The Cinematographer Style (2006)

 Directed by: Jon Fauer
 
“The Cinematographer’s Style” is a documentary film made up interviews with 110 influential and prominent Cinematographers in the world written and directed by Jon Fauer. The men and women practitioners passionately talked about the craft, discussing the aesthetics and effectiveness of lights through composition, movement, emotion and mood that we usually see in the film. The film was organized within a few broad themes the Style, Lighting and Technology. Style - how these people became a cinematographer whether it was through experiences, inspiration, other field or engaging an artistic aspiration. Some speakers quoted these “Visual Psychiatrist is like a painting pictures on the dark”, “each film must have own style” and “the best lighting is without a light”. The use of “light - switch on one at a time like a brush stroke until you see the pictures”, “shadows are more important than the light” and “precision lighting is very important as well as the focused with your subject”. Unfortunately I cannot identify who were those speakers because most of them does not have identifications or names during their interviews.

The technology now, cameras are getting smaller that you can put them anywhere and much more versatile, whereas before they are physically big.

During the interview, cinematographers always employ the rule of thirds, light positioning and depth of field was well composed.

References:

Variety (2011) The Cinematographer Style [Online] Available at  <http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117931001/> [Accessed 23 May 2011]

Documentary Film (2011) The Cinematographer Style [Online] Available at <http://www.documentaryfilms.net/index.php/cinematographer-style/> [Accessed 23 May 2011]