“If I have an idea I want to put in a movie, I know what camera will make that look best, and I have ideas for future projects and stuff I'd like to build for those. I think it's just part of how I work, though.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantLooksIdeasStuffProjectsCameras Author:Evan Glodell
“As a director, you want to be really connected to every part of your set, from your actors all the way to your camera operators. Everybody is a part of the creative process, and if they feel like they're part of a team versus just being a tool, they're going to give you something special.” IfsWayWantGivingFeelsActorsProcessCreativeTeamSpecialDirectorsToolsCamerasConnectedCreative ProcessJust BeingVersusSomething SpecialOperators Author:Eric Balfour
“If I'm shooting actually a live-action movie and I feel like I can get the shots that I need with the existing 3D cameras, then I see there is no reason to not use those-to not shoot it in 3D. But there are limitations to the 3D cameras in terms of the amount of them, in terms of the size of them, in terms of where you can actually shoot them. There are definitely limitations so you have to weigh the costs. And you have to weigh also what ultimately what creatively you want to get.” IfsWantNeedsFeelsI CanReasonUseActionTermAmountCostShotsCamerasSizeLimitationShootingNo ReasonAction Movie Author:Neal H. Moritz
“I don't think it's necessary to worry too much about being authentic. I think a picture taken on an iPhone and then filtered through something to make it look like it was taken on a Super 8 camera can be just as authentic as something taken on a Super 8 camera, if it's capturing something real or beautiful.” IfsThinkingLooksRealBeautifulWorryTakenToo MuchCamerasIphoneSomething RealPicture TakenBeing Authentic Author:Andrew VanWyngarden
“Photography, precisely because it can only be produced in the present and because it is based on what exists objectively before the camera, takes its place as the most satisfactory medium for registering objective life in all its aspects, and from this comes its documental value. If to this is added sensibility and understanding and, above all, a clear orientation as to the place it should have in the field of historical development, I believe that the result is something worthy of a place in social production, to which we should all contribute.” IfsShouldBelieveValuesI BelieveSocialUnderstandingResultsClearFieldsDevelopmentPhotographyAspectShould HaveCamerasHistoricalProductionsWorthyObjectivesMediumsSensibilityOrientation Author:Tina Modotti
“I knew if I continued to look around it would be difficult for me to contain my own emotions. So I turned away from the red eyes of the crowd and looked only at the red eye of the camera, talking to all the nation.” IfsLooksWould BeEyeNationsDifficultMy OwnEmotionTalkingRedCamerasCrowdsRed Eye Author:Richard M. Nixon
“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
“When I'm on my own with my camera, taking these pictures, it feels as if I am in a room of my own, a self-contained world.” IfsWorldFeelsSelfMy OwnRoomsCamerasSelf Contained Author:Patti Smith
“I could take a cow and implant a camera in it and let it amble around the city or in its own domain (I say a cow because a human being I would not trust). If the camera was programmed to go off at an indeterminate series of moments, the samplings would be fantastic.” IfsHumansMomentsWould BeHuman BeingsCitiesCamerasSeriesFantasticCowsDomainImplantsSampling Author:Frederick Sommer
“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
“...I use primal imagery, so maybe it's fitting that I use the most primitive of cameras [pinhole cameras]. Since there's no viewfinder, the image is much more of a surprise - as if some outsider came and looked at earth for the first time.” IfsFirstsUseEarthFirst TimeCamerasSurprisePrimitiveOutsidersImageryFittingPrimal Author:Barbara Ess
“I try to express with the camera what the story is, to get to the heart of the story with picture. In battle I look at things first in terms of people, second in terms of strategies or casualties... To tell a story, you don't photograph one hundred dead civilians to prove there were one hundred dead civilians. You photograph one dead civilian with an expression on his face that says, This is what it's like if you're a dead civilian in Vietnam.” PeopleIfsTryingFirstsLooksHeartStoriesFacesTermExpressionBattleProveHundredCamerasStrategyPhotographVietnamCiviliansCasualties Author:Horst Faas
“People think a big camera and big lighting will make art, and I want to break that rule. If you have a great concept, it can be art.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantArtBigsBreakConceptsCamerasLighting Author:Nikki S. Lee
“For me, the camera is like an entrance to the private lives of other people. And if you are curious like me, it is a fantastic tool.” PeopleIfsToolsCamerasLike MeCuriousFantasticPrivate LifeEntrancesLives Of Others Author:Anders Petersen
“For me, it's not important whether [subjects] are naked, half-naked, or dressed. What I'm more interested in is how they present themselves: if someone is half-naked and having self-confidence or you have the feeling that she has or he has control of the situation. She likes to do it. Then I have nothing against it. But it's true that society doesn't talk about such issues. They just talk about whether there is a breast or not, but for me it's more interesting how the power game of camera and object is shown. And if it's a cool picture.” IfsImportantSelfFeelingsGamesInterestingHalfSituationIssuesSubjectsObjectsCamerasSelf ConfidenceLikesNakedBreasts Author:Pipilotti Rist
“Unlike a bow and arrow, a camera by its nature ensures that some kind of target will always be hit, if not necessarily the intended target nor in the intended way.” IfsWayKindCamerasTargetBowsArrowsBows And Arrows Author:Luc Sante
“A photograph records both the thing in front of the camera and the conditions of its making... A photograph is also a document of the state of mind of the photographer. And if you were to extend the idea of the set-up photograph beyond just physically setting up the picture, I would argue that the photographer wills the picture into being.” IfsMindIdeasStatesRecordsConditionsFrontsCamerasPhotographerPhotographArguingSettingSettingsState Of MindDocuments Author:James Welling
“The camera is a natural attraction for a politician. And if a camera is here, we're going to be here. And we're going to say something, even if we have nothing to say.” IfsNaturalPoliticianCamerasAttraction Author:Thad Cochran
“One good thing about TV is, if you die violently, God forbid, on camera, you will not have died in vain because you will be great entertainment.” IfsDiesTvsDiedCamerasGood ThingsEntertainmentVain Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“In the camera business, you won't survive if you don't innovate. In the guitar business you may or may not. The guitars being sold were designed between '48 and '59, Gibson SGs in '61.” IfsMayCamerasGuitar Author:Paul Reed Smith
“I'm used to being in front of camera and knowing what to think. But if you're asking me to be me, I get very self-conscious. My job isn't to be me. Being an actor, people think you can do a eulogy at a funeral, a speech at a wedding. I find all that very nerve-racking.” PeopleIfsThinkingSelfJobsUsedActorsCan DoKnowingFrontsSpeechConsciousAskingCamerasNervesFuneralSelf ConsciousEulogy Author:Eddie Marsan
“Basically, if you have above-average intelligence, you have common sense and you can speak in front of a camera and to a crowd, you can govern the state.” IfsStatesSpeakCommonFrontsCamerasAverageCrowdsCommon SenseAbove Average Author:Jerry Brown
“And I want every one of you, every one of us, 100 senators to look in that camera, and you tell your people back home what you think. Don't hide anymore; none of us. That is the essence of our responsibility. And if we're not willing to do it, we're not worthy to be seated right here. We fail our country. If we don't debate this, if we don't debate this, we are not worthy of our country. We fail our country.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantLooksCountryHomeResponsibilityFailingWillingEssenceCamerasWorthyDebateOur CountrySenatorsBack HomeNot Worthy Author:Chuck Hagel
“It does get frustrating having the cameras on you all the time, because if you make mistakes, then the whole world knows about it. Like, it's not just your family and friends, it's everyone. Sometimes I'll watch myself on TV and ask myself, What am I doing, I am the biggest geek. My friends will call me and say, "OMG. Have you seen that commercial of you, you look like such a nerd."” IfsKnowsWorldLooksDoeSometimesWholeAsksMistakeWatchesTvsMy FriendsCamerasWhole WorldOur FamilyMaking MistakesCall MeFamily And FriendsNerdFrustratingGeek Author:Miley Cyrus
“If you need to strap a camera to you or get in a small space, then it makes sense to use digital.I do think it is possible to use a digital camera artistically, but it can only be good if you are using film technique. Film has grain, and digital has pixels, and there is not that much of a difference, but digital does not replace the need to create a scene and light it properly and spend time considering the shot.” IfsThinkingNeedsDoeUseLightFilmDifferencesSpaceSceneShotsCamerasBe GoodTechniqueMake SenseDigitalGrainConsideringEnd TimesSpend TimeSmall SpacesDigital CamerasPixels Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“Normally, if I'm being acknowledged it is for something in front of the camera. This puts the spotlight on the fact that there are opportunities other than just being an actor.” IfsFactsActorsOpportunityFrontsCamerasJust BeingSpotlight Author:Melvin Van Peebles
“The biggest considerations I had were practical: how do you move such a large number of actors around a small space? So, for example, if I have to have the mother bring a pot of tea from the kitchen to the living room and serve it to the others, how do I, on a practical level, get everyone into the frame? Any decisions I made about the camera angles or movement came out of necessity, versus any sort of stylistic choice.” IfsMadeMovingMotherChoicesActorsSpaceDecisionLevelsRoomsNumbersExampleMovementCamerasPracticalsTeaKitchenConsiderationPotAngleVersusLiving RoomLarge NumbersSmall SpacesCamera Angles Author:Hirokazu Koreeda
“Most of the people I've been fortunate enough to work with all share the same passion for creativity, for ingenuity, for playing make-believe and really just having fun. It doesn't matter if we're blowing up cars, or shooting an emotional scene in a police station, deep inside we all know our imaginations are at work, and our imaginations are manifesting into reality - at least momentarily for the cameras to capture.” PeopleIfsKnowsBelieveMatterEnoughRealityPassionFunImaginationCreativityShareCarEmotionalScenePoliceCamerasShootingHaving FunFortunateStationsManifestCaptureIngenuityDeep InsideMake BelieveBlowing UpJust Have FunPlaying Make Believe Author:Gabriel Campisi
“The visual quality of the cameras now is such that you can shoot with available light, and if people are willing to mount a microphone on the camera and maybe even on the subject, then you're good to go.” PeopleIfsLightQualitySubjectsWillingCamerasAvailableVisualsMicrophones Author:Brian Lindstrom
“Once I became a photographer, it stopped me being scared or intimidated by gangs of young men of whatever stripe. Initially, I could hide behind my camera but eventually I came to realize that if I was polite and friendly to them, then they probably would be to me too - a good life lesson.” IfsMenWould BeYoungRealizingBehindsLessonsCamerasPhotographerScaredYoung ManFriendlyGood LifeLife LessonPoliteGangIntimidatedStripesBeing Scared Author:Derek Ridgers
“Nowadays everyone has a camera and the Internet means everything is instantly accessible. Unlike some photographers, I don't see this as a problem. If anything interesting happens in the world today, there will be someone around to record it.” IfsWorldMeanProblemHappensTodayInterestingRecordsInternetCamerasPhotographerWorld Today Author:Derek Ridgers
“One thing that is very different technically is that you don't get a lot of coverage in television. Not like you do on a film. I know we don't have time for separate set-ups, so I will design a scene where I'm hiding multiple cameras within that set-up. That way, if I don't have time to do five set-ups, I can do four cameras in one set-up. It's a different kind of approach for that. For the most part, a lot of television, in a visual sense, lacks time for the atmosphere and putting you in a place.” IfsKnowsWayKindI CanDifferentFilmCan DoFiveFourOne ThingDesignTelevisionLike YouSceneApproachCamerasAtmosphereVisualsHidingDifferent KindsMultipleCoverage Author:Len Wiseman
“I would give the cameras to the kids in the swimming pools and they would play with them, and then I would collect them and we would upload it. If you're in the process, you're there.” IfsGivingPlayKidsProcessCamerasSwimmingPoolSwimming Pool Author:Barry Levinson
“If you're tracking with a character that's running off a thing and diving off, I would leave the camera there and not follow them down, because cameras don't do that. The audience understands that. I'll definitely bring that understanding of keeping things a bit more grounded.” IfsCharacterRunningBitsUnderstandingAudienceCamerasGroundedDivingTracking Author:Taika Waititi
“I know when I watch a film at this point, if I completely lose myself in the characters and the story and the world of the film I know that it's at least in my opinion, that was great. Otherwise I'm thinking: "Oh I know they were just doing A, B and C, right before they walked into the scene, then the camera was there, then they probably took the shot from this reverse close-up and moved it into this." When all of that drops away then I'm like: "Okay this was phenomenal, this was fantastic." I mean, any film or TV performance in general is probably good.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldMeanCharacterStoriesFilmLosesOpinionWatchesTvsSceneShotsOkayPerformancesCamerasMovedFantasticReversePhenomenal Author:Gabriel Mann
“There's always been a shortage of roles for three-dimensional women, no matter what age. If you look at the statistics on women in film, be they behind the camera or in front of the camera, and it's pretty nauseous-making. It always has been.” IfsLooksHas BeensMatterAgeFilmThreeBehindsRolesFrontsCamerasNo Matter WhatStatisticsShortage Author:Sally Field
“If a news camera shows up, people will line up, they want to be seen. But at the same time they want both to be chosen and not singled out. I think that is an endless struggle within most.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantShowsLinesStruggleNewsCamerasEndlessChosen Author:Celeste Ng
“I find it very difficult to do anything on my own now because people recognize me. This has never happened to me before because I haven't really done television before. But I suppose if you're in people's rooms all the time, I don't know - I was thinking the other night with people like DiCaprio and, you know, those big stars and Cate Blanchett, and you just think how did they exist? It's so difficult. And I think now it's very intrusive because of these cellphones, you know, with cameras.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsDoneBigsNightStarsDifficultMy OwnRoomsHappenedHavensTelevisionCamerasCellphone Author:Maggie Smith
“I really did feel like I was surrounded by family members. I didn't have a dad, and I remember there were all these guys - in the old days, there were no women, except a makeup artist or, occasionally, a script supervisor. So there were just guys who taught me how to, you know, whittle wood, or how to pull focus, and what the camera was doing. And if I was being bratty, they'd sit me down and tell me. There were lots of rules about not being late and making sure that you didn't spill anything. So it felt a little bit like I was in a family.” IfsKnowsFeelsLittlesRememberArtistGuyFeltBitsFocusTaughtDadMembersLateLittle BitDown AndCamerasScriptsWoodsMakeupOld DaysSpillsFamily MembersSupervisorsMakeup Artist Author:Jodie Foster
“If I hope to survive, I have to acknowledge the natural selection that goes on when film stocks and cameras are eliminated from the world. And film viewers won't want to watch the same thing over and over again from me.” IfsWorldWantFilmNaturalWatchesGoes OnCamerasAcknowledgeViewersSelectionNatural Selection Author:Guy Maddin
“When you're kissing on camera, it becomes an issue visually. It looks like a skinny dinosaur creature is trying to kiss someone. It doesn't look good. It does not look like the classic romance kisses. If an actress is 5'3" and I don't bend down to kiss her, she would probably be kissing my lower sternum.” IfsTryingLooksDoeRomanceIssuesCreaturesKissingCamerasActressesClassicSkinnyDinosaurs Author:David Walton
“The Freebie cost virtually nothing. We funded the movie ourselves, people got paid, but were mostly paid in the back end, we used one of the cheaper cameras we could get. The movies have a look to them, you can sorta point out the really low-budget movie. So even if the heart of the movie and the story are really, really great, they always sorta feel a little cheap.” PeopleIfsFeelsLooksHeartLittlesEndsStoriesUsedCostLowsPaidCamerasBudgetsReally GreatCheaper Author:Katie Aselton
“I kind of - you learn it, you master it, and then you make sure that it just disappears. You know, like if I could have invisible lights, I would, and invisible cameras. I'm just really trying to get at my subject and I respect the technical aspect, but it is not anything that I think about at this point.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingKindLightSubjectsMastersAspectCamerasDisappearInvisibleIf I Could Author:Carol Friedman
“I seem to walk in the world as two people. The normal everyday-me is as preoccupied, unobservant and oblivious to visual clues as I ever was. Then there is the photographer-me, the one who has a camera in hand and a specific project in mind, and then the world suddenly jumps to life with potential pictures, as if a switch had been thrown in my brain and a different person is looking out of the same eyes.” PeopleIfsWorldMindPersonsTwoDifferentHandsSeemsEyeWalksBrainNormalProjectsPhotographyCamerasEverydayPhotographerVisualsThrownClueOblivious Author:Bill Jay
“There are many reasons why photography does not attract the social and cultural attention it deserves. I would add one more which has received scant attention: it does not make a lot of noise. ... Perhaps photography would be more appreciated if camera shutters fired with the sound of a .357 Magnum.” IfsDoeReasonWould BeSocialSoundAttentionPhotographyDeserveCamerasAddNoiseReason WhyAppreciatedShutters Author:Bill Jay
“Be gentle and tolerant. Intimacy will grow, but will take time and cannot be rushed. If all goes well, soon you will become more familiar with each other, and handling will forge awkward fumbling and fondling into more satisfying and productive caresses and eventually into a comfortable working partnership. At this stage you will be ready to accompany your new camera into the world.” IfsWorldWellsGrowsStageReadyComfortablePhotographyCamerasFamiliarIntimacyGentleProductiveSatisfyingPartnershipAwkwardTake TimeAccompanyCaressFondlingWell Soon Author:Bill Jay
“Theater for me is terrifying but much more rewarding, because you know what they're seeing. Film is all little bits and pieces. And you can do an amazing job, but if the camera isn't getting it, it doesn't work. And then other times when you feel you really weren't present, and then you see it and somehow it works. So there's a mystery, there's a strange collaboration that takes place with everybody.” IfsKnowsFeelsLittlesJobsFilmBitsCan DoPiecesSeeingMysteryStrangeLittle BitTheaterCamerasCollaborationBits And PiecesAmazing Job Author:Susan Sarandon
“I usually bring a point and shoot with me so I can go out on the weekends and shoot a bit. I used to bring more cameras, but I'm also an Ebay nut so sometimes I'll order something if I'm really pining for it when I'm on location.” IfsI CanSometimesUsedOrderBitsCamerasNutsWeekendLocationEbayPining Author:Anton Yelchin
“It was a scary decision to let cameras into my life, but if I was going to do it, I just wanted to be really honest and kind of introduce myself as an adult. I think the world met me as a young girl, and they still associate me with who I was when I was 13, they still don't understand how over the last eight years what has happened and who I've become.” IfsThinkingWorldYearsKindStillsWantedLastsYoungGirlDecisionHappenedHonestMetsAdultsCamerasScaryEightIntroducingAssociates Author:Jamie Lynn Spears
“If the person or artist doesn't touch it, and if the camera stays relatively far away from it, it doesn't really have to be real.” IfsPersonsRealArtistCamerasBeing RealFar Away Author:James Pearse Connelly