Yes, I know, I know. I said these would be video from now on. Unfortunately I’m up to my neck in preparations for our upcoming production meeting in Ohio and just don’t have the time to script, shoot, then edit a vlog. It will happen though. Oh yes, it will happen.

The good news is that we’re really close to selecting our Director of Photography. If you’re not involved in film/video production, the Director of Photography (DP) is essentially a camera guy, but he/she is actually so much more. The DP is THE visual artist on the set of a production. He works directly with the Director in developing the look, composing shots, and executing camera moves. If a film looks great, it is often due largely to the efforts of the DP.

Bottom line, this is a crucial member of our production team.

We placed an ad on Craigslist a few weeks ago to get the party started (and it kept getting flagged down for no apparent reason…so I just kept putting it right back up), and we’ve had a ton of qualified guys apply. No gals, incidentally. Where you at, female cinematographers?

Last night, the producers met and we went over the demo reels and resumes of everyone who applied and have narrowed it down to a select few we plan on interviewing next week when in Ohio. Everyone is so talented and the experience is varied. Selecting just one person is going to be difficult. But we really want this to be a great fit all around and who’s to say the other talented people we’re meeting wouldn’t be good for another project down the road?

So I’ll do my best to keep this blog updated and keep you all posted on how this plays out.

Tags: director of photography, dp, Ohio, updated

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