CLASSROOM: Four Tips to Avoid the Dreaded “Video Look” of Your Footage1 min read
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Cinematic, more cinematic! That’s the war cry of most of the filmmakers out there. We all are well aware of the dreaded nightmare, the “Video Look”, the “Soap Opera effect”… Call it as you may, but we all know what we are talking about here.
It’s not an easy task to describe it, cinematographers too sometimes lack words to describe it, but we know for sure that even Tom Cruise can’t stand the thing! But how can we avoid those fluid, sharp and crystal clear fake looking shots? Indian filmmaker Sareeh Sudhakaran has some suggestions on the matter.
We should first debunk a myth. Video look does not depend on the camera you’re shooting with. Or at least, it does not depend only on that. It is possible to create video-ish images with high-end cine cameras such as REDs or Cinealtas. There are however some small attentions that can get you a long way, and we’ve summed up the main four.
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