SECRET to the Cinematic Look 🎥🎬 How Hollywood Does it

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  @GawxArt · 3 years ago

  ayyyy I really appreciate the shoutout! Great work with this vid, absolutely loved it!

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  @themikereda · 3 years ago

  I think 85% of what makes a Hollywood movie look cinematic is the location and production design. If you have a great location with planned and thought-out colors, furniture, practical lighting, etc., you can film it on an iPhone and it will look cinematic.

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  @oh...hi. · 3 years ago

  On colors: I always love a good hard rule, so here’s one that can be helpful for making shots look visually striking and beautiful. The 60 30 10 rule. 60% of the shot is a main color, usually the background. 30% is a secondary color, typically a secondary background color or a character. 10% is a highlight color, often used for objects of importance or characters in wide shots. Want about a million perfect examples of this? Watch 2001 A Space Oddyssey.

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  @northcoaststudios · 3 years ago

  After 17 years of &quot;part time&quot; filmmaking, I&apos;ve learned &quot;CINEMATIC&quot; is all about the lighting. Even if you&apos;ve got the most incredible location ever....if it is not lit in the magical Cinematic way, it&apos;s crap. I&apos;ve learned to light from the side or the back, and then bring in the fill that&apos;s needed to keep the face from being lost in dark. I&apos;ve also learned to alternate layers of light behind the talent to create depth, and to not forget to light that layer that is the farthest away from the camera. All light needs to be motivated by the environment, meaning there should be a reason for the light, whenever possible. Motivation can even be an imaginary window in another room that &quot;allows&quot; light to fall into the room where you are shooting your character. It&apos;s taken me a long time to learn this, and to push back a lot of techniques that have been bantered about here on YouTube, because those techniques are NOT how to get cinematic lighting. For years we were steered in the wrong direction. I think it was on purpose in order to keep competition down and out of their &quot;territory.&quot; <br><br>One more thing....I prefer to shoot indoor &quot;daytime&quot; scenes at night. Blasting my own lights through the windows keeps all the shadows and light beams in THE SAME PLACE for the whole shoot. Otherwise, depending on natural light will cause the shadows and look of the room to change from the beginning of the scene to the end of the scene, and the audience can tell it took an hour to shoot this 2 minute scene. <br><br>Keep analyzing big budget films, and keep shooting with what you discover. Experiment as well.

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  @hime1269 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Here is the formula for low bugdet cinematics;<br><br>Canon EOS M + Vintage Soviet Lens + Magic Lantern + MLVapp + Da Vinci + a Little bit Creative Eye = Voilà !

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  @nicholasboule5134 · 3 years ago

  This &quot;secret&quot; has always been there for those who look. Many people say they want to be filmmakers but don&apos;t put in the time to actually study the techniques. Good on you for keeping your knowledge up. Never stop learning and pushing new techniques.

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  @arefxp · 2 years ago

  I have worked in movies, tv commercials, web commercials and tv drama. If one thing that represents the difference between pro and amateur is &quot;Storytelling&quot;. Its the director and cinematographer that tells the story in a cinematic way. <br><br>After that there comes production design, costume, makeup, acting, lighting, location etc.<br><br>The difference between professional vs newbie is experience. For any wannabe filmmaker i suggest to shoot as much as possible to gather experience to improve your craft.<br><br>Steven Spielberg said, his suggestion for newcomer is &quot;Learn your craft&quot; and James Cameron said, &quot;Start shooting&quot;.

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  @johnprudent3216 · 3 years ago

  I’m actually kinda glad you called out the overuse of the word, “cinematic.” <br>I’m a videographer by trade and I feel like I’m always trying to learn. Thanks for helping me learn something through your experimentation.

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  @cristilica1 · 1 year ago

  Video starts at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8lG040VsnM&amp;t=180">3:00</a>

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  @scottrgarland · 3 years ago

  Another huge thing I learned from that Danny Gevirtz video was keeping the main light source behind the person. You always want to light your subject and shoot on the dark side of someones face. I&apos;ve been working at a video production company for almost 3 years now and youtube has helped me more than being on set has. Depth makes things more interesting and proper lighting makes things more cinematic.

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  @ahmermirza · 1 month ago

  That first explanation related to the &quot;cinematic&quot; look was so hammer on nail bro 🔥🔥contrast creates depth... a key element that separates Hollywood from the rest.

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  @JonEnge · 2 years ago

  This is great. The big lesson here is light control. Your flags are every bit as important as your lights. Great job with the cardboard! Often the lights on set are super bright so the background can get dark enough and you can get that crisp contrast. You&apos;re killin&apos; it here. Keep on rockin&apos;!

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