“What I remember about being painted was a very severe atmosphere. I remember her intensity and sharp glance.” RememberAtmosphereIntensitySevereGlancesPortraiture Author:Andrew Neel
“The idea of discussing psychological and philosophical ideas in a visual medium was really exciting to me. I thought I was going to go into philosophy...and suddenly I found this way to combine that with my love for visual mediums.” WayIdeasPhilosophyFoundExcitingPhilosophicalPsychologicalMediumsVisualsDiscussing Author:Andrew Neel
“Escaping into the fantasy of intellectual investigation or narrative story telling makes me feel hopeful. That too is a fiction, but one that makes me feel good sometimes.” FeelsSometimesStoriesFictionFantasyIntellectualFeel GoodNarrativeHopefulInvestigationEscaping Author:Andrew Neel
“As I get older it gets harder and harder to hold on to the ephemeral excitement. When a documentary, or a screenplay, or even just a brainstorming session is going well I get to experience sense of hope, and expansiveness, even if it's just for a moment.” IfsWellsMomentsHarderExcitementDocumentariesSessionScreenplaysEphemeralBrainstormingExpansiveness Author:Andrew Neel
“The human animal is a fascinating beast. Watching people and trying to learn how and why they do things, and to engage in the somewhat futile attempt to explain them...it's my reason for living I guess...to ask 'why?'. I don't know what else to do with myself. In some strange way it's probably an attempt to understand myself and my own relationship to the world.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayTryingHumansReasonAsksMy OwnAnimalStrangeBeastFascinatingHuman Animal Author:Andrew Neel
“The glut of information that is spayed at us on a daily basis is an important factor in the formation of our ideologies, and it's not even actually happening in front of us.” ImportantFrontsInformationHappeningsBasesFactorsIdeologyFormation Author:Andrew Neel
“There is a straight-forward definition for 'Independent Filmmaking'. The term references a group of films that are financed by money that comes from outside the studio system. In a literal sense that is what it means.” MeanFilmTermGroupsIndependentDefinitionsStudiosFilmmakingLiteralIndependent Filmmaking Author:Andrew Neel
“I don't call myself an 'independent filmmaker'. Either a concept works within a studio system or it doesn't. If it does then you should try to get a studio budget so that you can use all of the tools they have to get what you want. If it doesn't then you look elsewhere, or make it yourself.” IfsWantShouldTryingLooksDoeUseConceptsToolsIndependentStudiosWhat You WantBudgetsFilmmakerElsewhere Author:Andrew Neel
“Pick up a camera and start shooting. You need to wade in in order to figure out how to move forward and do something concrete. I firmly believe that a lot dynamic and revolutionary work flows from those who summon all of their personal energy and just go out and make something.” NeedsBelieveMovingOrderEnergyFiguresPicksFlowCamerasMoving ForwardShootingRevolutionaryConcreteWadeWork Flow Author:Andrew Neel
