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CHAPTER 13

Cinematography

INTRODUCTION

Cinematography is the art of lighting and photographing a scene. Much like photography, which involves taking single photographic images, cinematography refers to cinema or a series of moving images over time.

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Soundstages like this one at Panavision in Los Angeles provide the power and resources necessary for the director of photography to create the right look for the movie.

Cinematography can be broken down ...

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