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So being on set has its own dedicated 2

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its own rules. It's a big difference 3

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between a cinematographer and sort of a 4

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videographer. Whereas a videographer may 5

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be out on their own, shooting with their 6

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own lighting kit, shooting an interview 7

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shooting by themselves doing an event, 8

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during a doc, a narrative on their own. 9

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Is kind of a control of everything and is 10

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touching everything. 11

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A cinematographer on set on a movie 12

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production is in charge of everything as 13

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a manager they'll have a lighting crew 14

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under them and they also have a 15

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camera crew under them. Now depending on 16

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how big your set is, it may be different 17

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on how many people you are managing but 18

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typically you have an assistant camera 19

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sometimes a camera operator a second 20

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assistant camera under camera and then 21

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you have a lighting crew, that you have 22

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to be able to translate what you are 23

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trying to do to the lighting crew 24

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whether it be lighting and look in power 25

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and what lights along with timing with 26

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the assistant director while talking to 27

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the camera crew and letting them know 28

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exactly what they need to do as far as 29

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what camera goes where, where to go where 30

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it goes as far as height and length, what 31

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lenses to use, what settings to use. that's all your decisions. 32

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So cinematographer you are running both of 33

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those departments independently of them 34

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of each other and then you are telling 35

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them what to do, how to do it, 36

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making sure they get done enough time. 37

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Well also talking to the director and 38

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figuring out how you are going to 39

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accomplish all that as far as shots, 40

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timing goes, what you need to tell the 41

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story. Now again on top of all of that, 42

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you are working with the assistant director 43

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to figure out what shots goes when, 44

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where to go where. 45

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And then also you are talking to the 46

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producer on what equipment you need, how 47

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much money everything is going to cost 48

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and what crew you need. So really a 49

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cinematographer is in multiple, multiple 50

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things and that's why they are physically 51

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not necessarily touching lights and 52

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touching camera although the smaller 53

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sets all tend to actually have to move 54

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light, to move the camera because we don't 55

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have enough hands to move that fast but 56

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as you get into the bigger sets, the 57

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bigger movies, the DP just doesn't 58

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necessarily have the amount of time and 59

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capacity to do all of those things by 60

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themselves, they need to delegate the 61

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physical work and then they need to be 62

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political and work with the other 63

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artists to accomplish the picture as a whole. 64

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So that's the main difference between a 65

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cinematographer an a videographer. 66

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They are both accomplishing the look, they 67

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are both in charge of camera and lighting 68

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but there's a little bit more managerial 69

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and political decisions 70

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on a cinematographer in 71

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collaboration as opposed to videographer 72

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who is doing a little more things on their 73

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own and can accomplish maybe a little 74

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bit more just by themselves.