Question: In our book, Nicholas writes, "An Attentive viewer must also be familiar with the repertoire of choices a director faces to recognize her decisions as choices rather than as simply the product of the camera's mechanical ability to record images". What do you think Nicholas is trying to say in this statement and what are your thoughts?
I think what he means when he talks about this is that it is not only just the camera who is defining what is going on in the scene as to where it is the director who decides the emotion and physical appeal of the characters. The director is the person who will decide what the scene will depict towards the viewers who may be able to relate to the characters position in this scene or maybe even others.
Although the camera does a lot it is usually up to the director whether something will stay in the movie or it will be cut from it and cast aside. This is usually a process that the director will follow where they will shoot one scene multiple times only to just leave it for the next day.
My personal thoughts on this statement is that it is almost an equal bout on which is more important. Because, without the camera would the directors really be able to make these wonderful works of art that take so much time and work just to make one scene? The fact is that without both roles that the camera and the director par take in movies really would not be the same without them.
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