Realized I Wanted To Be A - Cinematographer Met At School

That meeting didn't just teach me about cinematography. It taught me about collaboration. A director has the vision, but the cinematographer gives it breath. A writer has the words, but the camera gives them a heartbeat.

For most of my life, I thought I knew what a filmmaker was. It was the person holding the megaphone, the one yelling "action!" and "cut!"—the director. I spent my high school years scribbling screenplays in the margins of my notebooks, convinced that my future was about telling stories through actors and dialogue. realized i wanted to be a cinematographer met at school

When I looked at the camera's viewfinder, I actually gasped. That meeting didn't just teach me about cinematography