“In a period piece, particularly a fantasy, the lighting is your own choice, the lenses are your own choice. It's really a great thing for a cinematographer to do. Everything is open for you. You can even be more creative and you can use more shadows than usual.” UseChoicesFantasyCreativePiecesPeriodsShadowGreat ThingsUsualLensesLightingCinematographers Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I like to say that lighting is about taking the light away. I often like to use the shadows more than the light.” UseLightDarkShadowCinemaLightingCinematographyCameraman Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I'm always looking in the lighting to tell the story in a different way than it actually looks in real life because it's, for me, more contrast sometimes has to mean it's softer than normal.” WayLooksMeanDifferentRealSometimesStoriesNormalReal LifeDifferent WaysContrastLighting Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“Each story has a different approach for me and I try to work with lighting that will tell you visually the story better than if it was shot in available light.” IfsTryingDifferentStoriesLightApproachShotsAvailableLightingDifferent Approach Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“The best way to know when there's good lighting is when you don't notice it.” KnowsWayBest WayLightingGood Lighting Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I think too many film students in America are losing the artistry and not learning lighting the right way.” ThinkingWayAmericaFilmStudentsLosingRight WayLightingArtistryFilm Students Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“Mexican cinematographers Gabriel Figueroa and Emilio Fernandez were students of both Sergei Eisenstein and Toland. Their exteriors and lighting were gorgeous. And the films Ingmar Bergman did with Sven Nykvist were exceptional.” FilmStudentsExceptionalGorgeousMexicanLightingExteriorGabrielCinematographersBergman Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“Jack [Nicholson] really knows about the camera. He's one of the directors who likes to play with the camera. He'll change things around, play with lighting, things like that. He'll even spend hours on the set-up for an insert shot. He's an interested person who gets involved in all the aspects of the films he is making.” KnowsPersonsPlayFilmHoursInvolvedDirectorsShotsAspectCamerasLikesGet InvolvedLightingInsertNicholson Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“Hayden [Sterling] told me that he was thrilled about the way he moved around the set, that wherever he would go, there would be lighting. He didn't think about his marks because they were set in the only places he could move.” ThinkingWayWould BeMovingMarkMovedLightingSterling Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
