“What you can do with visual effects is enhance the look of the character, but the actual integrity of the emotional performance and the way the character's facial expressions work, that is what is going to be created on the day with other actors and the director.” WayLooksCharacterActorsCan DoEffectsEmotionalExpressionIntegrityDirectorsPerformancesVisualsFacialFacial ExpressionVisual Effects Author:Andy Serkis
“My biggest difference with our film and those kinds of science fiction films is that they are going from one special effect set piece to the next, what we were doing was more of a character study. And I think that is the freedom that you get by doing an Indie film. You can only really do that with a lower budget. So I understand where the conflict is between those two priorities.” ThinkingKindTwoCharacterFilmNextDifferencesFictionStudyPiecesSpecialEffectsConflictScience FictionPrioritiesBudgetsSpecial EffectsIndie Films Author:Duncan Jones
“The best time to write is when your life is in the toilet. Writing offers an escape from your problems, so if you force yourself to write when you're in the doldrums, it will have the perverse effect of cheering you up. At the very least, it allows you to inflict your pain on your characters, which has the dual effect of giving them more depth while relieving your own tension.” IfsGivingWritingCharacterProblemPainLife IsForceEffectsOffersDepthTensionCheerToiletsBest TimesDoldrums Author:Sabrina Jeffries
“Health messages are simply overwhelmed, in volume and in effectiveness, by junk-food ads that often deploy celebrities or cartoon characters to great effect. We may know that eating fruits and vegetables is good for us, but the preponderance of the signals we get - and especially the signals children get - push us in the direction of junk food.” KnowsMayChildrenCharacterEffectsEatingMessagesFruitVegetablesAdsVolumeCartoonSignalsOverwhelmedEffectivenessJunkJunk FoodFruits And VegetablesCartoon Character Author:Michael Moss
“I don't think you need to watch Arrow and Flash to appreciate what it is Legends has to offer. The beauty of this show - and they do this on Flash, and they did this on Arrow - is that we do spend time on character. We do spend time on backstory. We do take a moment in between the sci-fi special effects to tell you who these people are, so that when something happens to them, you actually care.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMomentsCharacterShowsHappensCareWatchesSpecialEffectsOffersAppreciateThings HappenLegendsSci FiFlashEnd TimesSpend TimeArrowsSpecial Effects Author:Wentworth Miller
“I was thinking a lot about the aftermath of bad choices, how people deal with the trauma of having survived trauma, if that makes sense, and so I wrote about this character's last day on the job, how after spending 15 years pretending to be a rabbi, he'd in effect become a rabbi.” PeopleIfsThinkingYearsCharacterJobsLastsChoicesDealsEffectsTraumaSpendingMake SensePretendingSurvivedLast DayAftermathRabbiBad Choices Author:Tod Goldberg