Dillon Mak

I'd like some help wrapping my mind around understanding these graphs and the information they provide that you get from Kodak data sheets of their film stock. How do I "read" these graphs and what kind of information should I be taking away from them?

Do you do this in your first session with the director or does the broad to specific happen over several sessions?

I'm curious how all of us like to start our earliest discussions with a director about cinematography for a production. Some prompt questions to get your brain going: Do you start by going over specific visual ideas? Talking in a general broad sense about the tone and/or mood of the story? Talking about how you specifically visualise scenes from reading the script? Talking about sources of inspiration?