“The secret is to get a good cinematographer and a very good assistant director. If you get those and stay out of their way, and have good actresses, the script doesn't even have to be that extraordinary.” IfsWaySecretDirectorsExtraordinaryVery GoodScriptsActressesAssistantsCinematographers Author:Lester Persky
“In terms of talking with my collaborators as they came onboard - Jeannine Oppewall, our production designer, Dante Spinotti, our cinematographer, and so forth - I said to them, "Let's pretend that this is a place like Honolulu. Let's ignore the fact that all these other movies have been made here for decades and try to come at it with a fresh eye, as if it were an exotic city that people aren't that familiar with. And let's present our own view of it, create a world that's unique to this movie [L.A Confidential].” PeopleIfsWorldTryingHas BeensMadeSaidFactsEyeTermViewsCitiesTalkingUniqueProductionsDecadesFamiliarDesignerExoticCollaboratorsCinematographersConfidentialHonolulu Author:Curtis Hanson
“A million pounds sounds like a lot of money now that I'm saying it. But in terms of moviemaking, it's not a lot of money. And yet you can see what can be done with that, with the talent of a great cinematographer and great director and actors.” DoneActorsSoundTermMillionsTalentDirectorsPoundsLots Of MoneyCinematographers Author:Ewan McGregor
“My crew [on "Fitzcarraldo" filming] actually said, "We have filmed it from outside on the rocks of the shore. We should be on board [the ship]," and I said it's dangerous, I only do it if you cinematographer Thomas Mauch and you actor [Klaus] Kinski decide on your own.” IfsShouldSaidActorsRocksDangerousShipsBoardsShoreCrewCinematographers Author:Werner Herzog
“I'm grateful to have been acting for as long as I have because I have so many experiences and memories, and I've gotten to learn from some of the greatest actors, directors, writers and cinematographers. I feel like my career has been a privilege. I can't imagine my life without it.” FeelsLongHas BeensI CanActorsMemoriesActingCareersImagineDirectorsGratefulPrivilegeCinematographersExperiences And Memories Author:Dakota Fanning
“I've been lucky to learn by playing all kinds of roles and watching all kinds of really good cinematographers, actors, and directors for many years before people were even aware of me in terms of audience.” PeopleYearsKindActorsTermRolesAudienceLuckyDirectorsAll KindsCinematographers Author:Viggo Mortensen
“When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this and that and feeling like I was losing control.” FeelingsTalkingTreeLosingProductionsHearingDesignerColourCinematographersLosing Control Author:Steve Buscemi
“The eye solicited alone makes the ear impatient, the ear solicited alone makes the eye impatient. Use these impatiences. Power of the cinematographer who appeals to the two senses in a governable way. Against the tactics of speed, of noise, set tactics of slowness, of silence.” WayTwoUseEyeSilenceEarsSpeedSensesNoiseAppealsTacticsImpatientImpatienceSlownessCinematographers Book:Notes on the Cinematograph Source: Notes on the Cinematograph
“A cinematographer is a visual psychiatrist, moving an audience... making them think the way you want them to think, painting pictures in the dark.” ThinkingWayWantMovingDarkAudiencePaintingVisualsPsychiatristCinematographersMovie MakingPainting A Picture Author:Gordon Willis
“I was glamorous because of magicians like George Folsey, James Wong Howe, Oliver Marsh, Ray June, and all those other great cinematographers. I trusted those men and the other experts who made us beautiful. The rest of it I didn't give a damn about. I didn't fuss about my clothes, my lighting, or anything else, but, believe me, some of them did.” MenGivingBelieveMadeBeautifulClothesDamnExpertsRaysTrustedBelieve In MeMagicianJuneGlamorousLightingMarshesCinematographers Author:Myrna Loy
“I thought that was a pretty stupid argument, really, because it's the final product that matters. The look of the film, however it's done, is still the cinematographer's vision in my mind. People said the same when color film came in, didn't they? The world evolves, and image-making evolves.” PeopleWorldMindLooksSaidStillsMatterDoneFilmVisionStupidColorProductsArgumentFinalsEvolveCinematographers Author:Roger Deakins
“You have to give directors and cinematographers a word blueprint for visuals, but I had to learn that from experience.” GivingDirectorsVisualsBlueprintsCinematographers Author:Steven Bochco
“The emotional, physical and aesthetic value of a sound is linked not only to the causal explanation we attribute to it but also to its own qualities of timbre and texture, to its own personal vibration. So just as directors and cinematographers (even those who will never make abstract films) have everything to gain by refining their knowledge of visual materials and textures, we can similarly benefit from disciplined attention to the inherent qualities of sounds.” FilmValuesSoundAttentionQualityEmotionalMaterialsDirectorsBenefitsGainsExplanationAbstractVisualsAttributesAestheticInherentLinkedVibrationsTextureRefiningCinematographersTimbre Author:Michel Chion
“I've worked with some of the great cinematographers. So I'm always watching what they do and I'm watching how the director composes his shots, just because I find it interesting as an actor; you're trying to help them out as well.” TryingWellsHelpingActorsInterestingDirectorsShotsCinematographers Author:Eric Bana