Hello All. I am pretty brand new to this forum and love it. Most of it is over my head, but I try to learn as much as I can.
I have gone to film school and for the last 10 years, dabbled in the video production business in AZ. I have gone from wanting to be a director to producer, to cinematographer, to trailer editor to just an editor to being a writer. :blink: Nothing really tickled my fancy till just recently in the last year. My fiance got me a CoolPix Point and Shoot Camera (P5100) for my birthday (last September) and I haven't put the thing down since. I have been shooting with it almost everyday. I love being able to shoot, then take it home and really fool with editing my pictures.
This led me to my first thought...maybe I'd like to be a cinematographer. That is what led me to this site. But then, I did a little more investigating into schools and equipment rentals/cost, and I realized that I really didn't want to do the production end of film work. I enjoyed shooting pictures (especially models), but realized that what I really loved was coming home and editing my pictures. Fooling with color, contrast, saturation, ect. I ended up building a portfolio on flickr and a lot of people had commented that my photos had a cinematic film look about them...which led me to my second thought...why not be a DI. :rolleyes:
I just started learning more about what they do and it is basically what I have been doing with my photos, except on a movie level. The only thing is...how does one get into it? Do I have to go back to school? What sort of software do they use? Is there a industry standard? What are some companies I could intern at? Is there a big demand for them?
If anyone has thoughts, I would greatly appreciate it.
Oh yeah, do Cinematographers dislike DI's? I would think that basically a DI takes film you shot and then creates a completely different look. I know that there have been photographers in my area that have had some of there photos re-edited and they hate it.
Anyways, thanks for reading.
M.