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Motivate the Camera?

As discussed in this chapter, camera movement is every bit as important as dialogue when it comes to helping your audience understand key story points and characters. Camera movement should be just as motivated as an actor’s movement. Cinematographer Mandy Walker talks about this in a video interview. Watch the video and then consider the questions that follow.

After watching the interview with Mandy Walker, consider the questions below. Then submit your response.

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1. Why was it important to Australia's storytelling that Walker find a solution to shooting that scene?

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2. What other departments might the cinematographer work with to figure out camera movements that serve a film's story?

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