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cinematography
Also known as cinema photography, film making art
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Cinematography is the art and technique of capturing images for film and video using specialized cameras and lighting. It matters because the choices cinematographers make about camera angles, lighting, composition, and movement shape how audiences experience and understand a story.
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- History
- Precursors
- Film
- Black and white
- Color
- Digital video
- Aspects
- Cinema technique
- Aspects of a cinema that affect a film
- Image sensor and film stock
- Filters
- Lens
- Depth of field and focus
- Aspect ratio and framing
- Lighting
- Lighting techniques
- Natural lighting
- Camera movement
- Special effects
- Double exposure
- Frame rate selection
- Reverse and slow motion
- Personnel
- See also
- References
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Cinematography () is the art of motion picture (and more recently, electronic video camera) photography.