Cinematography

Cinematography (from Greek: Kinema - κίνημα "movement" and graphein - γράφειν "record") is a lighting and camera settings when recording photographic images for the cinema. Cinematography is very closely related to the art of still photography. Many technical difficulties and creative possibilities arise when the camera and elements of the scene are moving.

A cinematographer is the person responsible for all aspects of Visual in making a film. Includes visual interpretation of the scenario, the choice of camera, type of raw materials to be used, lens selection, selection of filters that will be used in front of the lens or in front of the lights, the selection of lamps and lamp types in accordance with the concept of the director and the story in the scenario. A cinematographer also decides motion camera, making the concept of Visual, create inefficiencies floorplan for the shooting. This means that a cinematographer is the person responsible for both technical and non-technical in all aspects fisual in the film.

Cinematographer must support the vision of the director and screenwriter, however, because that will be conveyed to the audience is all the information in the form of Visual corresponding to the director's vision and the vision scenario although in some cases, the director can change the way the story told in the scenario for the beauty that is already a style of the director.

Cinematographer is also head of the department of camera, lighting and grip departments Department for Sinematogrefer that is often referred to as the Director of Photography or abbreviated as DOP.

In perfileman industry, a cinematographer or DOP will be in Bantu by a team from the establishment
• 1st Camera Assistant on duty to accompany and assist all shooting needs ranging from checking tools to prepare for a shot.
• Focus Puller cinematographer assigned to assist in turning the focus ring on the lens so that the subject could continue to follow the camera focus area.
• Camera boy the term is commonly used in the film industry in Hollywood, was a camera assistant in charge of carrying the camera or from the camera tripods preparing to install cameras on the tripods.
• Grip is tasked with ensuring the desired location of the camera as DOP either low or high levels. Grip is also responsible for the movement of the camera means that the department put Grip dolly track etc..
• Gaffer is the term for a responsible person or department head lighting. Together DOP, Gaffer will discuss color, type and style of light bulb lighting it.
• Lightingman are people who work in the lighting department set up the lights according to the Gaffer and willingness hubcap orders.

Since the film is a work team (Team Work), it is important for a cinematographer or DOP to have a team that can work together as a team with him. This means do not work individually.

A good cinematographer must also be familiar with or understand the tools that will be used in the making of a film. Because the camera is only "a tool" or tools only, the other as a tool as well as a cinematographer that we move all science and knowledge through the camera. This means that the camera must follow the will of us who have a vision of the director and the vision of the story or scenario.

To understand the camera we had to read the book prtunjuk of any camera that will be used for each camera industry has its own tekhnologinya. In principle, all the same camera is just a tool and we realize that the picture according to what you want, but it would be nice if the user already understands the camera is technically in the instructions in the book (manual book).

At the present time the camera broadly divided into three types of views from the use of raw materials. That is:
1. Motion Picture Camera or camera raw celluloid with a good 35 mm/16mm. Example cameras: ARRIFLEX 435 Xtreme - 35 mm camera
2. Video Camera or camera with raw video tape. Example cameras: Sony HDV Video Camcorder
3. Digital camera or digital camera with raw materials / tapeless. Usually use CF card or SD card can also be a disc such as a DVD. Example cameras: Sony EX3 - Digital Camcorder Design cinematographic