You know how if you use your own camcorder, the video will look really clean. But the video from TV shows and such look much different. Is it because they use expensive equipment?
2006-12-22 21:19:27 · 7 answers · asked by Beware of the lamb! 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Camcorders
TV is recorder and produced at 520 lines per inch. Analogue video is around 200 lines per inch - think VHS, 8mm. Your digital camcorder shoots at the same resolution as TV. Therefore you should be able to produce the family picnic to look like "CSI Miami"
The TV producers have 2 things that most of us "wanna be's" dont have:
1. platform - you don't see Speilberg running around shooting with a hand held. TV and films for that matter use support - tripods, stabilizers, tracks, etc. You can emulate some of this very cheaply. A fluid head tripod can be purchased for under $100. If you can spend large a mini Steadicam outfit will run under $1000. And as they say in the Marines "Improvize! Overcome!" A childs wagon can make a poor man's steadicam.
Not having a tripod is the cheapest thing to fix and by far the biggest mistake that photographers and videographers make. They try to hand hold everything. The tripod is your friend. Become one with it.
2. lighting - The TV and film studios have lighting in many forms - lights, reflectors, snoots, barn doors, hoods, umbrellas, etc. They are also very clever about blocking light for dramatic affect. And it seems many TV producers and even photographers are using the "Miami Vice" affect - water - as in hosing down the area to get more reflection from the ground to make more contrast between the shiny and the matte. Lighting is what photography and film/video are all about in the end. Master the light and all else will fall into place.
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2006-12-23 01:53:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They use the highest quality cameras , video cameras and editing tools out there. The highest quality cameras for the general public are High Definition Camcorders that run in the range of 1500-10,000 and up... that in order to buy you have to go through a manufacter directy in most cases.
2006-12-22 21:23:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not really, its not about the camera, but about the film. Most movie studios use 35mm film and that gives it a cleaner picture, then they gloss it up to make look smooth. If you want to upgrade your camera to a movie studio quality camera, then go with a kodac or a panavision. Good luck.
2006-12-22 21:23:29 · answer #3 · answered by Brian N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all the major difference is that movies are shot on film whereas home videos are on cds and cassettes. secondly, you're right. unedited outtakes look like home movies, but a bit better. the editors make the film during the process, they have the developed version, which is much better. i do not know what they do, but editors do it.
2016-05-23 01:24:17 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some of it is shot on film not tape, they have better lenses as well and high resolution electronics. in the end lighting is eveything
2006-12-22 21:20:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
expensive ones..
2006-12-22 21:58:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
im not sure
2006-12-22 21:21:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋