Special Aspects of the Cameramen’s Work at the “A” List Film Festivals
Abstract
The purpose of the study is to analyze the details of the media representatives` accreditation to one of the “A” list film festivals; to determine the specifics of the cameramen’s work at such cultural events; to highlight the process of preparing audiovisual material from the “A” list film festivals for the broadcasting on Ukrainian TV channels. The research methodology of this work includes the use of such methods as a generalization – the author’s search for and establishment of similar signs of the large film festivals functioning, the theoretical method – the analysis of the available scientific works on this topic by our foreign colleagues, the empirical method – the description and systematization of the author’s own experience gained while working at the major film festivals. Scientific novelty. For the first time a Ukrainian cameraman, who, not in theory, but practice, managed to study the work of the world’s most outstanding film festivals, summarizes and systematizes his experience, adding to this the relevant information from foreign sources, and teaches cumulative developments in this scientific work. Conclusions. In the process of researching a given topic, the author was able to investigate and analyze both the specifics of the “A” list film festivals functioning and the nuances of the cameramen’s work on them. The aggregated analysis of our own experience and the insufficiently studied works of foreign researchers made it possible to structure useful information, creating a foundation for further research, both for beginners and specialists in this area.
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