Choosing Your DP / Cinematographer

The DP's job is to deliver excellent and cost­-effective shots.

It's the director's job to consider these shots as part of a whole. No matter how beautiful or stunning the shot, in editing the director evaluates whether it will fit into the overall vision.

There is a unique relationship between the director and cinematographer and this article attempts to codify the most effective language for these two positions. To demonstrate the esteem in which most directors hold their DPs, the "director of photography" is the only job title in the business where someone other than the film's overall "director" is allowed to be called a "director of" something.

You must choose your DP wisely. If you do, you can achieve a creative partnership that approaches the level of intimacy and shared vision of a fine marriage.

READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE by Eric Sherman - http://www.moviemaker.com/editing/article/casting_your_cinematographer_3317/

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ONES and ZEROES: The Future of Video

In the future, most of your video work will be stored on bits of ones and zeros.

What you do with that bittage WHEN YOU STORE IT will determine how you'll find it later.

READ MORE by Robert G. Nulph, Ph.D. -
http://www.videomaker.com/article/14289/?utm_source=enews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=enews2008_12_3

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WHAT DOES A PRODUCER DO?

What exactly does a Producer do?

Are they just a means to finding the money? Or is the art of the Producer something much more intrinsic to the creative development of a cinematic project? This episode of Motion Sketches explores the role of the Producer in both creative and practical terms and delves into the nuts and bolts of production in the quickly evolving landscape of digital cinema.