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.
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.
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
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…
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…
When you move the camera, or you do a shot like the crane down (in Shawshank) with them standing on the edge of the roof, then it's got to mean somet… - Roger Deakins
When you move the camera, or you do a shot like the crane down (in Shawshank) with them standing on the edge of the roof, then it's got to mean somet…
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…
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