Create CINEMATIC Films – A Deep Dive into how you can create Movie Magic yourself

How can YOU create cinematic films?!
We distilled a decade of experience into 2 hours of super condensed information. What is important and what is not, where should you invest your time and money, and we deal with misconception.

We explain the basics, evaluate cameras & lenses, talk about acting, directing, art direction, choosing locations, costumes, props, lighting, composition, staging, and post with examples and advice.

Did we arrive at a point where the camera is neglectable?
We are going deeper into technical qualities like resolution, dynamic range,
and of course we go into the relevance of lenses… anamorphic, vintage, spherical… cheap and legendary… we are going to pitch kit lenses against vintage and cine lenses. Can you tell the difference or is the lens choice largely irrelevant to an cinematic image.

We also included a tutorial on how to emulate film looks and how we created our Silence of the Lambs spoof "Breaking The Silence"
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There is a nice article about this episode on CineD.com
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High Frame Rate Examples (120fps@60fps)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
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SHOOTOUT

Here are the camera and lens combos:

01 Alexa | 35mm DZO Arles
02 Mavo | 35mm Canon FD Concave
03 Lumix | 50mm DZO Arles
04 Alexa | 75mm DZO Pavo 2x Anamorphic
05 Alexa | 15mm Contax Zeiss
06 Lumix | 20–60mm Lumix Kit Zoom
07 Mavo | 35mm DZO Arles
08 Alexa | 55mm Canon FD Aspherical
09 Mavo | 50mm DZO Arles
10 Mavo | 15mm Contax Zeiss
11 Alexa | 50mm DZO Arles
12 Mavo | 55mm Canon FD Aspherical
13 Alexa | 35mm Canon FD Concave
14 Lumix | 55mm Canon FD Aspherical
15 Mavo (s35 mode) | 75mm DZO Pavo 2x Anamorphic

All combos have been shot around f/4 and 800 ISO in the best internal codec of each camera:

Alexa: 3.4K OpenGate | ArriRAW
Mavo: 6K FF Open Gate | ProRes 4444XQ | 4:4:4
Lumix: 6K FF Open Gate | h265 | 4:2:0

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Movie scenes in the intro (in order of appearance): Cinema Paradiso (1988), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), American Beauty (1999), Blade Runner (1982), Delicatessen (1999), Brazil (1985), Dreams (1990), The Neon Demon (2016), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Blade Runner (2017), Dune Part Two (2024), The Neon Demon (2016), Hail Caesar (2016), The Matrix (1999), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Inception (2010), Shutter Island (2010), The Wizard of Oz (1939), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

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00:00 - Intro & Contents
03:43 - Breaking the Silence Spoof
06:25 - What is cinematic

PART I - THE BASICS
08:06 - About the story
09:59 - Frame Rate & Morion Blur
14:18 - Your Image is to Sharp

PART II - THE GEAR
16:22 - The History of Cine Cameras
24:29 - The Format
26:49 - Resolution
29:25 - Dynamic Range
35:28 - Cine Lenses
43:02 - The Shootout

PART III - In Front of the Camera
55:59 - Directing
1:04:53 - Art Direction
1:07:25 - Location
1:10:21 - Costumes, Props & Make Up
1:14:46 - Lighting
1:26:12 - Composition & Staging

PART IV - The Post
1:35:12 - The Look of Movies
1:38:29 - Film Emulation
1:43:31 - Tutorial

1:59:34 - A Recipe
2:02:54 - The Division Salutes Partners & Members

Create CINEMATIC Films – A Deep Dive into how you can create Movie Magic yourself