A cinematographer (from 'cinema photographer') is one photographing with a motion picture camera (the art and science of which is known as cinematography). The title is generally equivalent to director of photography (DP or DoP), used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and techical decisions related to the image. The cinematographer is sometimes also the camera operator. The term cinematographer has been a point of contention for some time now; some professionals insist that it only applies when the director of photography and camera operator are the same person, although this is far from being uniformly the case. To most, cinematographer and director of photography are interchangeable terms.

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The English system of camera department hierarchy sometimes firmly separates the duties of the director of photography from that of the camera operator to the point that the DP often has no say whatsoever over more purely operating-based visual elements such as framing. In this case, the DP is often credited as a lighting cameraman. This system means that the director consults the lighting cameraman for lighting and filtration and the operator for framing and lens choices.

In the American system, which is more widely adopted, the rest of the camera department is subordinate to the DP, who, along with the director, has the final word on all decisions related to both lighting and framing.

The cinematographer typically selects the film stock, lens, filters, etc. to realize the scene in accordance with the intentions of the director. Relations between the cinematographer and director vary; in some instances the director will allow the cinematographer complete independence; in others, the director allows little to none, even going so far as to specify aperture and shutter angle. Such a level of involvement is not common once the director and cinematographer have become comfortable with each other. The director will typically convey to the cinematographer what he wants from a scene visually, and allow the cinematographer latitude in achieving that effect.

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The Oscar's memorial segment will be so full of notable actors there won't be any time to awkwardly applaud for dead cinematographers.
bowandarrow (Tony) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:35:28 -0000
The Oscar's memorial segment will be so full of notable actors there won't be any time to awkwardly applaud for dead cinematographers.
RT @artsderbyshire: Mentoring scheme open to directors, producers, screenwriters, cinematographers Deadline: 23 Dec http://bit.ly/5bS7UB
documentary_tog (Gary Austin) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:50:56 -0000
RT @artsderbyshire: Mentoring scheme open to directors, producers, screenwriters, cinematographers Deadline: 23 Dec http://bit.ly/5bS7UB
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JulianatDerby (Julian Hawksworth) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:14:02 -0000
RT @artsderbyshire: Mentoring scheme open to directors, producers, screenwriters, cinematographers and professionals Deadline: 23 Dec ht ...
Mentoring scheme open to directors, producers, screenwriters, cinematographers and professionals Deadline: 23 Dec http://bit.ly/5bS7UB
artsderbyshire (artsderbyshire) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:13:00 -0000
Mentoring scheme open to directors, producers, screenwriters, cinematographers and professionals Deadline: 23 Dec http://bit.ly/5bS7UB
Avatar was good. I bet cinematographers shit their pants in the theatre. And I didn't expect the political message but it makes you think.
GradyWoodruff (Grady Woodruff) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:39:09 -0000
Avatar was good. I bet cinematographers shit their pants in the theatre. And I didn't expect the political message but it makes you think.
http://twitpic.com/u6eya - Santosh Sivan, Ramachandra Babu and Madhu Ambat- Three ISC Cinematographers
Babukr3 (Ramachandra Babu) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:06:45 -0000
http://twitpic.com/u6eya - Santosh Sivan, Ramachandra Babu and Madhu Ambat- Three ISC Cinematographers

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