Director of Photography Job in ‘Paint and Sip’

A hands-on DP to collaborate on the shot list, plan lighting for a night exterior and residential interiors, and operate camera on a small crew. The film takes place in one house with two leads. The key setups are the porch goodbye, the living-room flirtation, the guest-room reveal, and a choreographed chase with a prop weapon and stage blood.

The visual brief is "The Photograph" meets "Paranormal Activity," with the painterly texture of Julian Schnabel’s "Basquiat". "The Photograph" for warm, intimate coverage of the first date. Give the actors room to flirt, look at each other, and sit in the awkward pauses. "Paranormal Activity" for the way a familiar house becomes scary through still frames, dark doorways, and the feeling that something could move in the background. "Basquiat" for the tactile feel of an artist’s home. Darien’s portraits of Black women should register as work Doja wants to get closer to, then take on a different feeling after the reveal.