whats a good camera to make a movie with that doesnt look like “home video footage”?

Question by zach p: whats a good camera to make a movie with that doesnt look like “home video footage”?
not crazy priced just good for the money. and maybe some editing tips i have and apple comp and my friend was telling me about a program for it? its going to be a simple movie i just want it to look like a real movie you know not that home video footage..

Best answer:

Answer by Nu’uanu
The “cinema look” comes from a lot of things… lighting, using a tripod – and pretty much NEVER being handheld, make up, wardrobe, and using a camera recording in “24p”. The cheapest camcorder that does that is the Canon HV20 or HV30… then a big jump to the Panasonic DVX100/A/B… then another jump to the Sony HVR-V1U, HVRZ1U, Canon XHA1 and Panasonic HVX200/A…

And don’t forget, you will need microphones, too…

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And just so you know, these are the types of cameras used for real movies:
http://www.arri.com/
http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/cat-broadcastcameras/cat-cinealta/
There are lots of others… these cameras are between 10x and 100x more than consumer camcorders. These cameras have LARGE lenses and LARGE imaging chips and many of them do not record audio.

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