Feature film cinematographer´s training in Spain´s Film Industry (2001-2016)
Abstract
This research explores where top cinematographers, working in Spain´s film industry, have received their training, and reflects about the time needed to breakthrough to their first credit in a feature film. ¿Is cinematography an art form, or a craft which could be learned through practice? ¿Is there a need for a proper technical, humanistic and artistic higher education? From 2001 until 2016, eighty-seven films visually relevant for the public and the Academy in Spain, have been chosen and forty-one cinematographers identified. Through deep interviews and data collection we will reveal how they became feature film cinematographers and the changes in their craft after the digitalization of cinema. The results shall challenge those who are sceptical about attending film school in order to obtain a prestigious career and being elected to photograph the most successful films in the industry
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