I have read almost every thread on this forum, lapping up the advice and knowledge as I want to move into short film making as I come from a pure photography background.
My heart tells me that there aren't no hard and fixed rules when it comes to cinematography and that I should just do what I think is right...however, my head tells me there must be industry cinematography rules regarding correct use of lens for a particular scene as well as the correct amount of depth of field when shooting a particular scene etc. I guess I don't want to spend time shooting scenes to then get flamed for using the 'wrong' lens for 'that' scene or having to much or to little DOF for a particular scene when really I 'should have known better'. For example when shooting two people in a scene and the focus is on one person, how much out of focus should the other person, or scenery be? Are there any rules or guides to this?
Hope all that makes sense.
