Dosen Pembimbing : Dra. Ibrahim, M.SirnrnCameraman is a person who is responsible for maintaining therncomposition of the whole scene or shooting. In the making of a narrative film therncameraman is in charge directly with the director. An audio-visual production willrnnot happen without a camera. It because the basic pause of the video camera is thernrecording medium of a motion picture that is a continuous file between somernframes. cameraman is the person responsible for all technical aspects of shooting.rnFuthermore the authors use the theory of communication, massrncommunication, film and documentary film. In this research do the stages fromrnpre production, production to post production.rnThe result of the research is that a cameraman must increase anglernvariation to present an interesting picture to be more satisfying to the audience. Arncameraman must have a high level of creativity and tenacity in order to not easilyrngive up because on the set filed many unexpected obstacles can happen.rnBased on the research can be concluded that cameraman must be able tornmaximize the object and location available in shooting process. A cameramanrnmust be able to work with the team so that the results from the pre-productionrnprocess to post production can be achieved with maximum and cameraman in arndocumentary film production is a visual maker desired by the Director inrnaccordance with the script that has been made before.rnKeywords: cameraman and documentary film