Incredibly well said Brandon, its not the tools its the operator is something I hear on the boards quite often. It's not a simple effect you throw on your footage; each scene, even each take could have its own look. If you really want your images to look like "film" define what that is to you (deep blacks, high contrast, flat, washed out, etc) and spend a couple days infront of a color corrected monitor trying to re-create it with a scene you think deserves that look. Or hire a professional colorist, watch over their shoulder, talk with them about what you are trying to create, and watch what aspects of the image they work with to create that look. If they can't pull the look you want they'll tell you why and you can learn from that (i.e. not enough information in the highlights or too wide a range, etc.). re-light, re-shoot, re-try until you get your look. While the digital era has brought on a lot of cut and paste aspects to filming, there is still a reason that there is an entire industry dedicated to the craft of lighting, shooting, grading and editing movies with a "film look" :) Not trying to be rude with the last comment, just saying that as easy as Red and personal computers have made it to create professional looking moving images, there is a reason that there are professionals who's life is dedicated to the honing of their craft, and some things are not just an easy filter and quick export away.Originally Posted by BRANDON JAMESON
