We’re on the hunt for a great Director of Photography for Cherry Bomb. We’ve had people from coast to coast send us their reels and it’s clear that there is a lot of talented people out there.  What is a Director of Photography/Cinematographer?

A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera (the art and science of which is known as cinematography). The title is generally equivalent to director of photography (DP or DoP), used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image. The term cinematographer has been a point of contention for some time now; some professionals insist that it only applies when the director of photography and camera operator are the same person, although this is far from being uniformly the case. To most, cinematographer and director of photography are interchangeable terms.

We’re talking with people fresh out of UT, all the way up to people with 30 years of experience.  Currently we’ve gone through about 20+ reels.  It’s more difficult then it sounds:

Wow - no more DP ness, I just finished - I have swirls of youtube and vimeo reels

OK, 3 1/2 hours later I have gone through every DP, every reel, and every resume…. off to bed, my eyes hurt like hell.

Now it comes down to finding someone who meshes with our vision of the film, the production schedule, and price range.  Wish us luck!