Help getting the best Cine-look with the Panasonic AG-DVX100

Let me first start off by saying I'm a total newbie and this kinda of thing!

I bought a NTSC Panasonic AG-DVX100, my aim to create a short film. I selected the Scene F5, which gives me 24p and the supposedly a Cine-look. I recorded some stuff, and played it back on the camera, and to be honest, it looked nothing like a film. What would you folks recommend, I change my settings to on the camera to get the best Cinema Film look? What about Shutter speed? Any advice would be great!

Let me first start off by saying I'm a total newbie and this kinda of thing!

I bought a NTSC Panasonic AG-DVX100, my aim to create a short film. I selected the Scene F5, which gives me 24p and the supposedly a Cine-look. I recorded some stuff, and played it back on the camera, and to be honest, it looked nothing like a film. What would you folks recommend, I change my settings to on the camera to get the best Cinema Film look? What about Shutter speed? Any advice would be great!

In my opinion, field order (interlaced or progressive), gamma, and frame rate only play a small part in giving camcorder footage a "movie look". These can be accomplished more or less in the editing process.

Filming techniques which contribute most to "the look", would be proper lighting (3 point) depth of field, camera angle, and general camera movement (pans, tilts, dollying, trucking). Supporting the camera on a stable fluid head tripod or steadycam type device is vital, unless you're going after the TV reporter/Blair Witch Project look.

Pick out a few movies, but rather than watching the movie, study the camera movements, lighting, angles and how each shot is set up. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.

Have fun!

Thanks very much for the reply.

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As it was highly recommended, I did some reading through the Internet and found that like you've said lighting plays a huge part.

I have myself a steady Tripod a Velbon Stratos, which works great.

I think studying a film like you've said is a great idea, trying to figure out how shots are made and things.

Thanks for your help, and keep it coming!

If I'm not mistaken, you'll need to use editing software to regognize the 24p. You'll only get that movie look once you go through that process.

Let me first start off by saying I'm a total newbie and this kinda of thing!

I bought a NTSC Panasonic AG-DVX100, my aim to create a short film. I selected the Scene F5, which gives me 24p and the supposedly a Cine-look. I recorded some stuff, and played it back on the camera, and to be honest, it looked nothing like a film. What would you folks recommend, I change my settings to on the camera to get the best Cinema Film look? What about Shutter speed? Any advice would be great!


lol iam a newbie too ...i feel that iam following your footsteps lol
good luck man

Let me first start off by saying I'm a total newbie and this kinda of thing!

I bought a NTSC Panasonic AG-DVX100, my aim to create a short film. I selected the Scene F5, which gives me 24p and the supposedly a Cine-look. I recorded some stuff, and played it back on the camera, and to be honest, it looked nothing like a film. What would you folks recommend, I change my settings to on the camera to get the best Cinema Film look? What about Shutter speed? Any advice would be great!

Now that you've had this camera a for some time, how do you like it? Would you recommend it to someone new to filmmaking? I'm new to this level of digital camcorders and looking into buying the dvx100b. I've read some magazine reviews on cameras in this price range and found this to be the most well rounded camera around, but would like to hear from people who owns it. Thanks. -DK