Something’s been happening in Louisville’s film world, and cinematography technician Geoffrey Storts has had a front-row seat to it—sometimes literally measuring the distance from an actor’s face to the lens.
“On set, I’m a first assistant camera—a focus puller,” Storts explains. “I’m basically the technician under the cinematographer or director of photography. I’m the person who kind of builds the cameras, does all of the technical work on set, and also keeps the actors or talent in focus.”
It’s the sort of job that sounds clinical until you realize how much instinct goes into it. Storts can’t help himself even during conversation. Sitting across the table, he instinctively sizes things up. “I’m just so specific in distances and keeping people in focus,” he says. “I’m sitting across from you right now and I’m like, ‘Ah, you’re probably like six-two from me.’”…