“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'm always thinking about story, and the development of ideas or images, so with all types of media, I'm simply trying to communicate the feelings and ideas in the story or characters in the most appropriate and effective way.” ThinkingWayTryingIdeasCharacterStoriesFeelingsMediaTypeDevelopmentCommunicateAppropriateAlways Thinking 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
“I kind of enjoy the limits. If you've got no limits, you can do absolutely anything, it's very difficult, actually. I always enjoyed working with machines like color photocopiers and letter-pressing type settings, things where the limits are very apparent. You push the machine to do something, and it tries to do its best, and it usually has wonderful qualities all of its own. Then you get a sort of dialogue going, and the limitations become qualities.” IfsTryingKindEnjoyDifficultCan DoQualityWonderfulColorTypeLimitsLettersMachinesSettingDialogueSettingsEnjoyedLimitation 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
