“I don't want to get pigeonholed just doing just family films and fantasy films... I don't really want to get pigeonholed just doing anything in particular.” WantFilmFantasyParticularFantasy Films Author:Dave McKean
“The inspiration is all in the script, in the text. So whatever it is, either it is a film or a book to be illustrated, anything. Everything you need to know is in the text. So the thing is trying to find right tone and voice, the right style, the right way of expressing the emotions in a story or in the location of the story, but it is all in the text.” KnowsWayNeedsTryingBookStoriesInspirationFilmVoiceEmotionStyleScriptsToneLocationRight Way Author:Dave McKean
“I've always liked making things that don't deny the medium that they're made in. If it's collage, I'm happy for it to look like that. If it's a film made with computers, I don't mind that it looks like a film made with computers as long as it still has a feeling or a mood or an atmosphere that is relevant.” IfsMindLooksLongMadeStillsFeelingsFilmComputerDenyMoodMediumsAtmosphereRelevantCollages Author:Dave McKean
“I like stories that exist both in the naturalistic world and in our imaginative lives, films are so immersive in that sense, we can explore how our characters think and dream, as well as how they exist in the real world.” ThinkingWorldWellsRealCharacterStoriesDreamFilmReal WorldImaginative Author:Dave McKean
“I think the two jobs I dreamed of doing as a teenager were comic book artist and record cover illustrator. Maybe film director was in the mix as well, but that seemed to be an impossible mountain to climb.” ThinkingWellsTwoBookJobsFilmArtistRecordsImpossibleDirectorsMountainComicTeenagerClimbsComic BookFilm DirectorsIllustratorsTwo Jobs Author:Dave McKean
“Film gives me live actors, editing, music, sound, a huge and powerful toolbox to play with. If there is a problem for me, it is that film gives me too much. There is less room for the audience to add their side of the conversation.” IfsGivingPlayProblemFilmActorsSoundSidesRoomsPowerfulAudienceToo MuchHugeConversationGive MeAddEditingToolbox Author:Dave McKean
“Reading a good comic is a creative act. Watching a film is often a more passive experience, and since I'm interested in engaging that conversational aspect of creativity, I'm trying to find ways of achieving that in my films.” WayTryingFilmReadingCreativityCreativeAchieveAspectComicPassiveEngaging Author:Dave McKean
“Sometimes the things I learn making paintings or drawings - composition, colour, expressionism, texture - can directly influence the making of a film. Sometimes it's great that they are different, and simply taking a break from one medium to spend time with another, recharges the batteries and I feel refreshed.” FeelsDifferentSometimesFilmBreakInfluencePaintingDrawingMediumsColourCompositionEnd TimesSpend TimeTextureBatteriesExpressionismTaking A Break Author:Dave McKean
“I love the silent era because you can see the rules being written, the grammar of film being created. Most of my films are in some way love letters to the silent era.” WayFilmWrittenLettersSilentErasGrammarLove Letter Author:Dave McKean
“But actually making pictures to look like my pictures, I've done it for so long, I'm kind of used to it now. So at the beginning of the process, designing and storyboarding everything, I sort of did all that. And then designed the characters, and doing the textures for the characters, and the texture maps to cover all the animated characters and the sets, I did those, because that's where my sort of coloring and textures get imprinted on the film.” LooksKindLongDoneCharacterFilmUsedProcessDesignMapsTextureAnimatedStoryboarding Author:Dave McKean
“I love telling stories. And even in single images, I tend to have stories inside them. I've always loved film, but I was making drawings and paintings and photographs. And you put art and narrative together, and that really is comics.” ArtStoriesTogetherFilmPaintingPhotographDrawingNarrativeTelling StoriesDrawing And Painting Author:Dave McKean
“You could easily spend several lifetimes trying to master film. It make very good use of all the things that I love. Narrative, image-making, also sound and music. It's so full that I can't really imagine getting tired of it. Or getting to the point like I feel like I know it.” KnowsFeelsTryingI CanUseFilmSoundImagineMastersTiredLifetimeVery GoodNarrativeGetting TiredSound And Music Author:Dave McKean
“So I really love this very difficult feeling of being completely out at sea. I don't know what I'm doing, and I kind of like this feeling. So I think for the moment, I'm going to continue to try and nail film down in some sort of shape where I'm happy with it.” ThinkingKnowsTryingKindMomentsFeelingsFilmDifficultSeaShapesNails Author:Dave McKean
