Creative Tone Quotes

'Ghost World' was such an incredibly difficult episode to find the right tone for. I remember at the time it was very divisive because some people hated it - they thought it was cheesy and hokey - and I loved it. When I saw it, I cried my head off, and I was so happy.

We wanted the language to feel fresh, fun, and rock solid.

With 'Opening Credit,' we were trying to establish a certain tone and put people in a specific mood.

It's the same assignment on every part: you want to create a real world, and the tone of it is a little different on each movie. You have to find your tone and work within that to make it as real so the audience can really engage in the story you're telling.

I would define myself as being naive and perverse at the same time. And I think that if that is consistent it will make the tone consistent.

All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.

The attitude of the director is really important, in terms of setting tone.

Honestly, I love movies so much that I don't really have a favorite type. It's all script-related. Whatever genre it is, if it's cinematic at all or has a tone and a feel that I think is gonna be exciting to put up on screen, then I'm there and I'll put everything I have into it.

The content I create reflects my personality: goofy, fun, positive, a bit clumsy, family-friendly, educational and helpful.

With the work that I do as a director, I've got dialogue, camera movement, and character blocking to help create a tone to the piece. In photography, those elements are somewhat void so that tone becomes a bit more subtle but still equally important.

The hardest thing about doing a series and having it stick is that you've never performed with each other, and the pilot is kind of a dress rehearsal, and you don't know the tone until two or three episodes in.