American Cinematographer
It focuses on the art and craft of cinematography, covering domestic and foreign feature productions, television productions, short films, music videos and commercials.Articles include technical how-to pieces, discussions of tools and technologies that affect cinematography, and historical features.It began publishing American Cinematographer on November 1, 1920, as a twice-monthly four-page newsletter about the ASC and its members.In 1929, editor Hal Hall started to change the publication; he reformatted it to standard magazine size, increased the page count, and included more articles on amateur filmmaking.For a while during the 1930s, the magazine was devoted to professional cinematography and amateur moviemaking in equal measure.