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    25-Nov-93 18:17:41
Sb: #68175-ILM
Fm: James Tichenor 71055,26
To: Aaron Weintraub 70222,557
<<I just thought of something else to argue my first point. When you watch a film and then talk critically about it, you usually give all the credit to the director. If you say something like "Mr. Director used harsh shadows and contrasts to give a sense of eerieness (sp?) to the dungeon scenes" are you giving credit to the wrong person? Should you be saying "That gaffer did a great job"? Just a thought.>> Yeah, you're right Aaron. The Director gets way too much credit for stuff that he may or may not have come up with. In fact, you _never_ know who comes up with a great idea, there's such a long chain: writers, producers, directors, DOPs, gaffer, lamp ops, editors, etc, etc – lot's left out. Everyone contributes – one big pool of ideas.