Directing through the camera
In terms of telling your story visually, you’ll need to understand a little about
the camera (whether a film camera or a digital one). Much like driving a car,
you don’t need to understand how it works, but you need to know how to
drive it (your cinematographer should be the expert with the camera and its
internal operations).
Directing the camera requires some technical knowledge of how the camera
works (film, video, or digital, including high definition) and what each lens
and filter does, which I explain in Chapter 10. Chapter 14 addresses how to
frame your shots and when to move the camera. In that chapter, you also
discover the skills that make a successful director and how to run a smooth,
organized set.