Because Quote by Mark Romanek

“I stopped making videos and commercials for a few months before I started films just to reset my clock because so much narrative filmmaking is a sense of tempo and rhythm.” quote by Mark Romanek — Download Open image

“I stopped making videos and commercials for a few months before I started films just to reset my clock because so much narrative filmmaking is a sense of tempo and rhythm.”

Mark Romanek

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Because Before Cinema Clock Commercials Few Filmmaking Films Just Making Months Much Narrative Rhythm Sense Started Stopped Tempo Videos

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