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The art of lighting, composition, and visual communication in a film. Film began as photography, then later someone got the idea to film theatre.

Thus Cinematography is the original and most important aspect of a film.
The cinematography on that new Aronofsky film was beautiful! Such color and form!
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The cinematography on that was terrible, shaky, and had no sense of color.
by cine_student April 16, 2011
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