Creating that 35mm look using a digital camcorder

[Sternocera]

hi,
I intend to shoot a film soon using a digital camcorder and adobe premiere 5.0 . Then I'll burn it on to DVD using dvdit! PE version 2.0. I need to create that 35mm look and feel without actually shooting on 35mm. Can anyone suggest a way I can do this and do it cheap?

thanks
Sternocera

[machead]

"MagicBullit"
This was a very expensive post production effect. Now available on your computer as a filter(Adobe after effects/MAC ONLY at the moment) The origional footage has to be shot on HDTV (High definition).

Your probably shooting MiniDV like the rest of us mortals, in which case if you want your movie to look like 35mm film I'd recomend shooting 35mm film.
Alternatively you could buy a filter or two for Adobe After effcts called Cinelook and turn your MiniDV film project into a 1970's style Skin flick(nice)

[miker]

today's video will never look like 35mm, mainly because you can't hold it up to the light and see individual frames.

but frames is the key. work in frames, not fields, and you'll be half way there. the other half involves depth of field which is another big topic.

do a search on this forum, this question has come up soooooooooooo many times!

[skysandstars]

so are you telling me that this filter for premire after effects can give digital video a grany 70's documentary look?ex. are buffalo'66 film,the royal tenenbaums,and the original shaft...also,how much does it run...i did research,but they never go to how much it runs

[webgritz]

one word... mini-35 adapter. it'll do the job, smack it on your camera lens and shoot. of course, $6,000 US is the price you have to pay, but hey, better than spending hundreds of thousands.

[tymon]

A film called The Last Broadcast was all filmed with DV, if you get the DVD of the movie they tell you how they created the 35mm look shooting on DV, dunno, it might help!

[steven_craig]

here are some suggestions

(1) make sure your subject matter is well lit and slap a couple of 1/4 neutral density filters on the front - forcing you to open up the apature and thus reducing depth of field

(2) add a 1/4 pro mist filter to take the sharp video edge off the image

(3) shoot AND EDIT in 16:9, fine it takes an age to render but it suggests to the audience that it was transferred from film to video

(4) try shooting with increaced gain

(5) try shooting with a reduced fram rate - there are various ways to do this on different cameras

(6) knock the focus slightly off, so it looks like you are pulling focus

(7) dont give a sh?t and concentrate more on the content of the movie

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ November 15, 2002 05:48 PM: Message edited by: steven_craig ]</font>

[SouthWalesFilmClub]

Light the scene the best you can - even 35mm can look awful when lit poorly. Also, consider that new adapter and matt box from optex and renting some Panavision lenses.