Camera operators
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1208175
Library of congress:
sh2002011142
Sources of Information
- Occupational outlook handbook web site, 25 Oct. 2002(television, video, and motion picture operators and editors: camera operators)
- Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia web site, 25 Oct. 2002(camera operator)
- USA today careers network job description web site, 25 Oct. 2002(TV, video, and film camera operators and editors)
- AAT, 25 Oct. 2002(cameramen; camerman; synonyms: camera operators; operators, camera)
- Mercer, J. Glossary of film terms, 1986(cinematographer: a motion picture director of photography, cameraman, or assistant cameraman; camera operator, operating cameraman, operator: the member of a film production crew who aims the camera, composes the picture, and follows the action)
- Oxford companion to film, 1976(cameraman; the camera is in the control of the camera operator, who looks through the viewfinder during a take, checking the framing and focus and moving the camera as desired)
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Wikipedia description:
A camera operator, or depending on the context cameraman or camerawoman, is a professional operator of a film camera or video camera as part of a film crew. The term "cameraman" does not necessarily imply that a male is performing the task.
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