THE CAMERAMAN
The cameraman is the most important person among film technicians. Film-making being a collective effort people of many professions take part in creating the picture. Among them are film artists and technicians. And the chief cameraman, or as he is sometimes called, the director of photography must be both.
The aim of the collective effort of screen-writers, directors, art-directors, actors, camerarnen and others is getting a photographic image on a strip of transparent film fit for being projected on to the screen. This aim can't be achieved without the participation of the cameraman. On the other hand, it is only the cameraman, who can do this without any Filmmaking other film worker. He can produce a film all by himself, acting as director, photographer, and editor all in one. So, very much depends on the skill of the cameraman in getting to the screen the mood decided upon by the director of the film. The cameraman can do this by lighting the scenes in the proper key and using special photographic effects. He can vary the depth of the field or the size of the image by correct camera placement or by changing the lenses. He can speed up or slow down the action .He can shoot an action from different angles from below or above, from the back, the front or the side. He can use double or multiple exposures. He can fix the attention of the audience on any subject he wishes. But all this camera technique has been developed only by experimenting and has been perfected with time.