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How do named cinematographers decide camera height and camera movement for story reasons, and do they agree on whether the camera should influence the audience's feelings?

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Alan Caso, ASC says he picks high or low angles from what is on the page (high for vulnerable moments or an overview of a court, low for power or grandeur). Lukasz Zal, PSC and Ari Wegner, ACS describe deliberately restraining the camera: Zal reports Jonathan Glazer rejecting an intimate framing as manipulative, and Wegner says she and director Jane Campion tried to avoid the camera becoming emotionally manipulative and moved it only with reason. Ben Richardson, ASC says he is very judicious in camera position and height when using wider lenses. The accounts disagree on whether camera design should steer feeling (Caso) or avoid steering it (Zal, Wegner), for different projects.

Alan Caso, ASC says he picks high or low angles from what is on the page (high for vulnerable moments or an overview of a court, low for power or grandeur). Lukasz Zal, PSC and Ari Wegner, ACS describe deliberately restraining the camera: Zal reports Jonathan Glazer rejecting an intimate framing as manipulative, and Wegner says she and director Jane Campion tried to avoid the camera becoming emotionally manipulative and moved it only with reason. Ben Richardson, ASC says he is very judicious in camera position and height when using wider lenses. The accounts disagree on whether camera design should steer feeling (Caso) or avoid steering it (Zal, Wegner), for different projects. Curator qualifications: All excerpts located; Caso (angles steer feeling) vs Wegner/Zal (avoid steering) kept. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  • [sourced_fact] Alan Caso, ASC says he picks high or low angles from what is on the page (high for vulnerable moments or an overview of a court, low for power or grandeur). Lukasz Zal, PSC and Ari Wegner, ACS describe deliberately restraining the camera: Zal reports Jonathan Glazer rejecting an intimate framing as manipulative, and Wegner says she and director Jane Campion tried to avoid the camera becoming emotionally manipulative and moved it only with reason. Ben Richardson, ASC says he is very judicious in camera position and height when using wider lenses. The accounts disagree on whether camera design should steer feeling (Caso) or avoid steering it (Zal, Wegner), for different projects. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts source

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