Hello,

I am just wondering, i've been curious about this for a while. How do you give video that movie effect? Like you watch a movie in a theater and it looks like a movie. How do you make it so that video you shoot looks like a movie? Is it the camera? or is it in the editing stage?

If it's a camera, then it's probably really expensive. Is there any way around that? Is there like a certain effect you can do it with?

I have Adobe Premiere CS3, along with after effects, an another program called Magix Movie edit pro.

Thank you
mdpicard

Aside from "how do I get a light sabre effect", this is probably the most asked question in videomaking.
The short answer is if you want a movie to look like it's shot on film - shoot it on film.
The slightly longer answer (and this is not from experience only from what I've read) is shoot it as if you were shooting on film. Lighting is crucial. You need to be able to get the shallow depth of field associated with 35mm/70mm cameras (not achievable on cheaper cameras). You can do a little in post with colour correction and other effects. Video camera manufacturers will make a big deal ouyt of being able to shoot "24fps progressive for that movie look" (cine cameras shoot 24 frames per second and are by their nature "progressive" rather than the interlaced of SD or some HD video) but this is only a small part of the jigsaw.
Google "making video look like movie/film" and you'll find thousands of pages.
Good luck

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Tim

To ad to what Tim says, I think 24p is the least important factor - I think 24p looks rubbish, jerky pans and movement. The future in the cinema is 50p - 24p was never chosen as 'the best' just what was achievable and affordable.

Far more important is a good script / story / acting / make up/ locations / acting / lighting / costume / lighting / sound / camera movement / clourisation / editing / music / sfx / and onand on...

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24p is a gimick aimed at the US market. Most UK film is shot on 25fps and 25p video was "in" for a while as a "film" look but is slowly dropping out of fashion.

There are gazillions of tips for giving video that "movie" look, there isn't a "quick fix" easy solution. In essence you're asking "how can I paint with watercolours but make it look like oil?". (Also possible but why not just use the advantages of the medium you select?)