Format Flexibility Quotes

The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of.

One of the things I did learn from 'The Epic' was that we don't have to feel so much pressure to conform to set formats. A song doesn't have to be three minutes and 30 seconds.

Why on earth should I care whether people read me with their eyes or their ears?

I like the freedom of podcasting. With podcasting you can really mess around with the form and the format. You can do as much time as you like without having to pause for commercials.

What I learned on 'Homicide' was that each show deserves its own look.

If you're watching a film on your television, is it no longer a film because you're not watching it in a theatre? If you watch a TV show on your iPad, is it no longer a TV show? The device and the length are irrelevant; the labels are useless, except perhaps to agents and managers and lawyers, who use these labels to conduct business deals.

As long as we are engaged in storytelling that moves the culture forward, it doesn't matter what format it is.

The 13-episode model lends itself to a more serialised format, which is nice and gives writers a chance to breathe some space into it.

It would not be right for me to pick and choose where, when, and in what format I play for the Proteas.

I am not going to be dictated to by the size of the camera. I use everything from an 8 x 10 to a 35-mm. But I don't use these modern cameras which break down all the time !

As a player, I like playing as much cricket as possible, irrelevant of the format.

I like the idea that things can exist in different formats - in a gallery, a fashion ad, in books.

I was telling somebody just the other day, there's technically such a hierarchy in this business. You have film, that's the ideal; then you have TV, and things like web series do not claim as much cred, but the fact is, if the material is solid and I believe and trust in the team that's involved, I don't care what format it is.

A certain kind of film is a big theatrical film and a certain kind of film isn't. It doesn't bother me so much that you can pick your format.

I've always kept it very simple. I'm a big believer that basics stay the same for all the formats.

There is room and time for multiple tracks to flesh out in the web space. I enjoy this format.