all good things to keep in mind.

SB

February 10th, 2007, 10:43 AM	#1
Steven Bills Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Vineyard, Utah Posts: 192	HC3 Film Look... Besides the Cinema Mode, which gives really choppy video, what combination of effects or modes do you guys use to best emulate the coveted 'Film Look'? I use the Flash digital effect, set to its lowest setting, combined with an exposure tweak. I'll probably upload some footage later on today. What do you guys use to achieve this 'Film Look'? SB EDIT: Here's the link to the test clip: http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...1D600415A1CB79 Last edited by Steven Bills; February 10th, 2007 at 11:25 AM.

February 11th, 2007, 11:20 AM	#2
Jung Kyu Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 143	s here's film look u need to deinterlace the footage hc1 footage. http://www.dvuser.co.kr/zboard/data/...2112051579.wmv http://www.dvuser.co.kr/zboard/data/pds/Untitled99.wmv

February 13th, 2007, 04:18 PM	#6
Tony Macasaet Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Viroqua, WI Posts: 49	From discussions here, elsewhere, experience and Douglas Spotted Eagle's book on HDV (which is very good BTW)... [These suggestions are relative to the HVR-A1] These are 'filmic' settings... but much of filmic has little to do with settings of course... so for what it's worth: -Shoot with shallow DOF - stand back from the subject and zoom in, or use a wide aperture 35mm lens (with 35mm-lens adapter) -Increase the color (to ~6+ on the A1) -as suggested before, deinterlace and convert to 24p in post. -In general people pan the cineframe - pseudo 24p modes, though Douglas Spotted Eagle does report some utility of CF30. -Black Stretch on -Gamma setting 2 (though I think this and black stretch add a degree of noise) -Sharpness down one from default -1/60 sec shutter speed -attention to audio quality __________________ ~Dr. Tony Macasaet http://www.macastat.com Last edited by Tony Macasaet; February 14th, 2007 at 02:04 PM.

February 11th, 2007, 04:02 PM	#3
David Delaney Trustee Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Niagara Ontario Canada Posts: 1,121	Steve, are you capturing straight to a laptop? What setting are you putting the FLASH on (about 1 from the very left)?

February 13th, 2007, 12:50 PM	#5
C.S. Michael Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 197	Yeah, best we can do is probably to deinterlace, then add cinematic color correction. I don't know what a 24p conversion (ie. DVFilmmaker) would do with HDV footage.

February 14th, 2007, 07:00 PM	#7
Steven Bills Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Vineyard, Utah Posts: 192	Thanks Tony, those are all good things to keep in mind. SB