“The camera was waiting for me by predestination and I took to it as a musician takes to the piano or a painter to canvas. I found that I was master of the elements, that I could work miracles.” FoundWaitingMastersElementsMusicianMiracleCamerasPainterPianoCanvasPredestination Author:Alfred Stieglitz
“The challenge in any musical is unifying all the moving parts of it, in particular a movie musical because now you're adding the camera and you're adding the idea of adaptation. So the challenge is to stay as true as you can to the material that you love and yet not be afraid to step outside of it and introduce elements into it that make it exist in a satisfying, exciting way cinematically.” WayIdeasMovingChallengesStepsParticularMaterialsElementsExcitingCamerasMusicalSatisfyingIntroducingAdaptationUnifyingMoving Parts Author:Marc E. Platt
“Acting is one element in a film. Directing is sort of the painter using all of those elements - sound and music and camera and putting it all together. And that can be fun and exciting. If you fail, it's incredibly upsetting - much more upsetting than when you're an actor. But when you succeed it's incredibly, incredibly exciting, so I like the risk of it all.” IfsTogetherFilmActorsFunSoundActingFailingRiskSucceedElementsExcitingCamerasPainterUpsetSound And MusicFilm Directing Author:George Clooney
“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
“It had rained on some vivid green ferns in Maine and it was quite beautiful. I was moving the camera slightly and studying the ground glass. Looking at those 20 square inches, trying to find out just what were the right elements to include.” TryingBeautifulMovingArtistStudyElementsCamerasGreenGlassesMoving OnSquaresInchesVividMoved OnMaineFerns Author:John Sexton
“I've always had a feeling that the image is 50% of the emotion that an audience feels and it's subliminal. Yet, how you arrange the elements in front of a camera has an impact on people's belief about that world in some way.” PeopleWorldWayFeelsFeelingsBeliefEmotionAudienceFrontsElementsCamerasImpactSubliminal Author:Scott Hicks
“The naked figures in the landscape have willingly undressed for my camera. They are either perfect beings heroically occupying their Edens, or else they are gardeners after the Fall, lost and exposed to both the elements and the lens.” FallLostPerfectFiguresElementsCamerasNakedLandscapeExposedLensesGardenerEden Author:Justine Kurland
“Most times you do a movie every place except for what the camera sees is just a mess with the lights, people, and cameras so you get used to it. There is no way to shut that out, there is always a constant reminder of how many people it takes, what is going on and how many elements that goes into making this scene look right.” PeopleWayLooksLightUsedSceneElementsCamerasConstantMessReminders Author:Jeremy Sisto
“I try to express in my films things that no other art can approach. In my monster films for example, I use special effects in the same way one would use a special film stock, a special camera, and so on. Monster films permit me to use all of these elements at the same time. They are the most visual kind of film.” WayTryingKindArtUseFilmSpecialEffectsExampleElementsApproachCamerasMonstersVisualsPermitSpecial Effects Author:Ishiro Honda
“I create other worlds, magical never-never lands where the camera is my weapon and the battles I fight are with the elements. i stretch the laws of the mind and displace people from their realities to capture a side of them they didn’t even know they had. Photography has the ability to freeze people in this time and space—no matter what happens after that moment, it cannot change—they are exactly how i want them to be.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantMindMatterMomentsRealityHappensLawFightingSidesAbilitySpaceLandBattleElementsPhotographyWeaponsCamerasNo Matter WhatThat MomentCaptureTime And SpaceFreezeOther WorldsNever Never Land Author:Tyler Shields