Hi, > Here's a suggestion that might help you achieve better or more interesting > composition: watch movies. Watch them on a DVD player ideally. Watch them
I'm with Shel on this one. A recent film which I think was beautifully photographed is 'Mystic River'. It isn't 'in yer face' beautiful. Instead it's subtle, and muted and very underplayed, but a great pleasure. Others I recommend to people are 'The Sheltering Sky', directed by Bertolucci with cinematography by Storaro - in fact, anything where Storaro was the cinematographer is superb, and anything by Bertolucci is also beautifully photographed (they work together a lot). http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005886/ A great favourite of mine from the 1970s is 'The Duellists', the first feature film by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Alien, Hannibal, ...). The cinematography in that one is really exceptional. The list could go on and on. I'm always very conscious of the cinematography when I watch a movie, and always looking for ideas to steal. -- Cheers, Bob
