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" Contrast is what makes photography interesting. "
Conrad Hall
Photography
Interesting
Contrast
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" My first semester, I got a D in creative writing. "
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" The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are. "
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" Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry. "
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" With today's fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You can abuse the film and create subtleties in contrast with light and exposure, diffusion and filters. That's what makes it an art. "
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" I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters. "
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" I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film. "
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" Painting and writing are solitary arts. "
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" You have to understand the nature of light. "
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" You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward. "
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" It was 100 feet of 16 mm black-and-white film of a car coming to a stop sign, and driving off. I had to decide how to frame and light it. It was magic. There was a sense of mystery. "
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" I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker. "
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" I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80. "
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" Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems. "
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" I realize that every picture isn't a work of art. "
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Work
Realize
" I want to tell a story and shape it all the way through to the end. "
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Story
" I knew exactly how I wanted it to play, but you are never sure until you watch the projected images reflect off the screen. That's when you know it worked. "
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" In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music. "
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Tests
Music
" It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema. "
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History
Believe
" Manipulating shadows and tonality is like writing music or a poem. "
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" But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer. "
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Heart
Than
" There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job. "
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" That's why I like fast film. It gives you more freedom to light more naturally. "
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" It is also difficult to articulate the subtleties in cinema, because there aren't words or metaphors which describe many of the emotions you are attempting to evoke. "
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Difficult
Emotions
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" But you know you haven't done it all because you know everything keeps evolving and changing; and you know you can evolve with it if you grow and develop as a human being. "
Conrad Hall
You
Everything
Done
" Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else. "
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" There are a lot of directors who are knowledgeable about images, and others who aren't. "
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" I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script. "
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" The sun is the most parallel light source because it is so far away. "
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" I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind. "
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