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Quote by Lynne Tillman

“I'm interested in reality but I'm not interested in realism at all.”

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Lynne Tillman is an American contemporary novelist, born in 1947. Her works are known for their unique narrative style and profound social insights, often focusing on modern urban life and the roles and identities of individuals within society. more

“The language of cinema as it has evolved has also excluded vast swathes of human experience. The forms we find in the process of making a film can start to redress this balance and venture into uncharted territory. This is not just about unsung identities but about the subtleties and nuances of contemplation, the drifting spaces in which the worlds of the very small and the very large collide. Camerawork is a part of that.”

“Whatever the genre of film you're doing and whatever the source material is, you have to adapt to the different genre, but it's the same work, as an actor. You're just trying to ground it in reality and find your truth in it.”

Trying Different Reality Film Actors Materials Source Genre Different Genres

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“When you're doing a play, you don't always have a practical world that you're working off of. You have to create it for yourself.”

World Play Practicals

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“A lot of times, when you're seeing something that you've done, you're thinking about the experience you had making it, not about the experience of the product.”

Thinking Done Seeing Products

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“I'm a total luddite when it comes to technology. Pretending I know how to use a computer is a challenge.”

Knows Use Challenges Technology Know How Computer Pretending

Author:Ben Schnetzer

“I think you cannot be too complacent. I think that's dangerous and you cannot take anything for granted.”

Thinking Dangerous Granted Complacent

Author:James Wan

“I always try to better myself with every movie I make. I don't take anything sitting back and so I try to learn from every film I make and carry that onto the next movie because I think it's important as a filmmaker to keep growing with each film and I think I am growing with each movie. And I think it's important because you need to strive to better yourself.”

Thinking Needs Trying Important Film Next Growing Sitting Strive Filmmaker Better Yourself

Author:James Wan

“I'm a visual filmmaker so the camera is a big part of my storytelling tool and it's something that I really rely on to tell a scene or create the suspense that I need and create the emotion of a scene or a sequence.”

Needs Bigs Emotion Scene Tools Cameras Storytelling Suspense Filmmaker Rely Visuals Sequence

Author:James Wan

“I think you can say a lot with the movement of your camera but you can also say a lot by keeping it still.”

Thinking Stills Movement Cameras

Author:James Wan

“You know music and sound design can be very powerful with how you use it but also the absence of sound can say a lot as well.”

Knows Wells Use Sound Powerful Design Absence Very Powerful Sound Design

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