I am concerned that the subtlety is being lost and every film tends to look very contrasty and saturated.
Your whole life informs your eye. - Roger Deakins
Your whole life informs your eye.
- Roger Deakins
Maybe that sounds a bit pretentious, but I think life experience is always more important than technical knowledge. - Roger Deakins
Maybe that sounds a bit pretentious, but I think life experience is always more important than technical knowledge.
Someone said to me, early on in film school... if you can photograph the human face you can photograph anything, because that is the most difficult a… - Roger Deakins
Someone said to me, early on in film school... if you can photograph the human face you can photograph anything, because that is the most difficult a…
Every shot I have ever made has been a compromise in some way. No image has ever been as good as the one I envisioned in my mind's eye. - Roger Deakins
Every shot I have ever made has been a compromise in some way. No image has ever been as good as the one I envisioned in my mind's eye.
I don't really believe in the mystery of cinematography - what happens in the camera is what the cinematographers create and all that nonsense. - Roger Deakins
I don't really believe in the mystery of cinematography - what happens in the camera is what the cinematographers create and all that nonsense.
The balance of the frame - the way an actor is relating to the space in the frame - is the most important factor in helping the audience feel what th… - Roger Deakins
The balance of the frame - the way an actor is relating to the space in the frame - is the most important factor in helping the audience feel what th…
Am I nostalgic for film? … I mean, it’s had a good run, hasn’t it? You know, I’m not nostalgic for a technology. I’m nostalgic for the kind of films … - Roger Deakins
Am I nostalgic for film? … I mean, it’s had a good run, hasn’t it? You know, I’m not nostalgic for a technology. I’m nostalgic for the kind of films …
To me if there's an achievement to lighting and photography in a film it's because nothing stands out, it all works as a piece. And you feel that the… - Roger Deakins
To me if there's an achievement to lighting and photography in a film it's because nothing stands out, it all works as a piece. And you feel that the…
There's nothing worse than an ostentatious shot or some lighting that draws attention to itself, and you might go, 'Oh, wow, that's spectacular.' Or … - Roger Deakins
There's nothing worse than an ostentatious shot or some lighting that draws attention to itself, and you might go, 'Oh, wow, that's spectacular.' Or …
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