Different Roles Within The Group

cin·e·ma·tog·ra·pher

  (sĭn′ə-mə-tŏg′rə-fər)

n.

A movie photographer, especially one who is in charge of the camera and lighting crews on aproduction.

The Cinematographer

I was the cinematographer for Zombiequality. Another name for the cinematographer is the Director of Photography. They are responsible for all of the visual elements of the film. They are in charge of making every creative choice related to composite, lighting and camera motion. They decide everything that the audience can see in each shot. They determine everything from colour to depth-of-field, from zoom to the positioning of people and objects within any given frame.

They must realise what the director is thinking and find a way to make the director's vision a reality. This creates a consistent look for the film and images that are created will help to tell the story. It is getting images that will push the story along that increases the audience's interest and makes them want to watch.
I had to learn to understand the director's ideas and make her imagination come to life in the shots. This required meeting with her and talking about how the film was going to look and any different shots

It was important that our director had a good grasp for film and an artistic vision that she was prepared to execute. It was brought to her that we could enter for the cinematic hallowee'en rising star award which was great as it gave her strict criteria to work with deadlines. She started working on the treatment package with our production crew, this insured we had a basic plot, a bottom line and a storyboard. From there, she started working with the screen writer on drafting the script and we came up with the title "Zombiequality". Before the shoot, we were fine lining details and planning what each individual specialism  will do. The director went through the script with each individual unit (e.g. sound, cinematography) and annotating it with ideas, references e.t.c.