why did the late 90's music videos look like "Cover girl" commercials and..

[Wacky D]

You know what is really fukked up?
The artist had to eventually pay for those million dollar videos before they seen even a cent of album sales royalties!

don't forget the wardrobes, even if they didn't wear the chit.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

but what kind of cameras were they using back then that can't capture that same quality today?? It's like the HD cams we got today gives it a different look than it was back then... it's been eating at me for a while trying to figure this out

They were using hundred thousand dollar cinema cameras.

Not Canon 5Ds

 

[Kilgore Trout]

The music video im directing/producing will bring back the kind of professionalism we used to see in the 90s/2000s hype williams lil x era.

siki11 by James Ellis, on Flickr

wait on it

 

[C-Styles]

They were using hundred thousand dollar cinema cameras.

Not Canon 5Ds

is there a camera out today that is equivalent to that? would you say the RED camera does that?

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

maybe they're born wit it
maybe it's maybeline

 

[Kilgore Trout]

is there a camera out today that is equivalent to that? would you say the RED camera does that?

Red cameras are great but they dont compare to cinema cameras and lenses.

Some of these cinema lenses go for over 100gs.

These are pretty good too but still expensive.

ARRI Group: ALEXA

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

Red cameras are great but they dont compare to cinema cameras and lenses.

Some of these cinema lenses go for over 100gs.

These are pretty good too but still expensive.

ARRI Group: ALEXA

Is there anything else besides the camera that gives that professional look? Like lighting or something lie that?

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Is there anything else besides the camera that gives that professional look? Like lighting or something lie that?

Good cinematography, post editing, and of course lighting for what look your going for.


The problem is finding people with talent to work for you.

 

[KravenMorehead™]

I think it's the transition from film to digital,

 

[I AM GDN]

Its the cameras, filter, and lighting. Im pretty surw if you searched long and hard enough you could replicate this style by finding vintage cameras from that era on ebay.

They were actually shooting music videos with film and that is why they had that lush look.

Now people are doing vidoes with iPhone and then applying weak ass effects on them.

 

[I AM GDN]

don't forget the wardrobes, even if they didn't wear the chit.

And the dinners that they had with label execs making them feel special.

 

[NvrCMyNut]

97-2001 videos were

especially 99-00

 

[wilburn burchette]

ask the coli what cameras hype williams was using brehs

study the next "too close" video for scholarly purposes brehs

 

[NvrCMyNut]

I think it's the transition from film to digital,

They destroyed Lauryn and gave us Nicki Minaj

Compare this with contemporary so called 'female empowerment' (slut empowerment) songs of today third wave feminism is such a joke.