Everyone has their own way of doing things. As a director do you do your own shotlist or do you leave that to the DOP?
Some DOPs want to be in charge of the shotlist, but the way I work I do the shotlist and then hand that to the DOP. I'm the kinda director who relies so much on visual storytelling and use cinematography to help tell my story. Left the shotlist to the DOP once and didn't like it, I was changing a lot on set.
I definitely try and bring the DOP in with the creative process and listen to their ideas, but I'm not about to hand over the keys to the film and let the DOP do the shotlist.
But that's just my way of working, maybe it's not healthy..
How about you guys? How do you work?
Some DOPs want to be in charge of the shotlist, but the way I work I do the shotlist and then hand that to the DOP. I'm the kinda director who relies so much on visual storytelling and use cinematography to help tell my story. Left the shotlist to the DOP once and didn't like it, I was changing a lot on set.
I definitely try and bring the DOP in with the creative process and listen to their ideas, but I'm not about to hand over the keys to the film and let the DOP do the shotlist.
But that's just my way of working, maybe it's not healthy..
How about you guys? How do you work?