One way to make sure that your video capture could look like film, is to make everything that could be focused, focused. The depth of the field matters and can really make something look professional. When i say 'depth of field' it means the distance between the closest and furthest thing in the shot. When you have a narrow depth it means that everything behind the chosen subject will appear out of focus. Also, if you have a deep depth this means that nearly everything in the shot will be in focus. If you can manage to, it will look more like film if you narrow focus your subject to be the only thing in focus in the shot.
This is an example of narrow depth. Everything behind the subject is out of focus.
Another thing that can affect how your media looks, is the frame rate. You should always try to aim for 24 frames per second (AT LEAST). This will make it easier to work with and look better when sped up for example.
It is important sometimes to keep off the zoom as thing can often go out of focus, leaving your film look unprofessional. If you want to make it look better, you may be better off getting closer to the actual subject that you want to zoom on.
The last and main thing that is vital to make video look like film is re correcting the colour so that it will look like the human eye sees most things. The main two things that you will be changing is the saturation and contrast. In most video that is made to look like film, they add a little bit more of saturation. From here you will be able to alter the other settings, but really slowly as it will make a big difference.
