Character Quote by Emily Blunt

Shooting on film is great because it imparts discipline: What do you need to see so you're not finding it in the camera. When…

— Dee Rees

A shot is only as every as good as how well it tells the story.

— Simon Baker

Because of the way that I work with the actors and because a scene is not in this rigid and literal interpretation of something…

— Mike Leigh

Till now I have never shot a scene without taking account of what stands behind the actors because the relationship between people and their…

— Michelangelo Antonioni

Shooting in real-life situations helps actors because they're competing against the noise and the wind. Out of that comes things that shift and change,…

— Tony Scott

I believe shooting chronologically gives you a very fresh perspective and you're always aware of where you are in the development of the characters.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Telling the story with only a few shots, I love that style. It makes you feel like you're part of the action, part of…

— Vilmos Zsigmond

So much of it is the design of the shot or the motion of the character; it's the work you do so that it…

— Dennis Muren

If I can do a scene in one shot, it's in one shot. Most of my shots are pretty long. I think with 'Looking,'…

— Andrew Haigh

Visually, I want to try everything. But I believe that every shot of my films really expresses what I think about the story and…

— Takashi Miike

Scenes change all the time. Scenes will change while you're shooting them, and you just have to roll with it 'cause that's what makes…

— Yara Shahidi

It's never the practice to shoot the scenes in the proper order. Sometimes you shoot the final scenes of a film before you've even…

— Luke Evans