“I'm working in a form of cinema that can be described, and has been described, as a diaristic form of cinema. In other words, with material from my own life. I walk through life with my camera, and occasionally I film. I never think about scripts, never think about films, making films.” ThinkingHas BeensFilmFormMy OwnWalksMaterialsCamerasScriptsCinemaMy Own Life Author:Jonas Mekas
“I don't necessarily believe in the ideology of cinema verité. I think by the very fact that you have a camera there you are affecting the story and you are influencing it.” ThinkingBelieveFactsStoriesInfluenceCamerasIdeologyCinema Author:David Shapiro
“Because of the influence of the cinema, most reports or stories of violence are so pictorial that they lack content or meaning. The camera brings them to our eyes, but does not settle them in our minds, nor in time.” MindDoeStoriesEyeViolenceInfluenceCamerasSettlingCinemaReportsPictorial Author:V. S. Pritchett
“In the theater there are 1,500 cameras rolling at the same time - in the cinema, only one.” TheaterCamerasCinemaRolling Author:Orson Welles
“I think what I loved in cinema - and what I mean by cinema is not just films, but proper, classical cinema - are the extraordinary moments that can occur on screen. At the same time, I do feel that cinema and theater feed each other. I feel like you can do close-up on stage and you can do something very bold and highly characterized - and, dare I say, theatrical - on camera. I think the cameras and the viewpoints shift depending on the intensity and integrity of your intention and focus on that.” ThinkingFeelsMeanMomentsFilmCan DoFocusStageLike YouIntegrityTheaterCamerasIntentionExtraordinaryDareScreensCinemaIntensityTheatricalViewpointsCan Do SomethingExtraordinary Moments Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“The cinema camera doesn't make movies; it allows movies to be made. It's the creative people who make it real to people.” PeopleMadeRealCreativeCamerasMade ItCinemaCreative People Author:Ivan Sutherland
“I think the thing that I love the most about working in the digital cinema is that you're only limited in your cinematic technique by your imagination - you're not restricted by the physical laws of nature. You don't have to worry about physically moving a 50lb camera through space, or worry about shadows and rigging.” ThinkingMovingLawImaginationSpaceWorryShadowCamerasTechniqueCinemaDigitalLaws Of NatureCinematic Author:Robert Zemeckis
“If you are a fan, you have two choices. Go to the stadium, where you see the whole beauty of it. Or stay at home, watch the beautiful moves on the slo-mo cameras. Don't go to the cinema, because you won't see it there.” IfsTwoWholeHomeBeautifulMovingChoicesWatchesFansCamerasCinemaStadiumsStay At HomeTwo Choices Author:Carlos Cuaron
“Musicals and horror films can be very non-verbal and very pure cinema with movement. The camera is justified in being a character. It can really move and tell a story, and literally direct you to look here or there.” LooksCharacterStoriesFilmMovingMovementHorrorPureDirectCamerasCinemaJustifiedHorror Film Author:Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
“The close-up has no equivalent in a narrative fashioned of words. Literature is totally lacking in any working method to enable it to isolate a single vastly enlarged detail in which one face comes forward to underline a state of mind or stress the importance of a single detail in comparison with the rest. As a narrative device, the ability to vary the distance between the camera and the object may be a small thing indeed, but it makes for a notable difference between cinema and oral or written narrative, in which the distance between language and image is always the same.” MindMayStatesFacesLiteratureLanguageDifferencesAbilityWrittenObjectsImportanceStressCamerasMethodDistanceDetailsNarrativeCinemaComparisonDevicesState Of MindLackingSmall ThingsVaryNotable Author:Italo Calvino
“All the great advances in cinema came about from technology. The 3-D camera was not invented by a movie director. The new industries are driven by the innovations in science and technology.” TechnologyIndustryDirectorsInnovationCamerasDrivenCinemaScience And TechnologyMovie Director Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The desire to express in an art form and to compose a tableau and vignette whether it's humorous, burlesque, or poetic comes simply from a desire to compose an image for cinema. It is not my fault that when I go to Ramallah there is a checkpoint and therefore it enters my film. Tell me a way to avoid that politicized image. The fact is that the police are everywhere, the army everywhere and occupation is total. Whether it's a love story or a thriller, you place the camera and these realities will cross the frame.” WayArtFactsStoriesRealityFilmFormDesireHumorousCrossesArmyPoliceCamerasFaultsLove StoryCinemaPoeticOccupationThrillersBurlesqueVignettesCheckpointsTableau Author:Elia Suleiman
“I really love sort of classical cinema where people were telling stories with very little dialogue, and people were using the camera in a really interesting way.” PeopleWayLoveLittlesStoriesInterestingCamerasDialogueCinemaReally InterestingTelling StoriesInteresting Ways Author:Alex Winter