Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 1 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:04,170 So being on set has its own dedicated 2 2 00:00:04,195 --> 00:00:06,360 its own rules. It's a big difference 3 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:08,271 between a cinematographer and sort of a 4 4 00:00:08,296 --> 00:00:10,230 videographer. Whereas a videographer may 5 5 00:00:10,230 --> 00:00:11,986 be out on their own, shooting with their 6 6 00:00:12,011 --> 00:00:13,700 own lighting kit, shooting an interview 7 7 00:00:13,700 --> 00:00:15,522 shooting by themselves doing an event, 8 8 00:00:15,547 --> 00:00:17,390 during a doc, a narrative on their own. 9 9 00:00:17,390 --> 00:00:19,610 Is kind of a control of everything and is 10 10 00:00:19,635 --> 00:00:20,720 touching everything. 11 11 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:23,268 A cinematographer on set on a movie 12 12 00:00:23,293 --> 00:00:26,170 production is in charge of everything as 13 13 00:00:26,170 --> 00:00:27,933 a manager they'll have a lighting crew 14 14 00:00:27,958 --> 00:00:29,380 under them and they also have a 15 15 00:00:29,380 --> 00:00:31,500 camera crew under them. Now depending on 16 16 00:00:31,525 --> 00:00:33,620 how big your set is, it may be different 17 17 00:00:33,620 --> 00:00:35,447 on how many people you are managing but 18 18 00:00:35,472 --> 00:00:37,229 typically you have an assistant camera 19 19 00:00:37,229 --> 00:00:38,967 sometimes a camera operator a second 20 20 00:00:38,992 --> 00:00:40,799 assistant camera under camera and then 21 21 00:00:40,799 --> 00:00:42,202 you have a lighting crew, that you have 22 22 00:00:42,227 --> 00:00:43,499 to be able to translate what you are 23 23 00:00:43,499 --> 00:00:45,131 trying to do to the lighting crew 24 24 00:00:45,156 --> 00:00:47,100 whether it be lighting and look in power 25 25 00:00:47,100 --> 00:00:49,538 and what lights along with timing with 26 26 00:00:49,563 --> 00:00:52,039 the assistant director while talking to 27 27 00:00:52,039 --> 00:00:53,762 the camera crew and letting them know 28 28 00:00:53,787 --> 00:00:55,530 exactly what they need to do as far as 29 29 00:00:55,530 --> 00:00:57,855 what camera goes where, where to go where 30 30 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,179 it goes as far as height and length, what 31 31 00:01:00,179 --> 00:01:03,629 lenses to use, what settings to use. that's all your decisions. 32 32 00:01:03,629 --> 00:01:05,696 So cinematographer you are running both of 33 33 00:01:05,721 --> 00:01:07,619 those departments independently of them 34 34 00:01:07,619 --> 00:01:09,375 of each other and then you are telling 35 35 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:10,770 them what to do, how to do it, 36 36 00:01:10,770 --> 00:01:13,049 making sure they get done enough time. 37 37 00:01:13,074 --> 00:01:15,270 Well also talking to the director and 38 38 00:01:15,270 --> 00:01:16,855 figuring out how you are going to 39 39 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:18,579 accomplish all that as far as shots, 40 40 00:01:18,579 --> 00:01:20,855 timing goes, what you need to tell the 41 41 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,189 story. Now again on top of all of that, 42 42 00:01:23,189 --> 00:01:25,186 you are working with the assistant director 43 43 00:01:25,211 --> 00:01:26,820 to figure out what shots goes when, 44 44 00:01:26,820 --> 00:01:28,229 where to go where. 45 45 00:01:28,229 --> 00:01:29,861 And then also you are talking to the 46 46 00:01:29,886 --> 00:01:31,670 producer on what equipment you need, how 47 47 00:01:31,670 --> 00:01:33,573 much money everything is going to cost 48 48 00:01:33,598 --> 00:01:35,329 and what crew you need. So really a 49 49 00:01:35,329 --> 00:01:37,285 cinematographer is in multiple, multiple 50 50 00:01:37,310 --> 00:01:39,289 things and that's why they are physically 51 51 00:01:39,289 --> 00:01:40,966 not necessarily touching lights and 52 52 00:01:40,991 --> 00:01:42,689 touching camera although the smaller 53 53 00:01:42,689 --> 00:01:44,392 sets all tend to actually have to move 54 54 00:01:44,417 --> 00:01:46,270 light, to move the camera because we don't 55 55 00:01:46,270 --> 00:01:48,426 have enough hands to move that fast but 56 56 00:01:48,451 --> 00:01:50,420 as you get into the bigger sets, the 57 57 00:01:50,420 --> 00:01:52,534 bigger movies, the DP just doesn't 58 58 00:01:52,559 --> 00:01:54,950 necessarily have the amount of time and 59 59 00:01:54,950 --> 00:01:57,370 capacity to do all of those things by 60 60 00:01:57,395 --> 00:01:59,789 themselves, they need to delegate the 61 61 00:01:59,789 --> 00:02:01,851 physical work and then they need to be 62 62 00:02:01,876 --> 00:02:03,649 political and work with the other 63 63 00:02:03,649 --> 00:02:05,590 artists to accomplish the picture as a whole. 64 64 00:02:05,590 --> 00:02:06,891 So that's the main difference between a 65 65 00:02:06,916 --> 00:02:08,030 cinematographer an a videographer. 66 66 00:02:08,030 --> 00:02:09,871 They are both accomplishing the look, they 67 67 00:02:09,896 --> 00:02:11,670 are both in charge of camera and lighting 68 68 00:02:11,670 --> 00:02:13,474 but there's a little bit more managerial 69 69 00:02:13,499 --> 00:02:14,530 and political decisions 70 70 00:02:14,530 --> 00:02:15,705 on a cinematographer in 71 71 00:02:15,730 --> 00:02:17,850 collaboration as opposed to videographer 72 72 00:02:17,850 --> 00:02:19,400 who is doing a little more things on their 73 73 00:02:19,425 --> 00:02:20,770 own and can accomplish maybe a little 74 74 00:02:20,770 --> 00:02:22,650 bit more just by themselves. 6288