Cinema is Silent and Sighted

Cinematographers of the silent film period were the first to figure out how to shoot a moving image. In the early years of cinema, the reputation of such people, both inside the industry and outside it, was curious, paradoxical. On the one hand, as masters of the mysterious mechanisms of cinema, they enjoyed a reputation as wizards. But more often they were perceived as adventurers. However, the first generation of Russian cameramen made many artistic discoveries.