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The camera is the most important tool on set. Without a camera, there is no movie. After the director, the Director of Photography is the second creative person on set.  There has been a lot of speculations about the role of a cinematographer. Though Indian cinematographers take care of framing, composition and lighting also, other industries including Hollywood, China etc have a number of departments, performing different roles. The DoP is responsible for the framing whereas the lighting is taken care of by the Lighting Department and the focus is taken care by the gaffer. Post cinematography courses, there is a lot of confusion generally among students of film scholl, or for that matters anyone who wants to pursue Cinematography as their career. Being a DoP or his assistant isn't just a way to learn or gain experirence. There are people like John Higgins, Dan McArthur who had worked under cinematographers as light man, gaffers etc and did camera for movies. The Cinematogra

It isn't easy to be a Cinematographer who is choosy in his works and being internationally recognised for it. Siddartha Nuni is one among them. Being a graduate from Mindscreen Film Institute, his first film was a Hollywood movie. But Lucia, a 2013 Kannada Film gave him the star status.  Styled in the vein of American slacker and teen comedies, "Brahman Naman" is the latest from Indian indie filmmaker Quashiq Q Mukherjee. Instead of taking the route of sales and distribution, the directore chose to release his movie through netflix, which was quite new to India. DP Siddartha Nuni shot the film in 23 days in the cities of Bangalore and Mysore. Here, he speaks about his love for Trainspotting, recreating 80's era India and capturing the 'confused teenage mind visually'. How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of your film? What were the factors and attributes that led to your being hired for this job? The director of the fil