“It was like entering an Italian Cinema Heaven. Cinecitta Studios was where the 2 day general assembly for IMAGO took place and was hosted by the Association of Italian Cinematographers (AIC). These studios were the base for Fellini’s films plus many American productions from the early 60′s right up to Scorsese’s “The Gangs of New York”…”

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When we work it is rare to interact with other Cinematographers, there is usually only one of us on set, and if there is talk of other Cinematographer’s techniques we learn of it through our Focus Pullers or Lighting Gaffers. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be on another set and to see how others work, how they juggle the politics of personalities, and how they get that particular look…

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