Quotes About Production

My partner, Beth Alexander, and I want to produce smaller films, but commercially viable films that will enable me to make the kinds of movies I want to make.

Sometimes you're with a producer who just makes beats and you can kinda do your thing to whatever beats they come up with. But sometimes you get with a producer who really produces you and the music together, not just the beat then you can kinda throw in your ideas and vibe off each other.

No country is ever successful in the long term... without a really strong and vibrant manufacturing base.

We need a strong, vibrant economy to produce the tax revenue to fund our military.

I paid for every video I ever shot.

I think afterall, a promotion video is a piece of work in it's own right.

I figure if it's turns out well the film will have its own momentum and will carry into the video release. So it's hard to really picture the DVD version when I'm in production.

Well, whether it's on film or on TV, you don't want to throw too many curves at your audio and video guys.

I've been in a recording studio enough times to know that it is not the best place to multitask. Doing a couple of takes of a song and running out to check your email to talk to someone about video production really is not good.

For video clips, you can always assume that there is a creative component since you are literally dealing with production values.

The goal is not to just do 'Video Game High School' every year. We want to grow into a real content production company. We want to be Pixar or HBO. We want to make five series a year or 10 series a year.

If I get an iTunes check, I take the money out and say, 'OK, with this money I'mma go shoot me this many videos, with this money I'm going to do this amount of studio sessions.'

I carry my own film guys with me now. People think that's a huge expense, but with technology like it is these days, it's not. You can film videos and everything with a Canon Mark II, and shoot a movie. They're doing it for next to nothing, by comparison. I can do ten videos for a project for the price of one mainstream video in the past.

Skillshare is a terrific online learning community for creative people. It teaches you new skills through well-made videos with great production values. I've been using Skillshare to teach myself Adobe After Effects. All the videos feature people who are professionals in their field. I love this site.

First of all, you needed a budget to do the video. The record companies would pick and choose who got videos.

I've also directed, shot, and edited several music videos.

I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it's my stuff.

When I make my own videos, I am the writer, the editor, the lighting person, everything - that's why my videos are blurry.

There's no real music on television unless it's music television, and then it's expensive videos, which people like me can't do.

My production style is all about imagination. I want my audience to use their imagination when they watch my videos. My goal is for my voice to be that little hope of encouragement in your head when you walk out your door.

The days I'm not doing videos, I always have random stuff. We do production meeting stuff. Those are so stupid. Everyone's like, 'We like you; we don't know what to do with you.' I'm like, 'Cool.'

I guess my job has always been to build the music, direct the videos, to do all the things that usually fall behind the scenes.

People don't realize I make records eight or nine months before they come out. I'm directing the videos; I have a lot of work to do. I'm very involved in all that stuff creatively.

In college, I interned at a production company and spent a lot of time on sets. I love music videos and felt I could be experimental and hone my craft in that genre, so I started there.