Make Your Videos Look Cinematic

Who it's for

Creators whose footage looks flat, choppy, or like a home video. Your footage isn't bad because you lack talent or the "right" camera. It looks like a home video because of a small handful of settings that Auto mode gets wrong — and every single one of them is fixable in the next ten minutes. This guide names each cause of the flat, choppy, plasticky look and gives you the exact setting that kills it.

What's inside

• The "Home-Video Look" Is a Settings Problem
• Think in Motion, Not Snapshots
• Frame Rate & the 180° Shutter Rule
• Resolution, Bitrate & Codecs
• Picture Profiles: Standard, Flat & Log
• Aperture & the Cinematic Depth Look
• White Balance & Getting Color Right In-Camera
• Exposure Tools: Zebras, False Color, Histogram & ND
• Composition & Framing for Motion
• The Anti-"Video-Look" Checklist