Keyword Cinematography

Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing. Themes: the DP tells people where to look; changes in movies (the arrival of sound, color, and wide screens) required creative responses from DPs; and, these artisans constantly invent new equipment and try new things, with wonderful results. The narration takes us through the identifiable studio styles of the 30s, the emergence of noir, the New York look, and the impact of Europeans. Citizen Kane, The Conformist, and Gordon Willis get special attention.

Antonia Quirke looks at the history of the colour film industry to find out who produced the first moving colour images.

A young girl spends most days by herself trying to get away from her ongoing family issues. One day while playing outside, she gets taken away and no one is there to notice.

Upon a stay in his grandparent's countryside house, young writer Matt begins to encounter strange happenings as he attempts to write his first novel.

She attempts to escape her patterns.

The birth date of film can be established: December 28, 1895. The place where it happened is also known: Paris, Boulevard des Capucines, Grand Caffe. It is also known who did it first: Louis Lumiere. However, the history of film starts in distant, almost unknown times: from drawings of cave people, through reliefs from Egyptian times, to the discovery of photography. Development of film technique: silent film, sound film, color film. Development of film expression: film as a recording of reality, film as an interpretation of reality, film as fiction or new reality. Development of film as an industry.

A story with no (real) narrative that just takes you through a holiday in Wales to show you how great it can be, whilst also trying to explore the creativity that cinematography and colour grading can present to you.

Martin Slivka's documentary film about Karol Plicka (1894-1987), the founder of Slovak cinematography.

We all have dreams and most of people give up before achieving them. Le rêve is about mistakes don't matter. The important thing is to get up afterwards, to fight to get back on track and make our dreams come true.