I've recently started a project in university where we have to make a five minute film in a group of four. Giving each other roles was easy, however after being made director a friend of mine working with us said he wanted to be cinematographer so he could pick how each scene was shot.
I told him this was pretty much down to the director (although not in a greedy sense, we'll all be chipping in) but then I was wondering myself exactly what a cinematograhper does.
If somebody could outline these roles for me it'd be great.
Producer (I read that it involved organising and getting everything ready and arranging times/cast etc)
Director (i was under the impression that they generally were behind the camera and chose camera angles, shots, tone of the scene etc)
Cinematographer (big confusion here)
Cheers
I told him this was pretty much down to the director (although not in a greedy sense, we'll all be chipping in) but then I was wondering myself exactly what a cinematograhper does.
If somebody could outline these roles for me it'd be great.
Producer (I read that it involved organising and getting everything ready and arranging times/cast etc)
Director (i was under the impression that they generally were behind the camera and chose camera angles, shots, tone of the scene etc)
Cinematographer (big confusion here)
Cheers