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At No Film School, we enjoy diving into both the hard skills and soft skills required to be successful in this industry. For example, we enjoy the technical talk of cinematography. We also like diving into things like leadership skills, collaboration decisions, and how to hire or fire. These are some of the things we discuss with a roundtable of cinematographers whose films premiered at Sundance and Slamdance this year.\n\nIn today\u2019s episode, No Film School\u2019s GG Hawkins, speaks with cinematographers Bruce Francis Cole, Alejandro Mejia, and Sean Mattison to discuss:\n\nHow all three DP\u2019s got connected to their respective projects\n\nThinking of the setting as a \u201ccharacter\u201d in the story\n\nWorking with light and figuring out tone\n\nThe benefits of using multiple cameras\n\nAllowing your team the freedom to express themselves\n\nThe importance of picking your team\n\nCutting off stressful energy before it spreads to the rest of the crew\n\nHow they decide what projects to work on\n\nChoosing personality over technical ability\n\n\n\nMemorable Quotes\n\n\u201cWe chose the lenses that had the character built into them.\u201d [24:51]\n\n\u201cWhat elements can we bring into it visually that will bring the audience into this world?\u201d [26:53]\n\n\u201cIf you can pick your team you truly trust in, you can easily allow everyone to do their job.\u201d [33:32]\n\n\u201cWe\u2019re sensitive people. We work in a creative field.\u201d [48:17]\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a very New York thing that I learned when I moved there. People either like you or not.\u201d [48:39]\n\n\n\nMentioned\nSuncoast\nConnect with Bruce on IG\xa0\n\nIn the Summers\nConnect with Alejandro on IG\xa0\n\n\nPetro\xa0\nConnect with Sean on IG\xa0\n\n\nFind No Film School everywhere:\nOn the Web\nhttps://nofilmschool.com/\n\nFacebook\xa0\nhttps://www.facebook.com/nofilmschool\n\nTwitter\xa0\nhttps://twitter.com/nofilmschool\n\nYouTube\xa0\nhttps://www.youtube.com/user/nofilmschool\n\nInstagram\nhttps://www.instagram.com/nofilmschool\n\nSend us an email with questions or feedback: podcast@nofilmschool.com!\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices