“There's a certain way people are used to seeing nude women, and that's in a submissive, coy pose, not looking at the camera. And in this poster, I'm looking dead into the camera with no expression on my face. I think it freaks a lot of people out.” PeopleThinkingWayFacesUsedCertainSeeingExpressionCamerasFreakPostersSubmissivePosing Author:Rooney Mara
“[on his use of tracking shots throughout his 50-year career] There's always a certain amount of camera improvisation.” CertainAmountCamerasImprovisation Author:Allan Dwan
“Usually you talk about directors in terms of the way they choose camera lenses or a kind of light to create a certain effect. But to me the most valuable commodity for a movie to create is a feeling of life, and that's what A Hard Day's Night has in spades.” WayKindHardFeelingsLightNightCertainTermEffectsDirectorsCamerasValuableCommodityLensesSpadesHard DaysCamera Lenses Author:Michael Patrick Jann
“There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.” MenCertainStepsMinutesFrontsMen And WomenCameras Author:F. Murray Abraham
“In looking at Hollywood and its structure, the director controls the medium, and I want to be in control of certain things. I want to be able to get my own ideas and my own feelings out there, and the only way to do that is to be behind the camera.” WayWantIdeasFeelingsAbleCertainMy OwnBehindsDirectorsHollywoodCamerasStructureMediums Author:Jamie Foxx
“I think there is an element of magic in photography - light, chemistry, precious metals - a certain alchemy. You can wield a camera like a magic wand almost. Murmur the right words and you can conjure up proof of a dream. I believe in wonder. I look for it in my life every day; I find it in the most ordinary things.” ThinkingBelieveLooksDreamLightCertainI BelieveWonderMagicElementsPhotographyOrdinaryCamerasI Believe InProofChemistryMetalsAlchemyWandsRight WordsOrdinary ThingsMagic WandsPrecious Metal Author:Keith Carter
“I like the film camera better because the film is still one hundred times better than any digital image at the moment. So, there are certain movies that you can't really do digitally.” StillsMomentsFilmCertainHundredCamerasDigital Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“If you're a certain type of actor, then eventually stepping into a director's shoes is a natural transition. I've always been the actor who's very focused on the narrative, where my character is in the story, and how I can benefit the story. I've always had a technical aspect of what the lens is, how the camera is going to move, how I can feed the information the director applies within that move. If you're that type of actor, narrative-based, technically proficient, the next step is actually not that far.” IfsI CanCharacterStoriesMovingCertainNextActorsNaturalStepsInformationTypeDirectorsBenefitsAspectCamerasShoesFocusedNarrativeTransitionLensesNext Steps Author:Russell Crowe
“People are expecting me to be a certain way all the time. It's not like if I come in here with a totally different personality and right before the camera starts they see this new character. It confuses everything. Life has a consensus reality to it and if you use that to your advantage it makes it much easier.” PeopleIfsWayDifferentCharacterUseRealityCertainPersonalityEasierAdvantageCamerasExpectingConsensus Author:Richard Gere
“For women and men, but especially women, with on camera acting you have to look a certain way. You have to present yourself as the most attractive version of yourself that you can be, and then you're judged based on how attractive you are or if you are the right look for the character.” IfsMenWayLooksCharacterCertainActingMen And WomenCamerasVersionsAttractiveJudged Author:Ashly Burch
“I understand the opposite side of the camera. I have a profound respect for that. I have worked with people who, when you hit that mark, are doing 50 percent of your work for you. So, you know, it's a balance. When you walk into a mark and you're lit a certain way or something's happening so often you don't know what's behind you... And that's what's so strange about being a movie actor.” PeopleKnowsWayCertainActorsSidesWalksBehindsStrangeBalanceHappeningsPercentOppositesMarkCamerasProfoundLitBehind YouMovie Actors Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“There's so much stuff going on behind the cameras. Sometimes people think these things are done certain ways and when you watch that you see how hard and down and dirty it was.” PeopleThinkingWaySometimesHardDoneCertainStuffBehindsWatchesDown AndCamerasDirty Author:Fede Alvarez
“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
“Yes, there's a certain power to a photograph. The camera has a way of disorienting a person, if it wants to and, for me, when it disorients, it's got real value.” IfsWayWantPersonsRealCertainValuesCamerasPhotographReal Value Book:Leave Any Information at the Signal: Writings, Interviews, Bits, Pages Source: Leave Any Information at the Signal: Writings, Interviews, Bits, Pages
“Suddenly this camera, this thing, allowed me to move around the world in a certain kind of way, with a certain kind of purpose. (On receiving a camera for her twenty-first birthday)” WorldWayFirstsKindMovingPurposeCertainTwentiesCamerasAround The WorldReceivingFirst Birthday Author:Carrie Mae Weems
“Our camera does not produce pretty pictures, but exact duplications that, through our renunciation of photographic effects, turn out to be relatively objective. The photo can optically replace its object to a certain degree. This takes on special meaning if the object cannot be preserved.” IfsDoeCertainTurnsSpecialEffectsObjectsProduceDegreesCamerasObjectivesRenunciationDuplicationPretty Picture Author:Bernd Becher
“Even back in the '90s, I shot certain things on something that wasn't digital then, but it was on VHS with a smaller camera and we would up it to film.” FilmCertainShotsCamerasDigital Author:Barry Levinson
“I got a unicorn horn on my head once. I said, "Can you really see that on camera?" My producer said, "You can see it from space." I would have to angle my head a certain way so that I didn't look misshapen on camera.” WayLooksSaidCertainSpaceCamerasProducersAngleHornsUnicorn Author:Jancee Dunn
“The wonderful thing is that Clive [Oppenheimer ] insisted on training his camera - his private camera - on me at one point. We were discussing things such as how to avoid certain dangers, while reflecting on a volcano that had threatened to explode 40 years ago.” YearsCertainWonderfulDangerTrainingYears AgoCamerasThreatenedWonderful ThingsReflectingDiscussingVolcanoes Author:Werner Herzog
“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
“I'm never certain of a performance - my own or the other actors' - or the script or anything... But to me it seems there's only one place in the world the camera can be, and the decision usually comes immediately.” WorldSeemsCertainActorsMy OwnDecisionPerformancesCamerasScriptsPlaces In The World Book:This is Orson Welles Source: This is Orson Welles
“Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight. And after I've finished "shooting," my unharmed victims are still around for others to enjoy. I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than those of humans.” GivingShouldHumansStillsCertainEnjoyPleasureAnimalRightsIndustryCreaturesGive MeCamerasFellowsVictimFinishedShootingPetAnimal RightsHuntingAnimal WelfareAnimal CrueltyLiving CreaturesHuman AnimalHumans And AnimalsAnimal LifeWildlife Animals Author:James Stewart
“The camera adds a certain sheen to things. Something about being frozen in time really makes things sparkle.” CertainPhotographyCamerasAddFrozenSparkleInspirational PhotographyCamera And PhotographyFrozen In Time Author:Brandon Stanton
“You find that you have to do many things, more than just lift up the camera and shoot, and so you get involved in it in a very physical way. You may find that the picture you want to do can only be made from a certain place, and you're not there, so you have to physically go there. And that participation may spur you on to work harder on the thing, . . . because in the physical change of position you start seeing a whole different relationship.” WayWantMayMadeDifferentWholeCertainSeeingPositionHard WorkInvolvedPhotographyHarderCamerasPhotographerLiftsParticipationGet InvolvedWork HarderSpursDifferent Relationships Author:Jay Maisel
“I think where I've instinctively found myself is that I am somewhat guarded in my public life. Being interviewed or being photographed or just in public attention, I have a certain reserve. But when I'm working I feel like I'm very open. At least I like to believe that I feel like nothing is held back when I'm in front of a camera. That's my job.” ThinkingFeelsBelieveJobsCertainFoundAttentionFrontsCamerasReservesPublic LifeBack WhenGuarded Author:Annette Bening
“The difference between an amateur and a professional photographer is that the amateur thinks the camera does the work. And they treat the camera with a certain amount of reverence. It is all about the kind of lens you choose, the kind of film stock you use… exactly the sort of perfection of the camera. Whereas, the professional the real professional – treats the camera with unutterable disdain. They pick up the camera and sling it aside. Because they know it’s the eye and the brain that count, not the mechanism that gets between them and the subject that counts.” ThinkingKnowsKindDoeRealUseEyeFilmCertainDifferencesBrainSubjectsAmountPicksPerfectionTreatsCamerasPhotographerYou ChooseReverenceMechanismLensesDisdainProfessional Photographer Author:David Hemmings