When you move the camera, or you do a shot like the crane down (in Shawshank) with them standing on the edge of the roof, then it's got to mean something. You've got to know why you're doing it; it's… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
There's nothing worse than an ostentatious shot or some lighting that draws attention to itself, and you might go, 'Oh, wow, that's spectacular.' Or that spectacular shot, a big crane move, or something. But it's not necessarily right for the… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
Every scene is a challenge. There are technical challenges, but often it's the simplest challenge where you feel a sense of achievement when you… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
Maybe that sounds a bit pretentious, but I think life experience is always more important than technical knowledge. — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
I came up, I suppose, a fairly traditional way. I went to art college. I always wanted to be a stills photographer, really, when… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
I love reading different scripts and helping create different looks, different environments. Sometimes you go to meet a director over a particular script, and… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
I don't study any films. I'll watch them, but I don't study anyone else. — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
I never really considered film as a career, but I knew I didn't want to be a builder. So I went to art college,… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
My time in documentaries was very educating, in terms of life experience as well as the filmmaking side of it. — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
Someone said to me, early on in film school if you can photograph the human face you can photograph anything, because that is the… — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
What's seemingly a simple thing can actually be the hardest to achieve. — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
