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What Happens When A Movie Has No Camera Operator? | Reverse Film School | Vanity Fair

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6 years ago

July 28, 2020

‘Orange is the New Black,’ ‘Dark Waters,’ and ‘John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum’ camera operator, Oliver Cary, breaks down a movie scene camera angle by camera angle and demonstrates ways to film a scene using a rack focus, dollying in vs. zooming in, and changing the lens.

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30 Comments

Mateus Machado Fotografia

July 28, 2020 at 4:00 pm

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Varron Lagman

July 28, 2020 at 4:02 pm

Second

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leechneon

July 28, 2020 at 4:02 pm

Second

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MANISH CHOUDHARY FITNESS

July 28, 2020 at 4:03 pm

It’s crazy

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The 88.888 subs with no video

July 28, 2020 at 4:04 pm

Mmmmm a good question

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LeBeautiful

July 28, 2020 at 4:05 pm

one day we’ll probably witness an Oscar winning film which recorded with all blur

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PMG

July 28, 2020 at 4:06 pm

Good video but this script is hilarious

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- Guido Anselmi
  
  July 28, 2020 at 6:08 pm
  
  That’s usually the case with these reverse filmschool videos. I think (hope) that’s intentional.
  
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Pedro Juan

July 28, 2020 at 4:07 pm

a lot of these changes would actually be made by a director or cinematographer, but ok

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- egyptiansushi
  
  July 28, 2020 at 4:27 pm
  
  the decision is made, but it takes a camera operator to perform those decisions. If the director was just making those decisions without a camera operator, no one would be there to make it happen (is the point)
  
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DamnFineCupOfCoffee

July 28, 2020 at 4:09 pm

Who’s vanity fair’s target audience again..?

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- Potential Side Effects
  
  July 28, 2020 at 4:28 pm
  
  In this case: film students.
  
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G_J_C 95

July 28, 2020 at 4:29 pm

So the lawyer had superhuman strength all along?? He could of escaped when ever he wanted to.

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- Alex -Wilky- Wilson
  
  July 28, 2020 at 6:46 pm
  
  Could have
  
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JaredLav

July 28, 2020 at 4:30 pm

So… y’all short staffed or something and you’re trying to convert your audience into employees? Because I need a job so hmu

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- Hussein Zbib
  
  July 28, 2020 at 6:39 pm
  
  +1
  
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Bambang Maulana

July 28, 2020 at 4:38 pm

I love this kinda type of content

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juno

July 28, 2020 at 4:57 pm

the drama-

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Braveheart_Fox

July 28, 2020 at 5:23 pm

I hate “whip pan” just cut it!

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Christoph Blumentopf

July 28, 2020 at 5:31 pm

if that’s what a camera operator does, what does a director of photography do?

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- Herman Von Petri
  
  July 28, 2020 at 5:55 pm
  
  The director, cinematographer (or DP) may make the decision of what to do, but it’s the camera operator that has to actually perform the actions with the camera.
  
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- Guido Anselmi
  
  July 28, 2020 at 6:08 pm
  
  The director and cinematographer are actually the ones making these decisions. The camera operator just “performs” that decision (but often the DP does that as well.)
  
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- bobunitone
  
  July 28, 2020 at 6:29 pm
  
  To add on to what others are saying, some DP’s operate their camera as well. Rodger Deakins and Robert Richardson operate.
  
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- Alex -Wilky- Wilson
  
  July 28, 2020 at 6:46 pm
  
  Directs the photography, probably.
  
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billygowhoop

July 28, 2020 at 5:47 pm

It’s amazing how all this super expensive stuff that has a very subtle effect on the way a movie looks but also makes a massive difference in how we perceive its quality.

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SIMON BOI

July 28, 2020 at 6:12 pm

Are we all just going to ignore the “Slap my face and call me Charlie” part hahahahha ????

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Alex -Wilky- Wilson

July 28, 2020 at 6:47 pm

Aka every student film

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Nathan Ngumi

July 28, 2020 at 7:04 pm

Very interesting how much a camera can bring out of a scene!

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blu

July 28, 2020 at 7:04 pm

Another one of these? Guess you could say it’s a

_Cinematic_ Universe

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Roman Kalaur

July 28, 2020 at 7:28 pm

Smells like Tarantino!

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Inside WNBA Star A’ja Wilson’s Louis Vuitton Bag | In the Bag | Vogue

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