motion picture photography

motion picture photography or cinematography, photographic arts and techniques involved in making motion pictures.

See also photography, still.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Prominent Cinematographers
• Wide-Screen and Other Processes
• Color
• Sound and Cinematography: Citizen Kane
• Sound
• Early Cinematography
• Film Editing
• The Camera
• Bibliography

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