Film look without 35mm adapter at DVinfo.net

Sergey Stefanovich · September 6th, 2008, 01:06 PM

Hello everyone,
First of all I would like to say how great this forum is, so much can be learnt and discovered here. So I thought to get involve too and as a first post to send a link to couple of my videos that was shot long time ago in SD and where I tried to achieve film look without shooting on film or using 35mm adapter.

French Wig on Vimeo
Passengers on Vimeo

Any questions or comments are welcome.

Michael Nistler · November 4th, 2008, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Sergey Stefanovich

Hello everyone,
First of all I would like to say how great this forum is, so much can be learnt and discovered here. So I thought to get involve too and as a first post to send a link to couple of my videos that was shot long time ago in SD and where I tried to achieve film look without shooting on film or using 35mm adapter.

French Wig on Vimeo
Passengers on Vimeo

Any questions or comments are welcome.

Hi Sergey,

Thanks for sharing - I took a quick peek at your clips. While Passengers was hard to judge from a cinematic perspective, I thought you did a fine job obtaining the film look with your French Wig. Impressive video quality for the XL-1 and you capitalized on good lighting and color tweaks in post.

Warm Regards, Michael

Tripp Woelfel · November 4th, 2008, 02:49 PM

OK... I'm with Michael on Passengers but French Wig has a very nice look to it.

Now share... How'd ya do it.

Sergey Stefanovich · January 12th, 2009, 06:42 AM

Thank you for you comments and very sorry for such a long time to reply, i just didnt look at this thread for all this time.
Look achieved in post by addidng film FX plug in in adobe premier.

Jacques E. Bouchard · January 12th, 2009, 03:13 PM

The biggest advantage of a 35mm adapter is the shallow DOF. I'd like to know a workaroud for that (other than standing 50 feet away).

J.

Sergey Stefanovich · January 14th, 2009, 05:59 AM

Yes, you absolutely right, you have to stand as far as you can from your subject in order to get that shallow DOF. So really 35mm adapter is the best to get needed DOF.

Dylan Couper · January 18th, 2009, 04:13 PM

You made one omission in your 35mm "film look"... and that was leaving the 4:3 aspect ratio. A quick letterbox/crop to one of the 35mm ratios would fix that though.

Oliver Pahlow · January 21st, 2009, 01:45 PM

The "soft light" effect in French Wig is a nice touch.

Sergey Stefanovich · January 26th, 2009, 02:14 PM

Thanks Dylan, you are absolutely right - aspect ratio is big part of the "film look". that time when i edited that video i just thought that this video has more of a kind of 1960-1970 look, because of its DV resolution or even earlier and then aspect ratio seemed to be 4by3, at least from what i remember.

Glowing effect in combination with a bit of graining does also make it look more distance from video look.

September 6th, 2008, 01:06 PM	#1
Sergey Stefanovich New Boot Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London Posts: 13	Film look without 35mm adapter Hello everyone, First of all I would like to say how great this forum is, so much can be learnt and discovered here. So I thought to get involve too and as a first post to send a link to couple of my videos that was shot long time ago in SD and where I tried to achieve film look without shooting on film or using 35mm adapter. French Wig on Vimeo Passengers on Vimeo Any questions or comments are welcome.

January 14th, 2009, 05:59 AM	#6
Sergey Stefanovich New Boot Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London Posts: 13	Yes, you absolutely right, you have to stand as far as you can from your subject in order to get that shallow DOF. So really 35mm adapter is the best to get needed DOF. Last edited by Sergey Stefanovich; January 14th, 2009 at 08:17 AM.

January 18th, 2009, 04:13 PM	#7
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	You made one omission in your 35mm "film look"... and that was leaving the 4:3 aspect ratio. A quick letterbox/crop to one of the 35mm ratios would fix that though. __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

November 4th, 2008, 02:49 PM	#3
Tripp Woelfel Trustee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North Conway, NH Posts: 1,745	OK... I'm with Michael on Passengers but French Wig has a very nice look to it. Now share... How'd ya do it.

January 12th, 2009, 06:42 AM	#4
Sergey Stefanovich New Boot Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London Posts: 13	Thank you for you comments and very sorry for such a long time to reply, i just didnt look at this thread for all this time. Look achieved in post by addidng film FX plug in in adobe premier.

January 12th, 2009, 03:13 PM	#5
Jacques E. Bouchard Major Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 442	The biggest advantage of a 35mm adapter is the shallow DOF. I'd like to know a workaroud for that (other than standing 50 feet away). J.

January 21st, 2009, 01:45 PM	#8
Oliver Pahlow Major Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Woodridge Illinois Posts: 237	The "soft light" effect in French Wig is a nice touch.

January 26th, 2009, 02:14 PM	#9
Sergey Stefanovich New Boot Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London Posts: 13	Thanks Dylan, you are absolutely right - aspect ratio is big part of the "film look". that time when i edited that video i just thought that this video has more of a kind of 1960-1970 look, because of its DV resolution or even earlier and then aspect ratio seemed to be 4by3, at least from what i remember. Glowing effect in combination with a bit of graining does also make it look more distance from video look.