Cinematography in Documentary Film

In the past, documentary cinematography has been in the shadow of narrative feature's, overlooked because of certain, perhaps unfair assumptions about the craft. Well, that is no longer the case since the American Society of Cinematographers, as of this year, has an award for Outstanding Achievement in Non-Fiction Filmmaking. And cinematographers, Fejmi Daut and Samir Ljuma , of the Academy Award nominated, Honeyland , were the recipients of that inaugural award. (Not to mention a host of other cinematography awards!) And so we have today's episode which is entirely dedicated to the craft of documentary cinematography! Topics Discussed host Chris G. Parkhurst talks about what makes a good documentary cinematographer and where we can find them what it's like working as a two person cinematography team how the shooting style changed dramatically midway into filming due to an unforeseen shift in story working without power in rural Macedonia achieving the perpetual golden hour look of Honeyland Additional Resources FREE DOWNLOAD OF HONEYLAND CONVERSATION PART TWO As mentioned in the show, there is much more to my conversation with cinematographers, Fejmi Daut and Samir Ljuma. Too much to put into a single show! To listen to the second part of that conversation head over HERE for your free download! Trailer for Honeyland Finding the star of Honeyland Honeyland at DOCNYC Sponsors & Thank Yous Music Vine 15 PERCENT OFF! Music Vine Thank you to music licensing platform, Music Vine for contributing the wonderful music that we’ve used in this week’s episode. We’ve used many music licensing platforms over the years for commercials, corporate videos, and documentaries and these guys are definitely different. Their music catalogue is truly fresh, diverse, full of character , their search engine is as straight forward and user friendly and their licensing fees? Unlike anywhere else we have come across . If you need any music for your doc project, we can honestly recommend Music Vine . And make sure to use our promo code to get an additional 15 percent off of any subscription!! PROMO CODE: doclife15 Continuing the Discussion with The D-Word Today's episode is only the beginning of the conversation. Now it's time to have your voice heard, ! So where can you do this? THE D-WORD WHAT IS THE D-WORD The D-Word began in 1996 as a series of online journal entries by filmmaker <a...

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This episode was published on Sep 4, 2020.

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