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Storyhunter recently posted a conversation with three documentary filmmakers on their shooting styles. Here’s an excerpt:

S: Do you have any advice you’d give to young filmmakers still trying to figure out their style?

Nehemiah Stark: Putting yourself out there to work with other filmmakers that inspire you is huge because we can only learn so much from the work we do alone. I learned the most working in a collective. It’s great to have people to look up to, to get feedback from. Mentors can be people you’ve never met. You can study the style of filmmakers and emulate them. Imitating them is huge and it takes a more discerning eye to see what’s being done technically.

Allison Otto: Don’t limit yourself to learning from the work of cinematographers. Check out the work of still photographers and photojournalists. Don’t feel like you have to travel far and wide to tell meaningful stories. Powerful stories can be found in your own community, and with your knowledge of your community and its rhythms, you’re the best one to share them.

Property – Trailer from Allison Otto, Thought/Process Films on Vimeo.

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