John Knoll Quotes

I'd be really interested in making a dramatic, low key 3D film.

First of all, in the old days, if you wanted to show someone getting shot on film, all you could do was place an effect in the original take. And if you wanted to brighten somebody's face and leave the rest of the room dark, that was a very expensive process.

I thought that it would be easier to learn that if I worked in motion pictures. So I went to work with one motion picture producer who was developing a color system. This didn't do to me much good. All I did was pick filters for the camera.

When you take something that's inert, and through motion, give it life, make it appear to be alive, living, breathing thinking and having emotions, that's animation. But when you take something that's live-action, and move a part of it, that's a special effect.

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

I love the visual medium of film and TV. I love the science of it, working with the sound and the lighting and every aspect.

Playing with light is something that is very important, especially when you want cinematography in your game.

Whether you make an action blockbuster or a comedy or a drama, you've got the right camera and all the right technology to do it. In games, it's not the same yet, and I would like to see technologies dealing with cameras the way we do - dealing with bouquet, dealing with performance capture, with lighting - with all this stuff the way we do.

In 'The Greatest Showman,' I'm back doing VFX myself, allowing me to craft exactly how something looks, one frame at a time.

By 1949 I knew all the studio tricks.

I love having 30 shots of every scene.

Live television drama was like live theater, because you moved without thinking about the camera. It followed you around. In film you have to be more aware of what the camera is doing.

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 always loved experimenting in film.

All film directors, even the ones using 3-D today, want you to look at what they chose.

I've always been into visual effects. It was something I took keen interest in before films happened. Ironically, I am a part of 'Raaz 3,' a film that is shot entirely on 3D. It has encouraged me to pursue my dream. Hopefully, if time permits, I will travel to the United States and attend a crash course in visual graphics and animation.

CGI is done after the film is done. It's through the computer. Most of the film is not computer-generated special effects. Most of it is that creature that is in the room with you.

The learning curve is 'The Hobbit' is being shot in 3D.

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

For video clips, you can always assume that there is a creative component since you are literally dealing with production values.

It doesn't bother me to work with so much green screen. I prefer real settings obviously.

There are a lot of directors who are knowledgeable about images, and others who aren't.

You've seen how they make movies like Star Wars and stuff. They're never really there. They're in front of a green screen just pretending to be jumping around.

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

I've heard it said many times, 'Let's work on the look of the film,' but that doesn't work with me.