Bella Hadid Quotes

I like to work, and I worked for years as a camera person before I directed.

For me, it's all about having the performers feel confident in their movements and surroundings. And then I'll figure out how to photograph it afterward.

I've discovered that being behind the camera is more fascinating. If I had to choose a profession today, it would have been something behind the camera.

Being a cinematographer taught me a lot. I got to expedite the visions of many directors and learned how to navigate many styles and worlds.

You have to give directors and cinematographers a word blueprint for visuals, but I had to learn that from experience.

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.

There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work.

Every year or so, I try to do something; it keeps me refreshed as to what's going on in front of the lens, and I understand what the actor is going through.

The way you present a stunt is tied in to the way you photograph it, so you're hanging out with the cinematographer.

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

In my films that I've directed, and my work in commercials and videos, I've rarely used handheld. It's just not something I'm drawn to, but I've seen it done very well.

I'm not a photographer, so I didn't get into F-stops or ND filters or background, foreground, cross-light, all that stuff. But I was interested in the camera and the lenses. That's the world that I'm moving in, in terms of acting and giving a performance.

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

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

Pictures are much harder to do than the theater... You're at the mercy of the camera angles and the piecemeal technique.

I love it when television is shot in a cinematic way and I think to aspire to that is no bad thing.

Directing is very close to choreography; you deal with space, time, emotions, lighting, making beautiful images.

All my film ideas and subjects have come from photography.

I'm one of the few directors that actually shoots a lot in camera.

I totally love being on camera.

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

One thing I learnt was that you don't have to spend all day shooting: you can get it done in half an hour if you're that talented as a cameraman.

I like pointing the camera at the actors and letting them fight. Don't let the camera do the fighting for you, and don't let the camera give them the adrenaline hit. Let the people in the frame do that.

I really enjoy blocking and staging. I think most of visual storytelling is camera placement and how to stage action around the camera.

I was in film school as an undergrad with a focus on directing. Once I started working on shoots, I realized, 'Oh, I really like this cinematography thing.'