How to Use cinematography in a Sentence
cinematography
noun- Who did the cinematography for this film?
- The film's cinematography is breathtaking.
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Tobe liked the cinematography and proceeded to get in touch with me to shoot the film.
—Edward Frumkin, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2024
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The choices in music, the cinematography, and the wardrobe.
—Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Jan. 2023
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Queen Bey didn’t do the cinematography, but at the VMAs, artists share in the technical awards.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2021
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The Russian film is hideous compared to the epic cinematography feat of Jackson’s Lord of the Rings.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 7 Apr. 2021
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What the cinematography will look like, no one can say.
—Vulture, 12 Feb. 2024
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What the cinematography will look like, no one can say.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 15 May 2024
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What the cinematography will look like, no one can say.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 July 2024
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The acting is good, the actors are hot, and the plots deliver; don’t ask about the cinematography.
—Hallie Lieberman, Wired, 11 June 2020
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The film has some impressive cinematography and the biggest scope Ewing and Grady have had the chance to work with.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2025
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The Bronze Frog went to Roma, which won the Oscar in cinematography.
—Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2019
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The cinematography is stunning and really does give the film the feeling of a dark fairy tale.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 July 2019
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But a few good stars and pretty cinematography aren't enough to sustain a TV show for one year, let alone four.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2021
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The duo zeroed in on the cameras, lenses and camera angles to get the cinematography right.
—Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2023
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Max Greene’s black-and-white cinematography makes the slime look gorgeous.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2021
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Swift’s other wins on the night were artist of the year, album of the year (for Midnights), show of the summer, best cinematography and best visual effects.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2023
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The cinematography is easy on the eyes—think soaring drone footage over wild landscapes—but the show isn’t overproduced.
—Anna Callaghan, Outside Online, 20 May 2021
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Even the cinematography by Eric K. Yue changes with the city, replacing the warmth of the 1994 section with a colder, more polished sheen.
—Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
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In a contest with the logic of trade-offs, the emotive power of Sir David’s cinematography is likely to win.
—The Economist, 25 July 2019
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In seven of the last 10 years, the winner of the ASC feature competition went on to win the cinematography Oscar.
—Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2023
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The race for best cinematography is among the most competitive races this year at the Oscars.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022
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Classic stuff told on a grand scale, thanks in large part to Alan Hume’s gorgeous cinematography.
—Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 4 May 2021
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Aside from the holdover of the red phone box, central to the pre-cellphone 1980s story, the design team avoid the literal, which makes sense since they are robbed of the film’s cinematography of the landscape.
—David Benedict, Variety, 19 Oct. 2022
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As a fan, and someone who watches TV, the cinematography and action were great.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2022
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The black-and-white Netflix film also won best cinematography, for Edu Grau.
—NBC News, 7 Mar. 2022
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As is profoundly true in the art of cinematography, words alone cannot capture the loss of one so dear to the AFI community.
—Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com, 22 Oct. 2021
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One thing that struck me about the film was the richness and naturalism to the cinematography and locations.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
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The series has been revered in countless ways: for its brilliant scripting, actors and cinematography, but mostly for its gut-wrenching and eye-opening storyline.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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But unlike cinematography or choreography, intimacy coordination is a relatively new profession, and though SAG outlined some guidelines in 2019, sets are still figuring out the rules for a role that emerged in a state of industry panic.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
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