A very essential and technical part of filmmaking is camera operating, the related position is cinema photographer (DOP). A cinema photographer needs to express a director’s meanings and thoughts by operating a film camera. During this process, DOP is the guarantee of technology. Director may not be a good camera operator. Good communication between DOP and director is significant. A good DOP should express director’s idea perfectly through shooting. There can be lots of ways to shoot the same scene, a DOP should choose the way that perfectly expresses director’s meaning and makes audience pleasant to watch.

shooting technology

-different shooting size and angle

-camera movement like panning, tracking…

-zooming

-framing

I did some camera operating in exercises, it is harder than I imagined, practice makes perfect.