"I thought that was a pretty stupid argument,……" — Roger Deakins
"I thought that was a pretty stupid argument, really, because it's the final product that matters. The look of the film, however it's done, is still the cinematographer's vision in my mind. People said the same when color film came in, didn't they? The world evolves, and image-making evolves."
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20 Quotes by Roger Deakins
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When you move the camera, or you do a shot like the crane down (in Shawshank) with them standing on…
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To me if there's an achievement to lighting and photography in a film it's because nothing stands out, it all…
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There's nothing worse than an ostentatious shot or some lighting that draws attention to itself, and you might go, 'Oh,…
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I am not a fan of having too much gear.
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Someone said to me, early on in film school if you can photograph the human face you can photograph anything,…
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The balance of the frame - the way an actor is relating to the space in the frame - is…
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Maybe that sounds a bit pretentious, but I think life experience is always more important than technical knowledge.
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Am I nostalgic for film? … I mean, it’s had a good run, hasn’t it? You know, I’m not nostalgic…
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Every shot I have ever made has been a compromise in some way. No image has ever been as good…
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I think of filmmaking as a form of communication. Maybe it's also an art, but that's for somebody else to…
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All I’ve ever wanted to do is take stills of people, or take documentaries about people, and try to express…
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You can’t learn your craft by copying me or anyone else. I hope what I do can do is in…
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