How a film with out of focus shots won an Oscar in Cinematography

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polcan99

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How a film with out of focus shots won an Oscar in Cinematography. Sometimes it's easy to concentrate on the little things so much that we lose the big picture of what makes a good cinematographer. Here is an interesting post that I think you guys will enjoy reading, plus it has some nice BTS videos from the film at the end..
http://tomantosfilms.com/4807/braveheart-cinematography/
 
polcan99 said:
How a film with out of focus shots won an Oscar in Cinematography. Sometimes it's easy to concentrate on the little things so much that we lose the big picture of what makes a good cinematographer. Here is an interesting post that I think you guys will enjoy reading, plus it has some nice BTS videos from the film at the end..
http://tomantosfilms.com/4807/braveheart-cinematography/
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As you know, focus has little to do with a cinematographer's work or skill. It does represent the 1st camera assistants work, and he/she is within the cinematographers primary department. That's about it.

I'm pretty sure nobody deducts score-card points from a couple buzzed shots. Also, when shooting on film, it's often easy to forget that only the camera operator would have been able to tell if the shot was in focus or not, and that is difficult, especially in situations where the operator is intently 'focusing' on composition.

I see out of focus shots in just about every film I watch now. Currently watching Twin Peaks, and it probably over-supports the previous statement :P

It's a super tough job and many people don't notice the subtle buzzed shots.
 
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I think in most cases, viewers could care less about buzzed focus, or the historical accuracy of a film, and rather just want to be entertained.
 
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