Camera Operator


The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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Highlights
Hector Ramirez on qualities a good camera operator has
03:06
Bertram van Munster on how the camera is an extension of your eye
01:54
Ed Resnick on advice to aspiring cameramen
03:27
Hector Ramirez on his start as a camera operator for CBS
01:44
Bertram van Munster on the advice Cops producer John Langley gave him: "never bring a tripod"
Who talked about this profession

Wade Bingham

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Wade Bingham on the job of a camera operator/cinematographer on a news program or documentary series
03:25
Wade Bingham on starting to use multiple cameras for news stories
04:23

Frank Biondo

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Frank Biondo on going to school for TV production
05:45
Frank Biondo on the types of cameras he worked with in TV production in the 1960s and working in early color television
02:53
Frank Biondo on the types of camera shots on Sesame Street Christmas specials and Sesame Street
06:11
Frank Biondo on what he enjoys about being a camera operator
01:47
Frank Biondo on advice to an aspiring camera operator
05:05
Frank Biondo on advice to an aspiring camera operator
05:05

Hector Ramirez

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Hector Ramirez on his start as a camera operator for CBS
01:44
Hector Ramirez on how shooting in front of a live audience changes what was done in rehearsal
01:38
Hector Ramirez on being staff vs. a freelance camera operator
03:17
Hector Ramirez on qualities a good camera operator has
03:06
Hector Ramirez on the elements of good composition and his visual style
03:04
Hector Ramirez on what makes a good camera operator
01:36

Ed Resnick

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Ed Resnick on advice to aspiring cameramen
03:27

Joseph M. Wilcots

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Joseph M. Wilcots on becoming the first Black member of the cinematographers union
04:09
Joseph M. Wilcots on the cinematographers union not being quick to welcome Black members
06:05

Bertram van Munster

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Bertram van Munster on the advice Cops producer John Langley gave him: "never bring a tripod"
Bertram van Munster on how the camera is an extension of your eye
01:54
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