“Everything about filmmaking is incredibly weird, and there's nothing natural about watching yourself on the big screen or hearing your voice. It's that same thing that you feel when you watch yourself on a video camera and you hate the sound of your voice - it's that times 800.” FeelsBigsHateActorsSoundVoiceNaturalWatchesCamerasHearingScreensVideoMovieFilmmakingBig ScreenVideo CamerasHearing Your Voice Author:Eddie Redmayne
“When I first moved from photography to filmmaking, I was worried about how big I had to become. I was one person, or maybe me and an assistant, and I had these small cameras, and maybe a flash.” FirstsPersonsBigsPhotographyCamerasMovedWorriedFlashFilmmakingAssistants Author:Lauren Greenfield
“I learned very quickly that the hard thing in life is to make good films. Technically, filmmaking is the camera and the actor telling the story and that's what I'm more interested in doing.” HardStoriesFilmLife IsActorsCamerasThings In LifeFilmmakingHard ThingsGood Films Author:Matthew Vaughn
“I like to do stuff real and practical and in camera, as much as possible. I like old school filmmaking.” RealSchoolStuffCamerasPracticalsFilmmakingOld School Author:David Ayer
“The holy trifecta of directing and filmmaking is character emotion, camera movement and music. When you hit those three, that's magical. That's what I'm trying to do.” TryingCharacterThreeEmotionMovementHolyCamerasFilmmakingTrifecta Author:David O. Russell
“I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little I gained more experience in filming.” LittlesMadeFilmCamerasFilmmaking Author:Bahman Ghobadi
“With portable cameras and affordable data and non-linear digital editing, I think this is a golden age of documentary filmmaking. These new technologies mean we can make complicated, beautifully crafted and cinematic films about real-life stories.” ThinkingMeanRealStoriesAgeFilmTechnologyCamerasComplicatedReal LifeGoldenDataDigitalFilmmakingEditingDocumentariesAffordableNew TechnologyLinearLife StoryGolden AgeCinematic Author:Lucy Walker
“You have to remain strong. That's the kind of filmmaker I want to encourage. Orson Welles was the one who said, you know, you can learn anything you need to know about filmmaking- that's camera, sound, celluloid, video at this point- in four hours. It has nothing to do with anything. It has nothing to do with it... It has to do with what you want to say. If you feel you have something to say, you'll find that way to get it said, on film, and not let anyone or anything chip away at that or tarnish it, because it's something special and precious.” IfsKnowsWayWantNeedsFeelsKindSaidFilmStrongSoundHoursFourSpecialCamerasWhat You WantVideoFilmmakerFilmmakingChipsSomething SpecialCelluloid Author:Martin Scorsese
“Sometimes I feel ashamed at my lack of interest in all the new techniques of modern filmmaking, but I prefer to work with as little equipment as possible. If I have a good lens and a steady camera, that's all I need.” IfsNeedsFeelsLittlesSometimesInterestModernCamerasTechniqueAshamedSteadyFilmmakingEquipmentLenses Author:Sven Nykvist
“I really enjoy behind the camera stuff and I'm a frustrated photographer myself and just love the camera. I love that side of it and that part of the filmmaking world and I enjoy developing things. It's an area that I'll continue to be more active in as time goes by.” WorldStuffEnjoySidesBehindsAreasCamerasPhotographerActiveDevelopingFilmmakingFrustratedTime Goes By Author:Eric Bana
“My filmmaking background has really just been making movies with my friends since I was 12 years old. That's how I feel I learned how to tell a story visually, by just going out with a video camera and making movies with my friends and family.” FeelsYearsStoriesMy FriendsCamerasBackgroundsVideoFilmmakingGoing OutFamily And FriendsVideo Cameras Author:Rian Johnson
“I like figuring out where I need to be mentally so that I'm not thinking about the camera and that it's second nature. I want to get to a place where I can exist within the confines of what you can do with filmmaking and not have to think about it.” ThinkingWantNeedsI CanActorsCan DoCamerasMovieFilmmaking Author:Anna Kendrick
“The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom.” KnowsGivingIdeasActorsLanguageMastersCamerasAttractiveMovieFilmmakingGreat Freedom Author:Max von Sydow
“The relationship with actor and director is probably closer to theater, in that, when we record the dialogue, there is very little in the way of the creative collaboration - no cameras, lighting or even locations. Then, once we record, the post process is very similar to the post flow in filmmaking - editing, sound design, mixing, etc. At the end of the day, it's all about storytelling and honing in on a tone by developing a rhythm and structure that suits the storytelling.” WayLittlesEndsActorsProcessSoundCreativeRecordsDesignDirectorsFlowTheaterCamerasStructureDialogueStorytellingSuitsRhythmDevelopingPostsToneThe End Of The DayEtcCollaborationFilmmakingEditingLocationLightingMixingHoningSound DesignCreative Collaboration Author:Glenn McQuaid
“I found my father's Super8mm film camera when I was around eight years old and started shooting with it. I had no idea what I was doing at the time, but that's really where my filmmaking began.” YearsIdeasFilmFoundFatherCamerasEightShootingNo IdeaFilmmaking Author:Gabriel Campisi
“I was mentioning with the digital camera, maybe this new fashion of filmmaking gives a closer look of what life may be like. But it's still nothing but a copy.” GivingLooksMayStillsFashionCamerasDigitalCopiesFilmmakingDigital Cameras Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“I've been around Hollywood and filmmaking long enough to know that it's a tricky dangerous business when you go on camera, you got to watch yourself.” KnowsLongEnoughWatchesDangerousGoes OnHollywoodCamerasFilmmakingTricky Author:Wayne White
“I think about it all the time. I love filmmaking. Whether I'd be in front of the camera or behind the camera, I just love that world.” ThinkingWorldBehindsFrontsCamerasFilmmakingLove Films Author:Nicolas Cowan
“My filmmaking really began with technology. It began through technology, not through telling stories, because my 8mm movie camera was the way into whatever I decided to do.” WayStoriesTechnologyDecidedCamerasFilmmakingTelling Stories Author:Steven Spielberg
“When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it's you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult, filmmaking is all about appreciating the talents of the people you surround yourself with and knowing you could never have made any of these films by yourself.” PeopleMadeKidsFilmKnowingTalentAdultsAppreciateCamerasSurroundCollaborationFilmmakingSurround Yourself Author:Steven Spielberg
“Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you're a director. Everything after that you're just negotiating your budget and your fee.” InspirationalMatterMotivationalNamesStarsFriendsDirectorsPicksCamerasBudgetsFilmmakerFilmmakingFeesCheesyNegotiatingFilm SchoolMovie DirectorFilm Students Book:James Cameron: Interviews Source: James Cameron: Interviews
“The '80s were a time of technical wonder in filmmaking; unfortunately, some colleges didn't integrate their film and theater departments - so you had actors who were afraid of the camera, and directors who couldn't talk to the actors.” FilmActorsWonderCollegeDirectorsTheaterCamerasMovieDepartmentFilmmaking80sIntegrating Author:Eric Stoltz
“Filmmaking isn’t if you can just strap on a camera onto an actor, and steadicam, and point it at their face, and follow them through the movie, that is not what moviemaking is, that is not what it’s about. It’s not just about getting a performance. It’s also about the psychology of the cinematic moment, and the psychology of the presentation of that, of that window.” IfsMomentsFacesActorsPsychologyWindowPerformancesCamerasFilmmakingPresentationCinematic Author:David Fincher