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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
The Art of Cinematography
Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing. Themes: the DP tells people where to look; changes in movies (the arrival of sound, color, and wide screens) required creative responses from DPs; and, these artisans constantly invent new equipment and try new things, with wonderful results. The narration takes us through the identifiable studio styles of the 30s, the emergence of noir, the New York look, and the impact of Europeans. Citizen Kane, The Conformist, and Gordon Willis get special attention.
Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing. Themes: the DP tells people where to look; changes in movies (the arrival of sound, color, and wide screens) required creative responses from DPs; and, these artisans constantly invent new equipment and try new things, with wonderful results. The narration takes us through the identifiable studio styles of the 30s, the emergence of noir, the New York look, and the impact of Europeans. Citizen Kane, The Conformist, and Gordon Willis get special attention.
Ernest R. DickersonSelf
Michael ChapmanSelf
Allen DaviauSelf
Caleb DeschanelSelf
Lisa RinzlerSelf
Conrad HallSelf
William A. FrakerSelf
John BaileySelf
Néstor AlmendrosSelf
Vilmos ZsigmondSelf
Stephen H. BurumSelf
Charles LangSelf
Sven NykvistSelf
Robert WiseSelf
László KovácsSelf
James Wong HoweSelf (archive footage)
Haskell WexlerSelf
Vittorio StoraroSelf2019
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