“I started in a research lab for TV cameras, then I worked at a tape duplication facility. That was the first introduction for me to recorded music and hi-fi.” FirstsTvsResearchCamerasTapeIntroductionFacilityLabsDuplicationRecorded Music Author:Alan Parsons
“My background is a small town with no movie theater. So... I always pictured myself onstage. I went to acting school and learned all the skills. I left early because I did my first movie and discovered that I really loved the minimalistic work with the camera.” FirstsSchoolLeftActingSkillsTheaterTownsCamerasBackgroundsSmall TownMovie Theater Author:Franka Potente
“I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.” FirstsFilmEffectsCameras Author:Sam Raimi
“I've worked with actors who treat the first two takes like rehearsals. And that's okay. If the camera is on you and we're doing a scene where I'm off camera, I'm treating that as a rehearsal.” IfsFirstsTwoActorsSceneOkayTreatsCamerasRehearsal Author:Alfred Molina
“The first dolly track was somebody who had the idea to put the camera on a boat on a canal. So the boat would move very slowly but steadily. So they would see all that surrounds you and you'd see the landscape changing slowly. So that was the first time.” FirstsIdeasMovingFirst TimeCamerasTrackBoatLandscapeSurroundCanals Author:Michel Gondry
“It's a question of dropping the armor and getting up and doing the work you want to do. And film at first is frightening because you are like, 'What's that camera doing?' But then it becomes family and therefore a really wonderful experience.” WantFirstsFilmWonderfulCamerasFrighteningDroppingArmorWonderful Experience Author:Ann Dowd
“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
“It is through our technology that we have been able to fly far away from earth to learn, in truth, how precious it is. It is no coincidence that our awakening to the special nature of our world and to its uniquely balanced environment and its limitations coincided with our first glimpse of earth from outer space, through the eyes of astronauts, television cameras and photographic equipment.” WorldFirstsHas BeensEyeAbleEarthSpaceTechnologyEnvironmentSpecialTelevisionCamerasEnvironmentalAwakeningLimitationOur WorldFar AwayBalancedCoincidenceEquipmentGlimpseAstronautOuter SpaceThrough The Eyes Author:Dixie Lee Ray
“I've been to Africa many times in the past 20 years, but I can't believe this is the first time since the very first Red Nose Day, that I've been back to Ethiopia. The last time I was here was just after the famine and it was crazy, there were people all over the place, kids without families, aid workers, camera crews.” PeopleYearsFirstsBelieveI CanKidsLastsPastCrazyFirst TimeRedCamerasWorkersAidsNosesLast TimeCrewFamineEthiopia Author:Lenny Henry
“You cannot begin to imagine the shock I had when I came down on the floor for the first time. First of all, there's this whole thing about playing sitcom comedy. I didn't want to do the sitcom thing, but I didn't know what else to do. I went slowly. We went through the week of rehearsal, then we got on the floor with the cameras, which I'm used to because of my experience in the old days. Then came camera day, with an audience, and it was stunning, enthralling, exciting and chaotic. I had never experienced anything like that before, as an actor. I was part minstrel, part actor.” KnowsWantFirstsWholeUsedActorsAudienceComedyImagineWeekFirst TimeExcitingCamerasShockRehearsalChaoticOld DaysSitcomStunningMinstrels Author:William Shatner