Picture it 2008, I'm about to take in the images that would become THERE WILL BE BLOOD. Within seconds I fell back in love with the idea of film but not so much from a directors perspective, the eye of a Cinematographer was smiling down on me and these images were so vivid, raw, pulsating with oil, add an ounce of superb acting = a visual masterpiece. There are very few films that leave me in awe with the entire banquet of footage set before the eyes. The nights of watching A Clockwork Orange and falling in love with the usage of shadows, the position of lights to add a mysterious flogging in the night but the story also added to the weight that was it's original intent.
Cinematographers have this way of painting with the elements, enhancing the light within a gray setting and coloring our imagination with it's realism, when all these essential parts melt together the dawning of the DP's brush is apparent. You could say the beauty of it is like falling in love, but not in a face to face context, in this instance I'm referring to that feeling of endless possibilities with a vast ocean of space & time. The intensity melded with a sonic tapestry of breathing.
I believe in wearing as many hats as possible. Taking the stress of directing as well as being my own DP, yea I might end up in the hospital after it but you have to run the race faster and more enthused than your competitors. My brush is being fine tuned, learning the craft on my own maybe if I come across a lottery ticket it will pay for my living costs (modest dare i SAY) and the art costs (My own route or film school) all of this is still up in the air.
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