The Kinetic Image

Professional Cinematographer and Film Educator Richard Clabaugh hosts "The Kinetic Image," a web channel focused on the technical details of film making. We explore the sometimes obscure, but always fascinating details of professional filmmaking. This is for intermediate film makers working their way up to being full time professionals.

Richard Clabaugh is an experienced. full time Hollywood fiilm maker.  He was Director of Photography on "The Prophecy" (Christopher Walken) and "Phantoms" (Ben Affleck) and DP'ed feature films starring Russel Crowe and Viggo Mortensen. He was DP and/or camera operator on many horror classics including many for Dimension Films. He directed the cult genre hits "Python" and "Eyeborgs."  As a full-time teacher he was an instructor of cinematography at the UNC School of the Arts School of film making and at Columbia College in Hollywood. Known as "The Man in the Red Shirt" he continues to work full time in the business.