“By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director.” KnowsFirstsFilmPsychologyWeekDirectorsShootingHeadings Author:Jodie Foster
“I've worked with more than 50 directors and I've paid attention since day one. That's pretty much been my education, apart from studying art history and shooting with my own cameras. I've seen 50 different sets of mistakes and 50 different ways of achieving.” WayArtDifferentMy OwnAttentionMistakeStudyAchieveDirectorsPaidCamerasShootingDifferent WaysArt HistoryStudying Art Author:Tommy Lee Jones
“When you're shooting a low-budget movie you're never just the director: you're also in the catering department, and hair and make-up and a part-time grip. I can't even imagine the luxury of not having to keep an eye on every aspect of production while directing.” I CanEyeImagineHairDirectorsLowsAspectProductionsLuxuryShootingBudgetsDepartmentPart TimeCatering Author:Amber Sealey
“Sam Jackson is a director's dream. Some actors hope to find their character during shooting. He knows his character before shooting. Sam's old-school. I just got out of his way. I never did more than two takes with Sam.-william friedkin” KnowsWayTwoCharacterDreamSchoolActorsFameDirectorsShootingOld SchoolSam Jackson Author:William Friedkin
“I've made quite a number of movies like Castaway and a few others where I'm the only guy in the movie and the only place to be is right next to the camera in costume ready to go in order to get it. The years, and more specifically probably the four months prior to beginning shooting, is where the big preparation is that the director does because I knew we were going to get on the set. And the good news is, if you're the boss, if it ain't good, you don't use it. You just cut it out.” IfsYearsDoeMadeUseBigsGuyOrderNextNumbersFourCuttingReadyMonthsDirectorsNewsCamerasPreparationShootingBossCostumesGood NewsCastaway Author:Tom Hanks
“At times, there are misunderstandings [during shooting]. Especially with green screen and not really knowing what it is that you're looking at, you really depend on the director to create that world for you.” WorldKnowingDependsDirectorsGreenScreensShootingMisunderstanding Author:Danny Huston
“When I was shooting with Tarantino and Mike Mills and amazing directors, it made me think that I would never be a director. It's obviously too hard.” ThinkingMadeHardDirectorsShootingMikeMillsTarantino Author:Melanie Laurent
“When you are shooting a movie, you have to collaborate with many, many, many people. First of all, the director with all his own ideas and I can only just help him with that. I cannot change his idea.” PeopleFirstsI CanIdeasHelpingDirectorsShooting Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“Any filmmaker, big directors, and I'm not dropping any names - I actually have couple names I want to say, but I will not - we have a ratio. Each thing you repeat, my ratio is one to four.Actually some people are ratio one to 34. I know couple directors, big directors, they are just shooting over and over.” PeopleKnowsWantBigsNamesFourCoupleDirectorsShootingFilmmakerRepeatsDroppingRatios Author:Tommy Wiseau
“It's a lot of power to give the director to edit his own stuff. It's also a time thing: you don't want to have to wait for the guy to finish shooting before he starts editing.” WantGivingGuyStuffWaitingDirectorsShootingEditingEdits Author:Joe Dante
“I realized that a lot of the great directors that I admire from [Ingmar] Bergman to [Fredrico] Fellini re always shooting, then going into the editing room, and shooting again.” RoomsDirectorsI RealizedAdmireShootingEditingBergman Author:Marc Forster
“Russian directors, we are shooting the same streets. The same things. Tom Jacobson has a fresh eye and found very interesting and very cool locations and angles and characters.” CharacterEyeFoundInterestingStreetsDirectorsShootingTomsLocationAngleVery InterestingVery Cool Author:Timur Bekmambetov
“The job is exactly the same, it just goes on for longer on TV. Most feature films are 35-40 shooting days. This has 10 parts, with different directors for each block. We shoot with two, sometimes three cameras.” TwoDifferentSometimesJobsFilmThreeTvsGoes OnDirectorsCamerasBlockShootingFeatures Author:Charles Dance
“Just someone trying to shoot in 70mm deserves the nomination, and he[Quentin Tarantino] is shooting interiors, like tight interior shots, for that matter. Obviously [Quentin] is the director and demanding the shots, but all credit for the beauty of that film [Hateful Eight] goes to the director of photography.” TryingMatterFilmDirectorsPhotographyShotsDeserveEightCreditShootingInteriorsHatefulNominationsQuentinTarantino Author:Bun B