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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STORYBOARDING

Remember the days when you could sit back and enjoy a good comic book?

Today, it seems every movie company is reviewing the latest graphic novels and using them as storyboards to turn them into major motion pictures.

When you scan the pages of the graphic novel or comic, the action plays out in your mind. In the film and video world, black text on white pages is the script, and the graphic novels are storyboards.

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