DSLR Video - Intermediate - Film Look on the DSLR

[DesignerLukeFX]

Is it me or is this Andrew Kramers brother?

[M4GICSL3IGHTZ]

What exactly do you mean by a flat pic style... They only have preset pic styles

[kelebew]

did you add sharpness in post?

[Neumannfilms]

@kelebew I honestly don't remember. I don't think so though.

[BODALLY]

Very cool cant wait for the next video cheers

[vladimirtalijan]

The first rule for film look is 180 rule, and that's 1/50 shutter speed at all times .1/200 is a no-no.

[Neumannfilms]

@vladimirtalijan Totally not true. It depends on the scene. Ever seen a Ridley Scott movie? Saving Private Ryan? Faster shutter speeds are taste, not a rule. Sorry. To be precise it's 1/48th to pull off the 180 degree rule too.

[Neumannfilms]

@vladimirtalijan Film is an art and there are no rules in art. No limitations. There are methods and techniques. Knowing them and what they do and why people do them is key. The first key to unique Cinematography is thinking and PRACTICING outside of the box. Trying new things. If no one ever did we wouldn't have the opening scene in Saving Private Ryan. Do I shoot at 1/48th the majority of the time? Yes. Do I have any problem going up when I want a scene to be intense? No.

[ZeDBeE85]

@Neumannfilms so so true.... but in terms of shutter speed, what type of scene or setting would it be appropriate to increase the speed? I know when having 24fps they say one must would the shutter speed to 1/50. what abt for fast moving objects on a road or something, do i increase the shutter speed for those kinda actions. also for like fight scenes whats the best shutter speed to use?

[vladimirtalijan]

@Neumannfilms Off course, but you are trying here to teach beginners how to make a film look, and you have to say "the rule is 180, but I am doing this 1/200 because of....". Vast majority of movies are using that rule, and in this tutorial you're talking like 1/200 is a normal thing. No, it's not, faster shutter speeds are used in action and fast paced scenes, and they are just making oposite of film look. You should be using 1/50 and ND filters for this one.

[Neumannfilms]

@vladimirtalijan Well, I did a Shutter Speed specific tutorial where I talked about this a lot more. I believe in this one I made it clear that "this is just how I like to do it".

[stavafilm]

@vladimirtalijan My rule is not higher than 1/125

[vladimirtalijan]

@stavafilm Same here, 1/125 is a maximum I use in 98% of filming.

[jeremysteam]

Thanks man this is really good!

[mafajardo]

dude, you guys are the best.

I just bought my T2i recently, with the 18-135 mm, 50 mm 1.8, and a 75-300 mm USM

Planning on doing fiction shortfilms and music vids

[NElangbam]

Wow, easily the best tutorial ever. I like it b/c I don't know much about aperture and f stops and all that, but seeing those numbers there with the footage along with the brief explanation in the beginning helped alot. Great job

[kingranch2]

Great video I noticed the first part of the video was raw footage did you get te film look by just editing the video in post?

[rijones93]

Hi there!

Really good video, good explanations of everything and of the features on the camera.

Just wondering which camera dolly you used for the sliding shot? If you post me a link that'd be great

Thanks

Rich

[ViixAMV]

Nice tutorial ^_^ It's really getting me wanting to buy Canon 550D more and more. The only thing that worrys me is that is it a camera worth learning? I'm used to using a Panasonic AG HMC151E and a Sony PD 170 for University and College which seem more industry standard. Is it wrong to learn a diffrent type of camera that I might be using when I get into a filming company? I mainly want to shoot short films and music videos.

[Superfoot]

Well this is great...I did know the CanonT2i shoots 24p and 1080P at that.

[ImmaturityCrewProd]

if your going for the film look, with using 240, doesn't having the shutter speed over 60 start to take away from that smoother look?

[J4zzyG]

iv only just bought the canon 550d, how do you change the settings (shutter speed) for filming?

[Neumannfilms]

@J4zzyG Everything you need to know about camera settings and buttons is in the manual.

[kaintheinsane]

@J4zzyG hold the av button in and scroll to adjust.

[J4zzyG]

@kaintheinsane i figured it out eventually, cheers anyway

[kaintheinsane]

@J4zzyG its kind of difficult if you have never tried a dslr camera before, but am glad you made it.

[Switchbladeinc]

dude great work man you have step my music video game all the way up i just start filming for about 3months now but i have some work i did y/switchbladeinc thanks for the great tutorials

[yoshimannetje]

pro tip: put contrast/saturation as low as possible, you can boost it up in montage, and you've got so much more detail!

[riteshmallik]

very well explained ,..

[bloodblur]

Good , helpful tutorial. Thanks.

[lilrizq]

What is the best sd card to use with the t2i-t3i?

[TheBathroomNightmare]

@lilrizq Just use any class 10 card.

[lilrizq]

@TheBathroomNightmare aight, i'll cop that asap. appreciate that response.

[nimrod513]

Great work, I hope my hostage film will look as good as your film,

[osdiel]

Iam really inspired by this tutorial, you have amazing skills, great work, love the cinematography, it does really look like film. Iam doing my transition into DSLR's and i think this is the cam i will be getting. Thanks a lot for sharing.

[1JadArdat1]

Where is this place?! It's so beautiful! especially that background at 3:40! I'd love to shoot there. Just a question, what lens(es) do you recommend for shooting films? I have the kit lens, a 55-250, a 50 1.8 II, and a 10-20. any other must have lenses that wont make me bankrupt? D:

[milkchurn24]

You sooooo rock! thanks for this

[YababaVideo]

Best tutorials man! Just the best! And you use Sony VEgas! Thinking outside the box! YES! @Nuemannfilms I hope to collaborate with you soon!

[Aristadoe]

Anybody knows what's a good software for editing videos on a mac? Imovie is limited.

[AlexandherFilms]

What do I do to still get a nice crisp look with a fast shutter speed without tripod?

[magicmike96]

how do you go about getting a flat image like you say

[3tjrunner3]

What slider did you use?

[airjet491]

ur a genius

[MikeGrayFilms]

If i'm doing strictly video is it better for me to get the T2i or the 7D?

[dulcinea87]

Nice video :D just one question, I just got the canon 550D, i'm new at making videos with this camera and I wanted to know how you got the effect that we can see at 8:58-8:59 where the focus changes from one face to another I think it's pretty cool :D thanks :D

[wwild2k]

WOW I WILL DEFINITELY CHECK THIS TOMORROW AGAIN!!!! OMG OMG !!! BOUGHT 14.07 THE CAMERA AND I WANT TO RECORD STUFF! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!

[Cuajinice]

Thanks for this tutorial! I just got my T2i and I'm very excited, just need to get more lenses and practice all this stuff !!

[copitocervantes]

great tutorial dude

[marcandmusic]

WHO IS FILMING HIM WHILE HE TALKS TO PETE AND TELLS HIM TO CHECK HIS WATCH?

[MRSRecordsTV]

what lens did u use??

[bakonlicious]

I figured out how to set Iso and f-stop but I am still trying to figure out shutterspeed. Do i want a high speed 1/2000 for movement? Thanks

[jimdevo]

good tutorial but needs more of the hot chick though....

[jimdevo]

got this one favorited. thanks.

[zowex]

As always.. your tutorials are the BEST! Thank you for taking your time to make them. They have helped me alot. I was wondering about the shutterspeed. I have hurd it should alwasy stay at 50 if u use 24 frames video. And also that it should stay the same during all your sciens in your film. Is this recomended from you aswell? I hope to send my videos to film festivals.

[GreenPeasFilms]

hey there, what kind of slider do you use? Are the end pieces custom? Very nice shot around 6:04....

[ImNam95]

Screw it! How can this video have only 9.5k views?! This video helps me A LOT! Great tutorial.. learnt a lot from you.. =) Thanks you.

[sourcekings]

you kept saying f8 on fstop what do u like so much about f8 what feel does it give u?

[ENUF1PRODUCTIONS]

Thank u man. Thank u.

[BXBProductions]

What are the benefits of having zoom lenses - since I'm ONLY going to be using a t2i for films surely I'll only need a prime lens (50mm f1.8). I'll be staging my shots all the time. Someone help me!

[EUREKAPRODUCTION]

good tutorial, thank you..

[linnjones]

Does it autofocus when you film?

[themohawkadmin]

@linnjones No, the t2i can't do that, but for film making you almost always want it manual anyway...

[Oehtaicrag]

I think I love you

[carl33n3]

Oh no! (Or yes...) I was planning on getting the Nikon D5100, but now I want this one because of the video capabilities! The only problem with that is that I won't be able to put the lens on my dad's old nikon film camera :( wah.

Awesome video, though!!

[Droege1001]

Thanks for these tutorials, man. I'm definitely going to be getting a t2i now that I know what it can do. But before I go out and buy one, how bad is the rolling shutter exactly? Because I have noticed that you always have static shots, and in my movies I like to have a lot of handheld. Would this be a problem for me with the t2i?

[Neumannfilms]

@Droege1001 Not if you keep the Shutter Speed at 1/50th, or use a Glidecam, or...if none of those, try to not shake the camera TOO much.

I love fast shutter speed and handheld but it's all about how you move the camera. If it's jarring movements, it's obvious. If Shutter is at 1/1000th you'll notice.

It doesn't stop me from shooting handheld or with Fast Shutter Speeds

[ant1mag3]

sir what memory card did you use every shooting you do? please answer asap

[DiamonDxTyler]

24fps or 30 fps at 1080p? 

[VegasDailies]

Can you get just as good footage with the T2i as the XHA1 ?

[leifthor415]

Great video, well done!

[AliAtusa]

Awesome video. I'm at the NAB in Vegas right now and all the gurus are saying that the shutter speed has to be limited to twice the fps (basically 24p->1/50s) due to the 180 degree shutter translation... but you just demonstrated to me in this movie that they have no idea what they're talking about and that as long as you don't have a lot of fast motion it doesn't make a difference if you shutter speed is at 50 or 250! Put those neutral density filters aways!!! Great job man! Keep 'em coming!

[Chykeria]

Honestly the best tutorial ive ever seen on the t2i : )

[Chykeria]

Thank You so much your great, I've learned a lot, please keep it coming. : )

[elcapitan0426]

and also what are you reffering to by "f stop" ?

[elcapitan0426]

hey man great video and great technique , im just wondering exactly what is the "diffuser/reflector" your talking about ?

[MyNameIsOwain]

Could you please can a tutorial on the export settings use use?

- Compression Type,

- Audio,

- Format,

- Size

[7ormentum]

I agree with you on the lenses :)

[TheMoo1231]

great video Luke, but i really recommend that you upload your video's to vimeo as well, the quality is noticeably better than youtube (they don't use as much compression as youtube does)

[WizzaCOMS]

Thanks so much, absolutely awesome!

[mayalim]

you are really handsome.. :)

[ant1mag3]

guys what mem card will you recommend to me if ill shot hd video from this dslr? thanks

[zARCADEz]

what were ur settings for the flat picture style?

[dothisdothat321]

you have definitely proven me wrong that having slow lenses leads to terrible shots, i mean your reel is amazing, and you claim it was done mostly with the kit lense! The heart of the look really is in the attention to composition and fine tuning color correction. Good job, I hope the industry starts knocking on your door.

[marksest]

I see you ignore the 180 degree shutter rule for the most part. What are your experiences with high shutter speeds and what would you recommend?

[Dod3032]

@marksest I go back and forth. It always depends on content for me. I love high shutter speeds but if you have too much camera movement you get the "rolling shutter" issue. I don't mind going to 1/200th and having small camera movements.

[aronchas]

@marksest

Hi there, Im confused about this rule, it says that if u want that film look you must use a shutter speed of 1/50 if u are filming at 24fps, and 1/60 as fot the 30fps, right? but why using faster shutter speeds?

[marksest]

@aronchas To prevent you from having to close up your aperture, allowing you to get the shallow DOF look if desired.

[EmbarcaderoProd]

Hi There,

It is nice to see that you took this time to go into the process of the Film Look aspect, great work by the way, wow.

I was wondering where you had bought the tiny very usefull dolly/travelling bars, I woudl love to buy this model, as I have been lookign for such since a logn time, as I bought the T3i, and it coudl help a lot.

Hope to hear from you soon, and for your next projects.

[marksest]

Why is it you use such a high f stop most of the time? You never go under f/5.6, even in shots where you don't need a very wide depth of field.

[Dod3032]

@marksest Not a huge fan of the shallow depth of field to begin with...overdone in my mind. Also, a lot of these shots used the Canon 55-250mm IS which doesn't go below 5.6 at certain zooms anyways.

[marksest]

@Dod3032 I see, I'm actually quite surprised you could isolate the subject as well as you could at those high apertures. Was that because of the distance of the background compared to the subject? I currently set up my t2i in a way that all the other settings revolve around keeping the aperture as low as possible, but I think I may start experimenting with higher f stops from now on. Thanks for the great tutorial.

[kyle82374]

very good tutorial

[FarahAffandy]

thank u so much for the tutorial.. it helps a lot :)

[Djdan0731]

Just got the t2i to shoot music videos and short comedy films. Tried out video yesterday for the first time and it looks like I will be scowering the internet for perfect settings to get that "film" look. ha! This will help alot. Thanks!

[JamesCGI]

Just a quick question before I hit the Canon forums, I've noticed that I cannot get an ISO of 100 while in movie mode. I'm new to photography and video work, is this normal? It goes from AUTO to 200 with nothing in between. I'm on firmware 1.0.9 and using the latest Magic Lantern firmware. I'm going to hit the manual/forums now to see if I'm doing something wrong.

[Neumannfilms]

@JamesCGI Sounds like you have "Highlight Tone Priority" on which needs that extra 100 of ISO to function.

[JamesCGI]

@Neumannfilms

Thank you. I actually just found that via a web search and amended my post on a t2i forum, was coming back to post an update here! Cheers!

[NewEraTrackz]

@Neumannfilms What bout if i put picture style in The Neutral Setting ? would that be good or do i have to make my own custom ??

[JamesCGI]

Just a quick question before I hit the Canon forums, I've noticed that I cannot get an ISO of 100 while in movie mode. I'm new to photography and video work, is this normal? It goes from AUTO to 200 with nothing in between. I'm on firmware 1.0.9 and using the latest Magic Lantern firmware. I'm going to hit the manual/forums now to see if I'm doing something wrong.

[HomieG75]

THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT ON THE LENSES!!! You can have great shots even with the 18-55mm lens! I've been telling people that ever since I bought the T2i. You just have to know what you're doing.

[soundbeans]

Why the switch to this new channel? What's the point?

[Neumannfilms]

@soundbeans I want to start doing a lot more tutorials and I thought it would be a good idea to start a new channel that was mostly all about that. 

[raymercado]

@Neumannfilms easy to remember:)

[mikerstudios]

Really useful information, thanks! Do you always shoot on 'Cloudy' white balance when shooting out doors? Even when it's sunny outside? I've been shooting custom, just curious, because that footage looked extremely vibrant and colorful.

[Neumannfilms]

@mikerstudios It depends. Whatever looks the best. My shooting methods have changed so much since this tutorial, I will be basically re doing everything here very soon. All new tutorials and stuff.

[NoclueeR]

loving these tutorials although I don't have a camera xD