What effect does photography have on the crew?

Usually, photographers accept or participate in a project because of the recommendation of producers or directors. For many great directors, they usually have fixed co-photographers, such as Hitchcock and robert burke, quentin tarantino and robert richardson, Wong Kar-wai and Du Kefeng, or Hirokazu Koreeda and Mikiya Takimoto.

Generally speaking, a cinematographer (DP) should participate in the film project as early as possible, and discuss and decide the overall style and tone of the film with the staff in the pre-production and preparation stage. When the theme is determined, the photographer begins to grasp the shooting direction of the film as a whole, and coordinate the required equipment, how to light and other details.

Story edition

Although a cinematographer does not need a hand-painted story version, he needs to study the movie script carefully and painstakingly, and then visually reproduce every scene and every shot (the script story is visualized as a hand-painted story version). The story version, together with all the shooting lists (plans), will gradually show the whole picture of the film, which is convenient for directors and producers to make the cycle and plan of the whole film shooting.

Shooting equipment

Choosing the right shooting equipment is another important link to establish the unified style of the film, and it is also related to the choice of shooting equipment and lenses for various scenes of the film. For example, make a preliminary decision whether to shoot a movie with digital or film, and then consider what kind of shooting effect these two different shooting forms will bring. With the determination of shooting equipment, the photographer will begin to prepare a series of shooting equipment, such as lens group, to ensure the best picture. We mentioned the photographer's initial choice of digital and film in the behind-the-scenes shooting of Game of Thrones.

Lighting/lighting

From a lighting director to the whole lighting/lighting team, the photographer needs to communicate with almost every staff member about the lighting effect and scene effect he wants. The placement, construction and setting of lighting equipment (when and where it needs to appear) need to be carefully arranged, and every detail needs to be meticulous. An excellent photographer's grasp of light is like a painter's interpretation of the art of light. They all express scenes and tell stories through light (light and shade, soft and hard), but photographers do it through lighting equipment, while painters do it with brushes.

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After all the above work is confirmed, the photographer can take the work team together to start shooting, choose the appropriate shooting angle and shooting site, and ensure the shooting effect that the photographer wants. Generally speaking, composition and seating arrangement are the most time-consuming, and also require special and meticulous work (pay attention to every detail).

Sports shooting

Action shooting makes lighting and framing more complicated, and many scenes or shots need action shooting to express the atmosphere and attract the attention of the audience. The basic types of action shooting are pushing, pulling, shaking, moving, following (following) and shaking (also a kind of shaking). We can achieve this effect of lens movement by the photographer's lifting, rotating and shaking (or a combination of several ways). To complete this series of work perfectly, the photography team and lighting team need a high degree of cooperation.

Once the pre-production and on-site shooting are completed, the photographer will also participate in the post-production of the film. Although not directly involved in film narrative editing, photographers usually cooperate with colorists and editors to further adjust and improve the visual theme and film background.