“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 like to do stuff real and practical and in camera, as much as possible. I like old school filmmaking.” RealSchoolStuffCamerasPracticalsFilmmakingOld School Author:David Ayer
“My background is in painting but in school in the sixties, like many artists of that time, I believed that painting was dead. I began to work in collaboration with other artists in the creation of performances and installation works. Soon after, I started making video and photographic works and in the process became fascinated with the media itself. Before long I was setting things up just for the camera. In l970 I got a dog and he turned out to be very interested in video and photography as well.” WellsLongSchoolArtistProcessMediaDogCreationPaintingPhotographyPerformancesCamerasBackgroundsSettingVideoSettingsCollaborationFascinatedSixtyInstallation Author:William Wegman
“The regime of control tightens inexorably in our schools, many of which now have video cameras, police patrols, chain-link fences, random unannounced locker searches, metal detectors, drug-sniffing dogs, networks of informants, undercover police posing as students, and a comprehensive system of passes so that there is a record of each student's authorized whereabouts at all times. What a perfect preparation for life in a prison or a totalitarian society!” SchoolPerfectRecordsDogStudentsDrugPoliceCamerasPrisonVideoAll TimeChainsPreparationLinksMetalsRegimesFenceComprehensiveLockersPosingUndercoverSniffingVideo CamerasInformantsWhereaboutsMetal DetectorsChain Links Author:Charles Eisenstein
“Unfortunately, too many public school officials believe that cameras are needed to enforce order and discipline.” BelieveSchoolOrderNeededDisciplineCamerasOfficialsPublic School Author:Paul Weyrich