Even videos shot from 100 years ago with terrible cameras look better. Take these 2 videos for example

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theres something about the lighting and shadows that make the videos shot on iPhones look so shallow i dont understand

basically im tryna find out how to make my iphone videos look nicer

It’s cuz of this thing called ligma

light gamma?

lighting and fps

Compression, F. Stop.

You'll also need a color grading app or what people call LUTS. Jus peep this and enjoy

record a video outside on your phone download adobe premiere download a film preset change fps tp 23 or something boom you the next spike jonze

Nah ligma balls

Not to be harsh but you're also taking your own opinion as fact when it's not. People have different taste and it all depends on who you ask. Not everyone thinks they're going to look nicer.

There's also no replacing film stock. The processing is natural. With a trained eye, digital will always look immoral in a way lol

Filming digital with cine lenses ie grabbing cine lens attachments for your iphone or cameras brings that authentic look to your images.

The glass is where the bread is butter. The stock (film, digital, iphone etc.) is like the lineage but only you the story teller makes a great story.

You are comparing men in full uniform with someone who dress so commonly familiar in an everyday setting this isn't a 1:1 comparison

lots of good advice here. thanks brodies

Lenses plays a big part, also lighting and color grading.

Get good

Framerates play a big part, but rolling shutter is an important factor too, I'm sorry that I don't have the time atm to explain it, but if you google 'rolling shutter' it gives a pretty good explanation of the phenomenon

Maybe something to do with FPS? film cameras are 35mm which gives this movie effect and phone cameras record in mode that reflects reality

Ive seen this actually happen when I shot fast moving objects on my phone. I never knew what to call it until now thansk

Lens/framerate/f stops /post editing/ a***og quality from film /grain and noise.

This is simple to look up

Lighting, FPS, and FOV

The first video would have been shot and displayed at a lower fps which people are accustomed to seeing as more professional (as long as its not too low). 24 fps is standard for the most cinematic look that movies are shot on. So the 1st video might be 24 fps or it could be even lower I'm not sure. A lot of camcorders and I think phones typically default film at 30 fps which has a "television" / cheaper look. I would guess this is the main difference that makes the old video look better.

Some people are saying f stop but I don't think that would make a difference for how professional it looks.

Film vs digital would be another difference, tons of people still prefer film because it still has great resolution and supposedly looks more natural than digital

I think lens focal length could be part of it too. The first video is probably a longer focal length whereas now we're accustomed to seeing so much phone footage with default wide angle short focal lengths that I think it's started to look cheap and unprofessional

Also when people shoot on phones they are usually holding it with their hands, it's not stabilized like a cinema or tv camera

absolutely f***ing terrible

Lmaooo