When I first started, I saw myself shooting documentaries or making documentaries, which is what I did, mostly, for a number of years. So it was quite a surprise how I found myself shooting features. It was like my wildest dreams as a kid collided.
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
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.
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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