Please have a look at the first 5 seconds of the below video in full 1080p HD repeatedly. Regarding that 1st five seconds with the character walking, I have taken that clip and using After Effects, did different color correction applications and film grain application etc. and still cannot seem to make it look even close to film-like, as a real movie shot. I know it was perhaps filmed with a digital camera and not a film camera, but the clip looks so fake. Even with professional color correction etc. I believe it would still look fake.
What in your opinion makes this 5 second shot look non-film like and looks like an amateur filmed it with an HD camera? There is something with the movement of the character, I don't know how to explain it but watching that clip tells me straight away that it was not from a shot in an actual film, but straight away it tells me that it was shot by an amateur. It is something I see with a lot of videos on youtube and straight away one can tell that it is a cheap amateur shot. I mean, some people post clips online from actual movies and one can tell straight away that those clips came from professional feature films. So, apart from color correction and lighting, what would you say makes this 5 second shot look fake and 'un-film' like? I even believe that with best color correction and better lighting, there would still be something cheap about the look of the film - because motion wise and how the movement flows, it looks cheap.
I hope you understand what I am trying to explain. Thanks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCj8BkfpZU4
What in your opinion makes this 5 second shot look non-film like and looks like an amateur filmed it with an HD camera? There is something with the movement of the character, I don't know how to explain it but watching that clip tells me straight away that it was not from a shot in an actual film, but straight away it tells me that it was shot by an amateur. It is something I see with a lot of videos on youtube and straight away one can tell that it is a cheap amateur shot. I mean, some people post clips online from actual movies and one can tell straight away that those clips came from professional feature films. So, apart from color correction and lighting, what would you say makes this 5 second shot look fake and 'un-film' like? I even believe that with best color correction and better lighting, there would still be something cheap about the look of the film - because motion wise and how the movement flows, it looks cheap.
I hope you understand what I am trying to explain. Thanks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCj8BkfpZU4
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