“I was shooting a bikini promotion in Mahe in the Seychelles in 1980 when there was a military coup and I, along with a roomful of other people, ended up being kidnapped and held hostage at gunpoint in a windowless room with no ventilation for 36 hours.” PeopleHoursRoomsMilitaryShootingPromotionHostageBikinisKidnappedCoupsVentilation Author:Brigitte Nielsen
“Same thing with film, by the time you've finished shooting and you've really been into everything, you've touched up everything in the editing room. You've gone in there and taken little bits from everything.” LittlesFilmBitsRoomsGoneTakenLittle BitFinishedShootingTouchedEditing Author:Ridley Scott
“All three parts of filmmaking [writing, shooting, editing] contribute to rhytm. You want the script to be a tight as possible, you want the acting to be as efficient as possible on the set, and you have enough coverage to manipulate the rhythm in the editing room, and then in the editing room you want to find the quickest possible version, even if it's a leisurely paced film. I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing.” IfsWantWritingMeanEnoughFilmThreeRoomsActingMaterialsScriptsVersionsRhythmShootingEfficientFilmmakingEditingHarvestManipulateCoverage Author:Alexander Payne
“While directing in theater that the actors will - I don't know if it's competitiveness or what it is, but they love to make each other laugh. They love to impress each other in rehearsal. They'll try something for a reaction. But in film, you're very often not all together in the room at the same time. You're shooting one day, somebody else is shooting the next. It's a totally different dynamic.” IfsKnowsTryingDifferentTogetherFilmNextActorsRoomsLaughingOne DayTheaterReactionsShootingImpressRehearsalCompetitiveness Author:Israel Horovitz
“When we were shooting the movie, and of course in the editing room we had to make choices, but the shots fall almost exactly where we thought they would. They're not about content; they're never meant to be about what just happened. There's that weird phenomenon where the more you like a movie the more your mind wanders and goes all over the place.” MindChoicesFallCoursesRoomsHappenedShotsWanderShootingPhenomenonMeant To BeEditing Author:Philip Morrison
“The film is made in the editing room. The shooting of the film is about shopping, almost. It's like going to get all the ingredients together, and you've got to make sure before you leave the store that you got all the ingredients. And then you take those ingredients and you can make a good cake - or not.” MadeTogetherFilmRoomsStoresShootingIngredientsCakeShoppingEditing Author:Philip Seymour Hoffman
“As a young filmmaker, I shot a lot of stuff because I wanted to make sure that I got everything, but now I've gotten much more precise with my shooting. Editing is a whole other layer because then, sometimes you realize characters don't even need to say this or that. It becomes an issue of exposition, and over-explaining something. In the script, I'd reinforce certain things about what I wanted people to know two or three times, but in the editing room, I'd be like, "I only need to say this once, maybe twice."” PeopleKnowsNeedsTwoSometimesWholeCharacterWantedYoungCertainThreeStuffRealizingRoomsIssuesShotsScriptsShootingFilmmakerLayersEditingPreciseThree TimesExplaining Author:Storm Saulter
“When I started shooting it just gives my partners more chances for rebounds. It opens up more room.” GivingChanceRoomsPartnersShootingRebound Author:Pavel Datsyuk