Quotes About Cinematography

I am more of an old black and white movies fan.

As a director, you're looking for ways to tell the story with the whole image and not primarily dialogue.

It's an incredible privilege for an actor to look into the camera. It's like looking right into the heart of the film, and you can't take that lightly.

The iPhone in conjunction with the Filmic Pro app - the resolution is HD quality.

The phenomenon that is 'Game Of Thrones' has propelled many actors associated with it into the minds of directors and producers, and it's a fabulous position to be in. It's because it's so adored and respected, of such high quality with such amazing cinematography.

All producers and directors want to make good films.

I think part of what made the original 'Sufferfest' charming was the extremely low production value. It was all shaky handheld footage from Cedar.

I've discovered that being behind the camera is more fascinating. If I had to choose a profession today, it would have been something behind the camera.

I think digital is getting so much better. It's harder and harder to make the argument now for film. All things being equal, though, I still prefer to capture on film.

I directed a movie and now, I'm going to do the editing.

Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films.

I came from a background of directing behind-the-scenes documentaries.

I don't write tracking shots in my screenplays or any camera directions, but I do try to give a sense of how the action is moving.

I don't think enough directors know enough about editing.

I'm very interested in directing actors - many directors direct cameras.

People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film.

On 'Y Tu Mama Tambien,' we started exploring shots that are longer, where the camera is moving around the actors, and there are no cuts, and you feel like you're there.

The thing that I like about action sequences is that if they're done well, you get to know more about the character in those few minutes than you do through 10 minutes of exposition.

As a cinematographer or director, I'm always looking for projects that are able to say a lot with the actor's expressions.

I loved Suriya's performance in 'Vaaranam Aayiram'; his expressions in the movie, especially the train sequences, were really fresh.

The scene where I took my eyelashes off we did in two takes.

There's always so much more that can be conveyed on screen visually in the expressions of people's faces, in their bodies, in their body language. And also with sound design, with music.

I'm kind of a tech geek. With the camera work, I chose to shoot super 16, which has a real tactile feel. I feel it's as authentic as possible; I love the way the grain feels.

My attention is more on the technical process of filmmaking; I like to observe cinematography and direction.