“I feel like when you do things with such a small budget, it actually makes you be more creative... and allows you to concentrate more on the story and the characters. I think that there is something about dirty, gritty and raw filmmaking that makes it feel a little more natural and makes it easier to connect with the action.” ThinkingFeelsLittlesCharacterStoriesActionNaturalCreativeEasierDirtyBudgetsFilmmaking Author:Oren Peli
“I am co-writing a screenplay now and I'm working on the rights to another story I want to do. So I plan to produce and direct. So, for me, I don't really feel that I am vulnerable to that sad baggage that comes with the business of filmmaking.” WantFeelsWritingStoriesActorsRightsPlansProduceDirectVulnerableMovieFilmmakingScreenplaysBaggage Author:Kerry Washington
“I learned very quickly that the hard thing in life is to make good films. Technically, filmmaking is the camera and the actor telling the story and that's what I'm more interested in doing.” HardStoriesFilmLife IsActorsCamerasThings In LifeFilmmakingHard ThingsGood Films Author:Matthew Vaughn
“A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.” ShouldEndsStoriesOrderMiddleDirectorsShould HaveFilmmakerMovieRacistFilmmakingMovie DirectorBeginning Middle And EndRelay Races Author:Jean-Luc Godard
“It's all about this abstract entity called the story. It's all about the best way to tell the story, and to make a movie about the issues that this story is about. Filmmaking is storytelling, for me.” WayStoriesIssuesBest WayStorytellingAbstractFilmmakingEntity Author:Jose Padilha
“I don't really see a huge divide between filmmaking and television. In the end, a lot of people are going to be watching this stuff on their laptops and their iPhones anyway. So, it doesn't really matter where it comes from, as long as the stories get told.” PeopleLongEndsMatterStoriesStuffTelevisionHugeDividesFilmmakingIphoneLaptops Author:Cary Fukunaga
“I started out doing music videos and photography, and I always loved writing. Filmmaking seemed to be a good compilation of all these skills in a way that allowed me to tell a story “greater than the sum of its parts.”” WayWritingStoriesGreaterSkillsPhotographyVideoFilmmakingCompilation Author:Brendan Fletcher
“There are days when either filmmaking feels like an insurmountable practice - here's a lot of obstacles in the way to make it happen - or you think, "What does this all add up to?" You don't know what to do with the footage, and you've asked a lot of people for their time and a lot of people to be patient with you. And then you lose faith that you can actually make a worthwhile story out of this.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayFeelsDoeStoriesHappensLosesPracticeAddPatientObstaclesWorthwhileFilmmakingBe PatientUp To YouMake It HappenInsurmountable Author:Debra Granik