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The cinematographer is responsible for the technical and artistic visual aspects of a film under the director's vision. As the head of the camera, grip, and lighting crews, cinematographers are also called directors of photography. Cinematography involves more than just recording - it is a creative process that shapes the overall look and feel of the film. It requires technical skills as well as managing personnel. Formal education in filmmaking can help cinematographers gain the necessary in-depth knowledge.

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The cinematographer is responsible for the technical and artistic visual aspects of a film under the director's vision. As the head of the camera, grip, and lighting crews, cinematographers are also called directors of photography. Cinematography involves more than just recording - it is a creative process that shapes the overall look and feel of the film. It requires technical skills as well as managing personnel. Formal education in filmmaking can help cinematographers gain the necessary in-depth knowledge.

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In the film industry, the cinematographer is responsible for the technical aspects of the images

(lighting, lens choices, composition, exposure, filtration, film selection), but works closely with the
director to ensure that the artistic aesthetics are supporting the director's vision of the story being
told. The cinematographers are the heads of the camera, grip and lighting crew on a set, and for this
reason, they are often called directors of photography or DPs. The American Society of
Cinematographers defines cinematography as a creative and interpretive process that culminates in
the authorship of an original work of art rather than the simple recording of a physical event.
Cinematography is not a subcategory of photography. Rather, photography is but one craft that the
cinematographer uses in addition to other physical, organizational, managerial, interpretive. and
image-manipulating techniques to effect one coherent process.[25] In British tradition, if the DOP
actually operates the camera him/herself they are called the cinematographer. On smaller
productions, it is common for one person to perform all these functions alone. The career
progression usually involves climbing up the ladder from seconding, firsting, eventually to operating
the camera.
Directors of photography make many creative and interpretive decisions during the course of their
work, from pre-production to post-production, all of which affect the overall feel and look of the
motion picture. Many of these decisions are similar to what a photographer needs to note when
taking a picture: the cinematographer controls the film choice itself (from a range of available stocks
with varying sensitivities to light and color), the selection of lens focal lengths, aperture exposure and
focus. Cinematography, however, has a temporal aspect (see persistence of vision), unlike still
photography, which is purely a single still image. It is also bulkier and more strenuous to deal with
movie cameras, and it involves a more complex array of choices. As such a cinematographer often
needs to work cooperatively with more people than does a photographer, who could frequently
function as a single person. As a result, the cinematographer's job also includes personnel
management and logistical organization. Given the in-depth knowledge, a cinematographer requires
not only of his or her own craft but also that of other personnel, formal tuition in analogue or digital
filmmaking can be advantageous.[26]

See also[edit]

 Film portal

 3-D film
 Academy Award for Best Cinematography
 Cinematographer
 Cinematography Mailing List, a communication forum for cinematographers
 Digital cinema
 Fictional film
 Film crew
 Filmmaking
 Filmmaking technique of Kurosawa
 Film theory
 Films about cinematography:
o Visions of Light (1992)
o Cinematographer Style (2006)
 Glossary of motion picture terms
 History of cinema
 List of film formats
 List of film techniques
 List of motion picture-related topics (extensive alphabetical listing and glossary).
 List of cinema of the world
 List of video-related topics
 Outline of film
 Photographic film
 Special effect
 Videography

References[edit]

1. ^ Spencer, D A (1973). The Focal Dictionary of Photographic Technologies. Focal Press.


p. 454.  ISBN  978-0133227192.
2. ^ Ronalds, B.F. (2016).  Sir Francis Ronalds: Father of the Electric Telegraph. London: Imperial
College Press.  ISBN  978-1-78326-917-4.

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