Every time I start a lower budget movie, I can instantly sense it in the sounds and video that everything just seems more “raw” like it was filmed on an iPhone or something. How come big budget movies don’t generally seem like this, a ton of post processing? Why can’t low budget folks do this?
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Some of the big differences that are really hard to hide are good quality lighting and sound, a ‘cinema’ quality camera, and post-production processes that smooth the sound and picture quality (grading and mixing).
New tech is closing the gap between low and mid-range budgets as long as you have the know-how.
That said, low budget productions are also inclined to lean into the lofi aesthetic, especially if they’re making a genre film.
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