Having a solid plan of attack before shooting is going to make your life as a cinematographer so much easier. Wouldn’t life be so much easier if we could walk on set and just begin shooting? Director and cinematographer Wong Kar-Wai and Christopher Doyle can improvise many of their shots based on a rough outline that they create the day before. Unfortunately, many of us are not Kar-Wai or Doyle. We don’t have the skills, knowledge, or collaborative relationships to pull off shooting without a plan. Pre-production for a cinematographer is a vital step in filmmaking. It is the foundation that the structure of the film rests on. The cinematographer needs to be prepared for every aspect of creating the film to ensure that the final product is exactly how the director envisioned the film. The cinematographer can organize their ideas by writing them down on a piece of paper, Google Doc, or on Milanote, an easy-to-use visual platform to organize ideas and projects. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 13 August, 2021