Importance of film knowledge

Importance of film knowledge

Creating your own story, and making a film is a talent for sure, and creativity cannot be taught but just can come into your mind. But you can learn how to enhance your unique skills, as well as can improvise on your mistakes. Film knowledge in my point of view is really very necessary. You see, walking with the facts, everyone in this world is creative, and unique in their own ways. In this specific field, if you are having the qualities of becoming a successful film maker it will surely take you ahead in life. But in my point of view, it is very vital to know about the knowledge of the field which you will be entering soon. Currently I am studying in a film school where various different subjects are taught such as film history. In my point of view, knowing about how the cinema gave birth into this world is essential. This is also another way of being different from the crowd; by having the qualities, and the knowledge as well. Even having the knowledge of technical terms will help you work with a much planned, and an easier way. As a cinematographer your practical work also speaks the most right? And sometimes there are people who work practically, without knowing the exact technical terms. This might sound ironic, but after going into theory, and having the idea of the technical terms, your practical work will automatically improvise as you will know how exactly the shot will be taken. I can explain this particular part with a very basic example. If you want to take a wide shot, as a director instead of just explaining the cinematographer what and how he/she wants the shot to be taken by experimenting moving the camera in distinct angels or views, knowing the term will make your life much easier as well as a cinematographer also. There is always a reason to have knowledge of something as it helps anytime in the present, or future. If you are willing to become a film maker it is not just important to become excellent in the creative part, but also very vital for being intelligent in the knowledge; theory as well.

There is nothing compulsory as such, but I feel that in which ever field you step in you should know everything about it as because of that particular field you will reach somewhere. There might be people who are just keen into the practical part, and not realizing how important it is to gain the theoretical one as well, and I am not stating that it is either wrong or right, but instead just giving what is my point of view to this particular topic, because having knowledge will as well as help you reach somewhere, and there are no limits in it also.