Quotes About Visuals

Color correction is one of my things.

I've seen 3-D movies where it seems a little crude or too in-your-face.

I've always been into taking my photos, cropping them square, putting them through a filter in Photoshop.

Do you know anything about silent films?" "Sure," I said. "The first ones were developed in the late nineteenth century and sometimes had live musical accompaniment, though it wasn't until the 1920s that sound became truly incorporated into films, eventually making silent ones obsolete in cinema.

Looking back, [R.E.M.]videos, by in large, have always been art films. I'm thinking of "Losing My Religion." That's a landmark piece.

Comics don't work if the story is all in the text and the images are illustrative. It's hard to have enough faith in the artists to allow them to do their job.

it was montage that gave birth to film as an art, setting it apart from mere animated photography, in short, creating a language.

The clouds in the movies have always seemed more real to me than those on TV. There would be no clouds on Modern Family , that was certain, and I was not sure I could work in a world without clouds.

You've gotten words about those American and Iraqi deaths and mutilations, but precious few images.

The premise that we're working with is that when most people go to a show, they're not really watching what's going on onstage. They may be watching what's on the screen. But when the songs are playing in their mind's eye, they're actually watching a movie.

People confuse 'pretty' with good cinematography.

I dont have a problem with taking photos on phones as they are pretty good quality now. But if you are really interested in creating more artistic images, it would be worth exploring a proper camera at some point!

I don't like fast cuts. I'd rather shoot something that dances to the music.

Comics and animation have some of the deepest stories I've ever seen.

It's always a challenge to shoot a period film and not have it look like you hit the tea stain button in post.

A film is not a story told with pictures, it's a succession of experiences.

In cinema, words are a virus.

Morel made particularly effective use of photography. A central part of almost every Congo protest meeting was a slide show, comprising some sixty vivid photos of

If you look at the game and everything, it's not quite like looking at an animated film, because that's total character. This, this is really movement, but it's got funny little things if you look for the humor. They're actually getting to the character.

Hunger is healthy and the pictures do look better when you are hungry

Well, I've learned something from Michael Robison just about maximizing your shots. For example, if I'm shooting a scene and someone's driving at the wheel, you could steal an insert in the same shot.

A novel is 400 pages; it's an endurance race. There's no artist, so I have to describe everything. It's all prose. Whereas with comics, I can rely on the artist. It's really wonderful to have that collaboration and to not always feel the burden of describing everything myself and also just to have someone who can paint the world.

I find a lot of inspiration through visuals. When I was 12, I saw Aurora's 'Runaway' music video. Something inside me clicked, like, 'That is what I want to do, no matter whether it goes anywhere or not.'

When I look at a digitally acquired and projected image, it looks inferior against an original negative anamorphic print or an IMAX one.