Whats a good camera to make a movie with that doesnt look like "home video footage"?

Question

not crazy priced just good for the money. and maybe some editing tips i have and apple comp and my friend was telling me about a program for it? its going to be a simple movie i just want it to look like a real movie you know not that home video footage..

Answer 1

canon gl2 about 2 grand...

Answer 2

The "cinema look" comes from a lot of things... lighting, using a tripod - and pretty much NEVER being handheld, make up, wardrobe, and using a camera recording in "24p". The cheapest camcorder that does that is the Canon HV20 or HV30... then a big jump to the Panasonic DVX100/A/B... then another jump to the Sony HVR-V1U, HVRZ1U, Canon XHA1 and Panasonic HVX200/A...

And don't forget, you will need microphones, too...

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And just so you know, these are the types of cameras used for real movies:

http://www.arri.com/

http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/cat-broadca...

There are lots of others... these cameras are between 10x and 100x more than consumer camcorders. These cameras have LARGE lenses and LARGE imaging chips and many of them do not record audio.

Answer 3

The best camera you can get is the HV20/30 (I recommend the HV20 because it's cheaper). They are pretty much the same exact camera, with the HV30 coming in black instead of silver and it has an option of shooting 30 progressive frames per second. The key to getting the film look is 24fps, and the HV20 and HV30 both offer this, yet both cost less than $800 (HV20 probably costs around $400-$500 on eBay). I'm not going to go into ridiculous detail, but get a wide angle lens for your HV20 and you'll be all set. Then all you have to worry about is shooting well.

http://www.vimeo.com/431500

A more important quality is audio, as this short by the same guy shows (shot on HV20/30 as well). For this, he replaced all of the audio after shooting (basically had actors watch the footage and re-recorded audio while lip synching). This might be difficult, but the best thing that you can do is get a mic as close to the source as possible. If this means replacing the audio later, do it, or if it means sticking a microphone on a boom pole, do that. This is a great tutorial on not just making boom poles but recommending what mic accessories to buy:

http://www.indymogul.com/backyard-fx/pos...

or if you're interested, I'm selling boom pole adapters on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...

Hope this helps!