Need feedback/thoughts on film look

[alvind77]

Hi everyone, I would greatly appreciate if you could check out my a short clip of the film look I have created & provide some feedback (did it look like film to you etc) & also give some areas I could improve in, if possible, post a tutorial as well, I would greatly appreciate it!

Please go easy on me (but not to easy haha), Im only a student with no film experience whatsoever (but looking to go into film), so thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmR5-Sc1p50

 

[Alcove Audio]

What's it supposed to be? All I see is a few seconds out of a window.

 

[alvind77]

Oh, not the clip, as in the colour correction, does it have that film look? Like does it look like film?

 

[RJFort]

Film look

I think you need to look up Depth of Field lots of info on it on youtube.
R.

 

[DeJager]

I think you lost too much (if not all) of the detail when you crushed the blacks.

 

[knightly]

I would do a search here on IT for "film look"... Search is in the upper right of the page, along the quick links bar.

This has been covered many times. It's not just color or image detail... There's so much more involved. Least of which is some cinematic context for the shot you shared. What's happening within it? Right now, it's just a motion picture, it needs context to make it cinema. Physically, there is good color, the highlights are exposed well and there is a semblance of depth once the camera pulls back a bit and moves to make some paralax... but the motion "feels" a bit video-y to me... specifically as if the camera were really light and didn't have the physical presence to create a smoother motion that would have "felt" more filmic. Locking the camera to your upper torso and only moving the upper torso (not the camera at all, just from the waist) could add that weight back and improve the feel of the shot quite a bit.

 

[alvind77]

Alright thanks so much for the advice, I will do more research!