How do I get a cinematic look recording video with my Nikon D5200?

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Xazereth

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Hello all! Thanks very much for opening.

I am a complete noob to the camera world, and I come to you looking for a little advice. I recently bought a Nikon D5200 and have been learning slowly and getting used to the settings.

I have been playing around with trying to capture good looking video, and have been unable to achieve it. I learned that 1/50 shutter speed looks great and I do like it, but I am having trouble with my videos coming out grainy even with low ISO. What are your recommendations? I've seen sample "cinematic" videos of what the D5200 can do and my videos don't come close to that! I play in a band and am aspiring to making a couple music videos for us.

Any advice/tips/information you might have to get me a little closer to those amazing looking sample videos and I will be eternally grateful!


Thanks!

Ben
 
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aroy

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Use a fast prime, F1.8 if you are on a budget and F1.4 if you can afford it. Shoot at F1.8 (or F1.4) to get that background isolation. At these apertures the ISO will be reasonable and grains minimal.
 
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aroy

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Select a high frame rate if the light is good, else shoot at 30 fps. To check what the shutter speed will be, just set the camera on "A", select the fastest aperture, ISO at 100 and shoot a frame in similar light. If the shutter speed is too low, the ISO will be jacked up. Just note that at 30 fps the shutter has to be faster than 1/30 sec and at 60fps faster than 1/60. So if you need low ISO for les noise and a faster frame rate, then you need a fast lens and at times better light.
 
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devnulll

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Well I've been trying to get a cinematic look with my D7100. I figured out that to get the cinematic look first is frame rate. Since movies were filmed at 24 frames per second using that frame rate get's you a good image movement. Second is shutter speed since the frame rate is 24 FPS you can't go lower right. But usually people that have gotten good results say that a good rule is the shutter should be at least twice the frame rate. So if you're shooting at 24fps us shutter 1/50. People also talk about using very fast lenses I tried with my prime 1.8 and get a great result because the dof is so great and you get that cinematic blurred background look and sharp front.
Now the part that has been giving me problems is the color gradient. Whenever I try to use a flat picture profile and use it in not exactly prefect conditions I keep getting banding and excessive noise. So I haven't figured that out yet.
I've read that using a ND filter helps getting a more cinematic look.

So good luck and I hope you share any good insights with us too.
 
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