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Member LoginCinematographers Questionnaire
24 August 2005
The Cinematographers Questionnaire is a new initiative by the Australian Cinematographers Society and AustCine Publishing to chronicle details of films and productions from a cinematographers point of view, for use now to promote the film and the industry as well as archive for our education and a future generation of cinematographers
The questionnaire is a simple and not very time-consuming process, and is helping the ACS enormously. As stalwarts like Butch Calderwood ACS and John Leake ACS labour to secure information of Australian cinematography from the past, we will all be doing our bit to ensure that the current history will be better chronicled, presented and archived for our education and for future generations.
Please pass the questionnaire onto any Australian cinematographer you know
www.cinematographer.org.au/features/cinequestion. Here you will find the questions (as well as a download to fill in later). In time, we will publish selected of the questionnaires and photos, which will over time, make our website a valuable resource on the web.
From Andrew Lesnie ACS who conceived the idea of the Cinematographers Questionnaire… “I keep thinking about all those Australian films that have slipped under the radar, without any information regarding the Director Of Photography or the photography of the films themselves. Our ‘international’ cinematographers generally get coverage with overseas publications, and local magazines usually manage to cover directors, writers, producers and cast.
I’ve had the opportunity to watch some beautifully photographed Australian films recently and would like to read about the cinematography of these films, ideally in the Australian Cinematographer.
Filling out the ‘Cinematographers Questionnaire’ will not only improve the high standard of prose enjoyed by our cinematographers, but (if the timing’s right) it will also allow them to contribute to the publicity of a project and possibly help those flagging box office takings.
The other bonus of the ‘Cinematographers Questionnaire’ is that it gives young cinematographers a chance to practice the promotion that has become (for better or worse) part of life in the modern media. We used to let the images speak for themselves. Not any more.”