On behalf of my cinematographers
Just want to mention to all of you out there in the Sundance screening theaters: Don‘t forget to give the cinematographers the benefit of the doubt. Some of these DPs are seeing their films for the first time here as the print rushes in from the lab or post house at the very end of the festival deadlines. They might have to live with mistakes, miscommunications and the fruits of other indie compromises. And as a huge fan of digital projection, I can say this: it is not perfect and like all computers, projectors sometimes get bollocks-up as my husband would say (not in mixed company). Settings can end up off–rarely, but it does happen. So in addition to the many other pressures that beset those behind the camera, sometimes things downstream come into play. Not making excuses here, just reminding you that as you judge the good and bad, don‘t forget to leave room for the unknown.
