I'm a great believer in relativity when making movies. Relativity, in my mind, meaning "Light to dark, big to small, good to bad." You visually embrace these things to enhance transitions and instantly paint environments and moods.
I'm a great believer in relativity when making movies. Relativity, in my mind, meaning "Light to dark, big to small, good to bad." You visually embra… - Gordon Willis
I'm a great believer in relativity when making movies. Relativity, in my mind, meaning "Light to dark, big to small, good to bad." You visually embra…
- Gordon Willis
Good films are not made by accident, nor is good photography. You can have good things happen, on occasion, by accident that can be applied at that m… - Gordon Willis
Good films are not made by accident, nor is good photography. You can have good things happen, on occasion, by accident that can be applied at that m…
The thing about film is that your eye is selective. Film isn't. You have to make film do what you want. Simply photographing something doesn't do it.… - Gordon Willis
The thing about film is that your eye is selective. Film isn't. You have to make film do what you want. Simply photographing something doesn't do it.…
Don't get simple mixed up with simplistic. - Gordon Willis
Don't get simple mixed up with simplistic.
Grips and electricians have done more to help me shoot good movies than any other craft. - Gordon Willis
Grips and electricians have done more to help me shoot good movies than any other craft.
Zooms are lazy closeups. And too many people hang their hats on video assist; it's a way to avoid too much. Video assist helps people dissociate from… - Gordon Willis
Zooms are lazy closeups. And too many people hang their hats on video assist; it's a way to avoid too much. Video assist helps people dissociate from…
I don't really like directing. I've had a good relationship with actors, but I can do what I do and back off. I don't want that much romancing. I don… - Gordon Willis
I don't really like directing. I've had a good relationship with actors, but I can do what I do and back off. I don't want that much romancing. I don…
The lack of perfection, that's the hardest quality of all, because you're fighting your instincts. You're trained to want to do things perfectly. - Gordon Willis
The lack of perfection, that's the hardest quality of all, because you're fighting your instincts. You're trained to want to do things perfectly.
I don't believe in doing thousands of cuts, then giving it to the editor to make the movie. 'Dump-truck directing' is my reference to that style of m… - Gordon Willis
I don't believe in doing thousands of cuts, then giving it to the editor to make the movie. 'Dump-truck directing' is my reference to that style of m…
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