
Roger Deakins
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“People confuse "pretty" with good cinematography.”
DirectingCinematography#cinematographySource: goodreads filmmaking, goodreads cinematography“My time in documentaries was very educating, in terms of life experience as well as the filmmaking side of it.”
Directing#documentarySource: brainyquote filmmaking“The biggest challenge of any cinematographer is making the imagery fit together of a piece: that the whole film has a unity to it, and actually, that a shot doesn't stand out.”
Cinematography#directing#cinematography#cameraSource: brainyquote cinematographer“Naturalism isn’t the same as realism. The goal isn’t to mimic how light works in the real world but to use natural-looking light as a form of expression.”
Cinematography#lightingSource: goodreads cinematography
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