Camera Operator, Cinematographer, Light Designer
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
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“I am a very calm person in my work. I try to feel the shot or the Show. I do the maximum I can. I work too as a Light Designer for TV shows and concerts. I worked as a Light Designer for several TV stations from MTV (MurrTV), Rotana TV (Rotana Music, Rotana Tarab, Rotana Khaligia), Hurra TV, New TV, MBC TV, ART TV. And the Lebanese version of the French program, Tout le monde en parle.”
Filmmaking in Lebanon:
“The industry in Lebanon is mainly made of TV commercials and music video clips. Feature films are rare in Lebanon because as you know it’s really hard to produce them. Even though, I have to say that we keep a high level of technicality and professionalism.
“The challenges that you find in Lebanese shootings is the long, very long hours of work, and dealing with all the stress and the fatigue, but if you love it, you’re ready for everything.”
Biggest Challenge and Solution:
“My biggest challenge was my final Cinematography Masters degree short film, Watermelon. I was the loader, the DP, and the producer. I got a very good experience from it, and I succeeded. If you work hard and be specific in every shot and work you do, you get it even if it’s difficult.”
Favorite Technique:
“Working on my last film, Watermelon, I had a top shot, but I didn’t have the tools to make it over the bed where the actor was sleeping, so I made him stand up near a wall with the accessories and took the shot straight.”
Favorite Tool:
“I like to work on my light meter and my spot meter, controlling the light on the scene and trying to make the shot as real it can be with the right exposure on the cam whatever the format is, 1 or 5mm.”
Favorite Experience Lighting a Concert:
“One of my best concerts was for the band Appocalyptica. Of course they have their own light designer, but I was the representative of the Lebanese team, and working with them was a great experience for me.”
Inspiration:
“Inspiration comes from my reality where I am living, nature and colors help me to create.
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