“I discovered shooting and filmmaking around the time all of the software became affordable to anyone with a PC.” ActorsShootingMovieSoftwareFilmmakingAffordable Author:Seth Gordon
“That's really good for an actor - to like the people behind the scenes - because then you treat the camera differently. If you really like someone who's shooting you, you're more open. You're not defensive, you're more relaxed, and I think that translates into a more interesting, natural performance.” PeopleIfsThinkingActorsNaturalInterestingBehindsScenePerformancesTreatsCamerasShootingTranslateRelaxedBehind The Scenes Author:Emile Hirsch
“Shooting in 3D hasn't really affected the way I work as an actor that much. Maybe that's not a good thing. Maybe I'm not being diligent enough.” WayEnoughActorsGood ThingsShootingAffectedDiligent Author:Emile Hirsch
“Shooting in real-life situations helps actors because they're competing against the noise and the wind. Out of that comes things that shift and change, in terms of tone, but not in terms of re-honing the whole sequence.” RealWholeHelpingActorsTermSituationWindReal LifeNoiseShootingToneCompetingSequenceHoning Author:Tony Scott
“I don't ever want to do a movie where you shoot it on a motion capture stage. I just don't like taking the reality out of it. I like being on the set in real environments. I don't like shooting on green screen. I think it gives the actors so much more to play with when there's real stuff happening on the set.” ThinkingWantGivingRealPlayRealityActorsStuffEnvironmentStageHappeningsGreenScreensShootingCaptureReal Stuff Author:Michael Bay
“As an actor, if you want to while shooting, you can run back to your trailer and take a nap. But you cannot do that while directing.” IfsWantRunningActorsShootingNapsTrailers Author:Misha Collins
“Typically, I like to talk and meet with actors face to face well before we start shooting.” WellsFacesActorsShootingFace To Face Author:Christine Swanson
“When you're casting a movie and when you're shooting a film, the eyes are the most important feature of any performer, really. Any great actor literally knows exactly how to use their eyes, and even as a filmmaker I love shooting huge close-ups because it's those eyes that mean so much to me.” KnowsMeanImportantUseEyeFilmActorsHugeShootingFeaturesFilmmakerPerformersCastingGreat Actors Author:Peter Jackson
“I let the actors work out their ideas before shooting, then tell them what attitudes I want. If a scene isn't honest, it stands out like a sore thumb.” IfsWantIdeasActorsAttitudeHonestSceneWork OutShootingStanding OutThumbs Author:David Lynch
“I learned my business in the theater and in television, particularly working with the actors. You can learn much more in the theater than directing a movie, because then you have no time when you are shooting a movie to really work with the actors. You have to learn this craft somewhere else.” ActorsTelevisionTheaterCraftsShootingSomewhere Else Author:Michael Haneke
“You can actually improvise a lot as a voice actor. It's not that entirely different than shooting a live action movie; the characters mouths are quite easy to manipulate once all the information is built into the computer. So you can improvise a lot and it doesn't matter really how far along they are in the process they can really just make the character say something different.” DifferentMatterCharacterActionActorsEasyProcessVoiceInformationComputerMouthsBuiltShootingManipulateAction Movie Author:Seth Rogen