Talk:Cinematographer

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"....in others, the director allows little to none, even going so far as to specify aperture and shutter speed."

Is this correct? Industry standard 24FPS cameras have a fixed shutter speed of 1/48s. This cannot be changed unless the film is run at slower or faster FPS (for time effects like slow motion), as the shutter speed is usually always 2x the FPS in order for correct exposure. I believe that cinematographers can only control exposure through aperture, film stock, and lighting control/set-up.

Thus, the "shutter speed" should be changed to another word, maybe "lenses".

--Girolamo Savonarola 22:57, 2004 Dec 11 (UTC)
 * You can change the angle of the shutter, thereby altering the shutter speed. So, yes, it is possible.

New Image?
Do you think that the image for this article is really pertinent? It's a picture of a television cameraman, which doesn't have a whole lot to do with cinematography. Can we find something more appropriate?--Comics 04:06, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comment for Noted Cinematographers section
I'm not opposed to the creation of a separate list page of cinematographers which could conceivably be as long as The Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers, but I do firmly believe that the Noted section should be for people who truly are giants in the field in one respect or another. The several recent attempts of people to put vanity names or small-time cinematographers with few credits there has led me to put a comment paragraph at the top of the section. Hopefully this will give at least some people more pause before adding a name. --Girolamo Savonarola 23:58, 2005 May 8 (UTC)


 * Well, I changed my mind now - the list is too long and unsustainable on its own. Nor do I think that a separate article would be any different. So I've left a link to the Cinematographers category, which should hopefully provide excellent coverage and also encourage more categorization of these articles! :) Girolamo Savonarola 11:19, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Recent revert
Just wanted to explain - I reverted because of vanity linkage, useless realphabetizing, and a nice but irrelevant quote. The quote probably has a place in Wikiquote, but I'm certain almost every major director has been able to say something positive and/or poetic about the art. This is an encyclopedia article, though, so let's stick to the format. The link has no place here and hopefully need not be discussed further. As for the alphabetizing of noted cinematographers, it is already alphabetized - by last name, which is typically considered a more common convention and which (to my knowledge) Wikipedia supports. There is no reason to change it. --Girolamo Savonarola 21:47, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

it would be nice to note, that it is considered that polish cinematographer's are among the best
 * It would also violate NPOV and Verifiability standards for articles. That being said, the article on Cinema of Poland might warrant a mention that many exceptional Polish DPs have gone on to successful careers outside of their country of origin. Or something similar? Girolamo Savonarola 21:25, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Animation
Are the people behind the camera in animated films called cinematographers or camera operators? What about in cases where there is only one person credited? Can a film not have a credit for "cinematographer", but only one for "camera operator"? I'm finding conflicting classification on IMDB for people who do the same job - sometimes they're called "camera operator", sometimes "cinematographer". Which is correct? Esn 07:36, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

English system??
Lighting Cameraman is a different role to DOP/Cinematographer. It's used on generic relatively low budget TV shoots, or long running shoots like soap operas. Thus either DOP or Lighting Camera are credited. This needs to be more clear. Water Stirs (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:08, 19 April 2009 (UTC).

Is a cinematographer a "co-creator" of a film by Wikipedia Standards?
There is discussion about whether a cinematographer is a co-creator of a work on film here. PPdd (talk) 17:55, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Are the terms synonymous?
The first sentence of the article is unclear. Are cinematographers and DOPs synonymous terms regardless of media? Or is one exclusive to film and one to TV, or do both work on film and one works on TV... or what? The article doesn't really clarify the relationship between the two, other then to say, "Some filmmakers say..." But none are referenced or quoted. 173.22.97.246 (talk) 12:52, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

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