“I don't actually like blocking actors. I prefer giving actors freedom. They don't have to step on a precise mark with me. Instead of giving marks to the actors I like to give marks to the camera.” GivingActorsStepsMarkCamerasBlockPrecise Author:Jose Padilha
“You try to become the character that you're working with. So for me, I try to block out the cameras and try to trick my mind that this is actually happening.” TryingMindCharacterHappeningsCamerasTricksBlock Author:Bailee Madison
“Kissing scenes are never romantic or sexy, they're actually super technical, like, "Move your head, you're blocking her light," or, "Stop looking like an idiot when you kiss her." You do it again and again because of the camera angles and takes and whatnot. So by the end of it, it's not even kissing. All the anything is totally drained out of it.” EndsLightMovingSceneKissingCamerasSexyBlockIdiotAgain And AgainAngleDrainedCamera Angles Author:Will Poulter
“Everybody is talking and everybody is trying to block things out, but eventually you just yell, "Action!," everybody starts moving, the camera starts going, and you get a take.” TryingActionMovingTalkingCamerasBlock Author:Craig Gillespie
“But when there were certain moments or scenes that required a very specific nuance or performance, I myself would act out the scene or the sequence and that would inspire the actors. Of course, I can't really express emotions on camera, but I was very active in showing a certain action or a blocking for an actor. I would also participate in certain stunts myself and because of that, I would get bruises or cuts on my knees and elbows.” I CanMomentsActionCertainCoursesActorsEmotionCuttingInspireScenePerformancesCamerasActiveBlockKneesSequenceNuanceElbowsBruises Author:Kim Jee-woon
“The job is exactly the same, it just goes on for longer on TV. Most feature films are 35-40 shooting days. This has 10 parts, with different directors for each block. We shoot with two, sometimes three cameras.” TwoDifferentSometimesJobsFilmThreeTvsGoes OnDirectorsCamerasBlockShootingFeatures Author:Charles Dance
“You just have to learn certain technical things, like where the camera is, not to block people's light in your own, to hit your marks, and that you do it kind of piecemeal.” PeopleKindLightCertainMarkCamerasBlock Author:Judd Nelson
“If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!” IfsGunCamerasSpeedBlockHigh SpeedGelatinBallistics Author:Nathan Myhrvold
“Abby must have been the one who found the safe house, because Townsend didn't like it. "The building across the street is under construction," he snarled as soon as we'd carried our bags inside. "The elevator has key card access, and I've hacked into the surveillance cameras from every system on the block," Abby argued. "We have a three-hundred-sixty-degree visual." "Excellent." Townsend dropped his bag. "Now the circle can see us from every angle." "Don't mind Agent Townsend, girls," Abby told us. "He's a glass-half-empty kind of spy." "Also known as the good kind," he countered. Abby huffed.” MindKindHas BeensGirlThreeFoundHouseHalfKnownStreetsBuildingKeysSafeDegreesHundredEmptyCamerasGlassesAccessCirclesBlockCardsAgentsExcellentVisualsBagsConstructionSixtyAngleSpySurveillanceElevatorsHackedHalf EmptyAbbyUnder ConstructionSurveillance Cameras Author:Ally Carter