The Cinematographer's Voice : Insights Into the World of Visual Storytelling

The Cinematographer's Voice is a unique exploration of contemporary filmmaking and cinematography. The distillation of more than one-hundred interviews with cinematographers from around the world, and the product of a decade's worth of scholarship, the book is not only a collection of interviews with some of the world's leading cinematographers, but also a panoramic sweep of what image-making means in the era of digital cinema. Frequently, cinematography may seem intimidating as a discipline, the preserve solely of practitioners who have learned, through years of exposure to photographic technology, both the required jargon and background knowledge to comfortably engage with an often-technical field. In our present era of film studies, this is no longer the case. The interviews collected here are informative not only on matters of technique, but also on the ways in which practitioners formulate their methodologies, work with directors, and engage with the many logistical hurdles of visual storytelling. The result is an oral history of the past forty years of filmmaking and the cinematography it has produced.ISBN : 9781438486413

The Cinematographer's Voice is a unique exploration of contemporary filmmaking and cinematography. The distillation of more than one-hundred interviews with cinematographers from around the world, and the product of a decade's worth of scholarship, the book is not only a collection of interviews with some of the world's leading cinematographers, but also a panoramic sweep of what image-making means in the era of digital cinema. Frequently, cinematography may seem intimidating as a discipline, the preserve solely of practitioners who have learned, through years of exposure to photographic technology, both the required jargon and background knowledge to comfortably engage with an often-technical field. In our present era of film studies, this is no longer the case. The interviews collected here are informative not only on matters of technique, but also on the ways in which practitioners formulate their methodologies, work with directors, and engage with the many logistical hurdles of visual storytelling. The result is an oral history of the past forty years of filmmaking and the cinematography it has produced.

Contents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Who Claims Authorship of the Image? How Does a Cinematographer Evolve? What Are the New Challenges Cinematographers Face in a Changing Production and Media Landscape? Methodology Points of Connection Collaboration Bibliography Peter Suschitzky Notes Agnès Godard Dean Cundey Notes Rodrigo Prieto Notes Bibliography Mauro Fiore Notes Peter Deming Notes Bibliography Dion Beebe Christopher Doyle John Mathieson Notes Luciano Tovoli Rajiv Menon Notes Russell Carpenter Notes Martin Ruhe Notes Javier Aguirresarobe Claudio Miranda Notes Seamus McGarvey Notes John de Borman Affonso Beato Ellen Kuras Notes Uta Briesewitz Notes Roberto Schaefer John Seale Anthony Dod Mantle Index