The Direction of Photography

The light is the main material of the photography.
Photography is being understood as the whole visual appearance of the audio-visual product. The Photographer is who takes care of the aesthetic and technical aspect of the work. In the complex productions like the long footages, the team of photography will be a group in the technical area, The Photographer defines the technical conditions of work of the team under his control, in order that they could realize it in total conformity with the design and aesthetic idea of the movie. The general design depends on the interpretation that He does of the demands of the script and the Director, to make it in terms of lights, atmosphere and conditioning the work of camera to the language and technique. To design the technical photographic aspect the characteristics that will be consider are the densitometry of the photosensitive materials, emulsion in case of celluloid and the CCD or Cmos in case of the video.