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Prepare the Camera?

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NAME: Jacob Pinger
TITLE: Camera operator and cinematographer
SELECTED CREDITS: The LEGO Movie (2014); Spirit Town (short, also writer/director, 2014); Brooklyn Nine-Nine (pilot, 2013); Project Runway (10 episodes, 2006)

No matter what level of the filmmaking food chain you are on, failure to do camera prep will cost you one way or another. Jacob Pinger knows this well, having shot and operated cameras for a wide variety of productions, from TV comedies to reality shows to feature films. Pinger talks about the importance of preparing the camera in a video interview available only in the Chapter 6 Video Activity.

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Discover:

  • image Why camera prep is necessary even for short or small shoots
  • image How camera prep affected Pinger’s work on The LEGO Movie
  • image What “thorough camera prep” means to Pinger—and what it should mean to you