I think music videos in particular and film in general - it's really good at communicating tone and feeling. — Hiro Murai Copy Share Image
I usually work in music videos, where we shoot, like, 10 to 12 setups and 60 shots or something. — Hiro Murai Copy Share Image
I don't like fast cuts. I'd rather shoot something that dances to the music. — Hiro Murai Copy Share Image
Part of the fun is finding out how elastic that box is and, you know, test the limits of what TV shows… — Hiro Murai Copy Share Image
Whether it's a TV show or a music video, the seed of the idea is what's driving my decisions, not the format… — Hiro Murai Copy Share Image
A lot of the music video stuff I've worked on is mostly me pitching ideas, and then if [the artists] have notes… — Hiro Murai Copy Share Image
Some people draw a line between music videos and short films, looking down on music videos as a format, but there's so… — Hiro Murai Copy Share Image
The most difficult thing about music videos is that a lot of young filmmakers come into the medium, and they have so… — Hiro Murai Copy Share Image
Music videos were an outlet. They were the jobs most easily available to me, but creatively, they're also so free form; there… — Hiro Murai Copy Share Image
Regularly in music videos, I'll write the pitch and convince the artists that this is a good idea, and then I'm having… — Hiro Murai Copy Share Image
Two things - one is obvious: always keep making. The second thing, with regard to music videos specifically - the music video… — Hiro Murai Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, if you don't identify with the main characters, no television show will work. — Hiro Murai Copy Share
Too many things are possible in a dream. It's most interesting when you don't know which space you're in. — Hiro Murai Copy Share
I love museums, but I always thought there was something funny about a group of strangers silently staring at works of inanimate objects together.… — Hiro Murai Copy Share
I'll listen to a song so much that ideas start to form out of daydreaming. It's as if I'm reverse-scoring the track and building… — Hiro Murai Copy Share
Two things - one is obvious: always keep making. The second thing, with regard to music videos specifically - the music video industry can… — Hiro Murai Copy Share
Directing action scenes is really just pure visual storytelling that just makes sense to me pretty intuitively. — Hiro Murai Copy Share
I'm a firm believer in the idea that once we make a thing and release it, my turn to talk is done. Ideally, you're… — Hiro Murai Copy Share
I remember, when 'Atlanta' first happened, I didn't know what to expect. It felt like it was a lot of responsibility. — Hiro Murai Copy Share
I like absurdist aesthetics. There's something about dream logic that's really fascinating, how it interweaves with narrative. — Hiro Murai Copy Share
I've never been robbed in person, but I've gotten my car broken into a couple of times. — Hiro Murai Copy Share
I usually work in music videos, where we shoot, like, 10 to 12 setups and 60 shots or something. — Hiro Murai Copy Share
I did a short film with Donald Glover for one of his Childish Gambino projects, and Flying Lotus was an actor in it. — Hiro Murai Copy Share
Once you go outside of Atlanta, there are still a lot of Klan rallies and whatnot. There are a lot of conflicting elements that… — Hiro Murai Copy Share
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