Important Quote by Jamie Hyneman

I had to learn the image is not the word, which is a jolt for a literary soul. But it has served me well…

— Rita Mae Brown

You cannot base a whole movie on just the imagery alone. It has to be the story and the characters.

— John Lasseter

A movie is so visually powerful, so overwhelming, that it tends to crowd out how you might have imagined things.

— Yann Martel

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the intention behind it.

— Jodie Foster

Try this experiment: Pick a famous movie - 'Casablanca,' say - and summarize the plot in one sentence. Is that plot you just described…

— Peter Greenaway

When you're making a film you're thinking about how to tell the story visually.

— Sofia Coppola

Cinema is a visual language, and you're always looking for visual metaphors for things. You know, if I was writing a play about Howard…

— John Logan

There are so many films now where you know the story is a supporting role to the visual effects.

— Ricky Gervais

When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations.

— Ashwin Sanghi

When I'm at the premiere and I see the film in its entirety, I forget plot, I forget the story, I forget what my…

— Tavis Smiley

I really admire visual storytelling that shows you what's happening, instead of tells you what's happening. I think it really forces the filmmaking to…

— John Kahrs

I think there are a lot more relationship scenes in my movies that people tend to overlook. A lot of scenes really feel real…

— Jan de Bont