Pre-Production: “The More Organized You Are, the More Creative You Can Be”

by M. David Mullen, ASC Often I get asked what a cinematographer does in pre-production, especially on a low-budget feature production. The short answer is “as much as possible.” One can never prepare enough, or at least, I’ve never found myself wishing I had less time for pre- production. When I started out shooting features...

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