Julie Plec Quotes

Part of being a filmmaker is also being a craftsman.

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

I'm a big fan of movies, but I'm a bigger fan of filmmaking itself. I fell in love with it when I was very young, and I have always loved to learn the craft, every aspect of it.

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.

I'm in total awe of the technique of great film people. Because if you get your emotional life up to perfection by miracle on Take One, you better have a technique to keep doing it again and again and again.

I love filmmaking, and I love the process. And I would rather do nothing else. It's a privilege to be able to paint such big pictures, so to speak.

I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.

Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.

I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors.

I think making a good film shot is joyful.

I like the fact you can spend two hours setting up a scene that will only last a couple of seconds. And I like just sitting around and dozing between scenes!

Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.

Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story.

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

My interest in filmmaking was always very much the visuals and images.

Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It's about the big picture.

I made shorts films, learning the dos and don'ts. Most importantly, I've been editing all these short films. Nothing can teach you filmmaking like editing can.

Visually, I'm always considering shots and composition quite a lot, and I love putting art into films, and I do a lot of the art.

Directing is a tremendous art.

I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing.

I haven't thought about getting into production. I'm interested in the creative aspect of storytelling.

Filming is like a house, you have to feel comfortable in it.

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.

The filmmakers always have a great level of control.

Whenever I think about movies, I always look at that art process as having the best of a lot of worlds. Because if you watch a great film, you have a musical element to it, not just on the scoring, but in the way that the shots are edited - that has music and rhythm and time.