Want Cinematic? Forget about the Camera and Lens. Cinema cameras are not what you should be focusing on for filmmaking and good cinematographers know this. The big movie-look Youtubers so badly want to emulate has nothing to do with anamorphic lenses, shooting RAW, at 120fps, f1.2 or f1.4 blurry backgrounds with soft bokeh or gimbal stabilization or color grading with LUTs with high dynamic range. No. What makes things look cinematic is what goes IN FRONT of the camera and a big part of that is the Lighting, and we are not talking about RGB lights here! Nosiree Bob. This video is about what goes in front of the lights- namely the myriad of diffusion choices used by big movie gaffers, grips, DP and lighting departments. Good photography and video is SO much more than just using a softbox.
