Nicolas Roeg Quotes

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

As a director, I start with the visual.

I think you cannot make films without choosing everything.

Visual elements are, of course, the director's job.

I enjoy setting the scene and coming up with interesting frames. 'True Detective' was a very hands-on set.

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

Usually when I'm making a movie, what I have in mind first, for the visuals, is how we can stage the scenes to bring them more to life in the most interesting way, and then how we can make a world for the story that the audience hasn't quite been in before.

Making a movie and not directing the little moments is like drinking a soda and leaving the little slurp puddle for someone else.

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

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

Great art direction is NOT the same thing as great film direction!

Every big-budget film is powered by a director's vision. I blindly follow the instructions of my director, believe in him, and deliver what he exactly wants from me.

My job is to kind of nudge them. Who said it, where, like, '90% of the job is casting,' so all I do is try to come to set and focus on getting all the best shots to cover the story; that's really it.

The experience of shooting a film is about the script, the captain of the ship who is the director, and the way they push their actors and teams to give their best. It's not about the language and the region.

I am interested in all aspects of filmmaking, so I have an opinion on every aspect, so sound design, score, cinematography, editing - all that stuff I have experience doing myself, so I had a very strong idea of what I wanted, and I got, for the most part, people that were able to articulate that idea, which was nice.

In films, you have to follow the director's vision. Filmmaking is a director's medium. So everything happens as per the script and his vision.

I never think about it much, the visual aspect of it, until we start making the movie. I don't really think about it when we write. When we finish, and I start putting the film together, and we pick the locations, I do think about that a lot.

The work of the director is the work of constructing the shot list from the script.

Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.

I've always had the utmost respect and awe of what the lens can do and what a director can do with just a camera move.

In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.

The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.

Most screenplays depend primarily on the vision of a director.

As a filmmaker and film student, I think it's really interesting to hear what a director did and how they figured out how to do things.

I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look.