Tools to get rid of that video look?

[Mike Velte]

Brightness and contrast is a pretty weak and limited tool.
Understanding the features of the 3 Way Color Corrector can give you a lot more control of the look of video.

[Ann Bens]

Premiere is somewhat limited.
Have a look at Red Giant’s Magic Bullet Looks.

[Bob Dix]

In camera is the best way to go.Less strain on computer in rendering etc.I am an old projectionist , do you realy want to degrade the High Definition look. Movie film is still the best way to go only if the film is in sharp focus and the light is right. I am not impressed with the latest offering of digital projection on 100 foot screens in Australia, the colour is not as good as film(according to the chief projectionist & I agree)

The film look is achieved by using Standard Digital dowgrading in Premiere Pro , ie. to DVD not Blu -Ray or Export to Tape in 720 x 576
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You may not agree with this but,motion picture projection was cleaner, brighter and sharper than it is to-day, you want to get to this not the poor projection work of to-days cinemas?????????

[Bob Dix]

I should have added Standard Digital in 16:9 Widescreen if that is where your passion is? I prefer the the look of old movies on a High Definition Sony 46″ than going to the cinema.It does look like the movie look.
Technically you can produce a better product in Premiere Pro than many of the professional movie makers of to-day, most times a movie shown on a High definition Monitor is superior to the showing of the same film at a cinema ie, sharper, brighter, more colourful and with perfect sound and nobody eating popcorn ?

It is a matter of perception but, the film look of to-day in the multiplex cinemas does not match the majority of single projection cinemas of say 15 years ago ????? one projectionist of 6 screens running off platters is no match to the single projectionists of the past.https://www.vtpcorp.com/htm/vidfilm.htm Check this out>>>

[Alan Lloyd]

Good lighting, good sound, avoidance of excessive zooming and panning, careful composition, careful construction of sequences in camera – did I leave anything out?

Oh yes, avoiding the use of un-necessary effects.

Fix it in preproduction and production.

A film look is about devotion to the craft, video looks slammed together.

Probably not what you wanted as a response. An editing program is a tool, and can be used well or badly, in the service of good or…not-so-good content.

[Bob Dix]

I agree with you, but for some reason degrading HD video does not seem trhe way to go !

Ps. It is more a criticism of cinemas than actual production

[David Hoke]

I was only looking for post production suggestions. I will check out the color correcter and magic bullet.

Thanks!

[Scott Roberts]

Content is king, as posted earlier – cinematic control of the camera. Color grading, noise, 24fps, those will help. But having the right camera moves will help too.

https://www.youtube.com/graphicsdump
https://www.myr3d.com

[David Hoke]

I went and looked at my original post and I saw that I probably wasn’t clear enough. I am editing video that someone else shot. I can only control at this point what I am doing in post production. So your camera tips and what not are appreciated, but I was not asking in generalities about this. I specifically need info on post production.

Also, I wasn’t clear on what I mean by “video” look. I specifically mean that look that is just too clean, sharp, and fake looking. It absolutely has no texture, and by texture, I am not refering to lighting. It is that look that is just too, too smooth. I was at Best Buy one day and they were playing U571 on Bluray on this large HDTV and it had the same fake look that I am talking about.

On anything I have shot, I can always knock it out with some color correction. But this was just not going to work here.

I did render it at 24 and that seems to have done the trick.

Anywho, many thanks for all that have responded. Sorry I wasn’t clear on what I was looking for. Again, I’m a newb here.

Thanks!