“The word "budget" is the idea-killer. It slaughters any idea.” IdeasBudgetsKillersSlaughter Author:James Pearse Connelly
“My approach is to 100 percent get the concept and the visual right. Get the client to love the space. Once they love the space, everything's possible.” SpaceApproachPercentConceptsVisualsClients Author:James Pearse Connelly
“One of the wonderful things about Portlandia - and I'm not just blowing smoke, although I can blow smoke, but I'm not - is that there is an expansive feeling to each segment. It's not reductive. It doesn't seem like sketch comedy.” I CanFeelingsSeemsComedyWonderfulBlowSmokeWonderful ThingsSketch ComedyBlowing Smoke Author:Scott Raab
“Once we have a nice, conceptual sketch and rendering and design approved, then it's really about pinpointing what's functional and what's not, because functional equals expensive.” NiceDesignExpensiveApprovedRendering Author:James Pearse Connelly
“If the person or artist doesn't touch it, and if the camera stays relatively far away from it, it doesn't really have to be real.” IfsPersonsRealArtistCamerasBeing RealFar Away Author:James Pearse Connelly
“As a viewer I came of age during a time when cast members were prone to fistfights. So I may be carrying a little of that kind of image in my head.” KindMayLittlesAgeMembersCastsViewersCast Members Author:Scott Raab
“If you can give your walls history, it supports the action that's happening in front of them.” IfsGivingActionSupportFrontsWallHappeningsIt SupportYour Wall Author:James Pearse Connelly
“If you look around anywhere, layers are an important part of, not just the story and the concept, but the world you're in. If you just turn around and look at your office door, there's a door, and there's something behind it.” IfsWorldLooksImportantStoriesTurnsBehindsDoorsOfficeConceptsLayers Author:James Pearse Connelly