As a Cinematographer, You Must Ultimately Serve Three Masters
Your Director
The job will ultimately be awarded to you by the director. Yes, of course the pro-
ducer and the studio will have a say so in the matter, but if your director wants
you on the job, the director will get his or her way. Directors have widely varying
styles and interests. I have worked with directors that have little or no interest in
camera placement or lens selection, lighting and composition, and I have worked
with directors that will say “put the camera right here with a 50mm on it and
dolly slowly to over there on this line in ...
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