10:00am-Noon at the Tracy Memorial Building
Kodak Presents FilmColumbia's Filmmaker Brunch
Through the Lens: Creating the Vision of Film
A great brunch and scintillating discussion. FilmColumbia's panel discussion and brunch featured a delectable brunch menu from East Chatham's Chef Lisa and a fascinating look at the art of cinematography in film.

We lined up a stellar panel of world-famous filmmakers, including Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, writers/directors of American Splendor and their new film, The Nanny Diaries; Terry Stacey, cinematographer of, In Her Shoes, Friends with Money, and a film currently in production, P.S., I Love You, starring Hillary Swank; local resident Marc Blandori, cinematographer of Mind the Gap, and the tv show, Starved, and Peter Masterson, who just completed work on an independent film by his sister, Mary Stuart Masterson, shot in Catskill.

Cinematography has been called "technology in the service of art." From the rich black and whites and evocative lighting of Good Night and Good Luck, to the hyper-realistic colors and brilliant brights of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, it's clear that cinematography has an extraordinary influence on the mood of a film and, at its best, is a visual reference to understanding a filmmaker’s intentions. Our panel of extraordinarily talented filmmakers discussed the impact and contributions of cinematography on some of our most memorable films and examined the techniques they use to create a film’s mood and ambience.