Fall Quote by Charlize Theron

There is a magic thing called 'tone' in a film, that the director must master and maintain.

— Rebecca Miller

Music can help uncover that tone that's in the fabric of the movie. Sometimes it's very plain to see, sometimes it's not.

— James Newton Howard

A lot of TV and film commits to one tone.

— Reed Morano

What's hard in movies is to have a consistent tone throughout a movie. Whatever that is.

— Steve Zahn

Yeah, I mean, I think I'm obsessed with tone in the movies. Tone has always been the main thing that I go after with…

— Zack Snyder

To me, one of the main things that a director does is create the tone of his movie.

— Peter Sarsgaard

You set the tone on the set that you want to see in the film.

— Todd Phillips

In Tim's films, more than most, if you miss the tone, you don't get the film.

— Danny Elfman

Of course I know what works for me and what kind of tone I want my films to have.

— Yorgos Lanthimos

For whatever reason, the films I gravitate towards do have these strange sort of tonal balances to them... I kind of realized on '50/…

— Jonathan Levine

I'm always inspired by other filmmakers, whether it's a shot or the way they handle tone.

— Spike Jonze

The attitude of the director is really important, in terms of setting tone.

— Josh Radnor