Jeff Perry Quotes

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.

I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen.

When I started, you didn't focus so much on production, certainly not - gosh - down to the finest little detail of how you shifted your eyes or how you turned to somebody. A lot of the shots were far away from a still camera. There weren't as many close-ups and intimacy.

I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it.

I went to USC and tried to learn about the other side of the camera a little bit.

I learned a lot about how to shoot and how to put together sequences.

On film, you really have to focus on what you're looking at. You're imprinting a physical image.

The cinematographer's basically translating the director's vision into imagery.

TV helped me understand camera angles, close-ups, master shots.

I love having 30 shots of every scene.

The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.

I love to produce, and I've directed two short films.

When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.

Making movies is time-consuming and it's boring. You spend most of your time waiting between takes. It's like a big machine that moves slowly.

On an independent film, you really learn about pace. You have so little time to do things, that you really have to know your scenes.

I make film to make time pass.

I'll reshoot a corridor 13 different ways, and you'll never recognise them.

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

When you shoot a movie, the camera is always taking, taking, taking and not giving anything back.

When you're making a film, it's a very technical process. You do things over and over again, and you have to hit your marks and your light and all that stuff.

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

I took a film course in grade ten that made me want to direct, and I've always been making short films and home videos with my friends, so it's definitely something I wanna pursue as well.

Working on a film, the setup for an action sequence takes a long time, and we need to shoot the scene many times to get different angles.

I feel every shot, every camera move, every frame, and the way you frame something and the choice of lens, I see all those things are really important on every shot.

I've always wanted to be behind the camera in some capacity.