Transcript The Shot: Cinematography

The Shot: Cinematography
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The shot does not exist until patterns are inscribed on the film strip
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Filmmaker controls Cinematographic qualities– what is filmed and how it’s filmed
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“HOW” : 1) photographic aspects 2) framing 3) Duration
The Photographic Image
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Cinematography: “writing in movement”
Depends heavily on photography (writing in light)
Everything set up and what and what they may do to it otherwise (scrathes, etc.)
Filmmaker selects range of tonalities, manipulates speed of motion, transform
perspective
Range of Tonalities