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Motivate the Camera?

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NAME: Mandy Walker
TITLE: Cinematographer
SELECTED CREDITS: Jane Got a Gun (2015); Tracks (2013); Australia (2008); Shattered Glass (2003)

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 available only in the Chapter 7 Video Activity.

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Discover:

  • image Why you might want to work out camera moves as early as preproduction
  • image How Walker worked with the grip department to find a solution to a complex sequence in Baz Luhrmann’s Australia
  • image What you might do to relate camera movement to enhance your story’s impact