#filmmaking

You have to edit the material. That assumes that some kind of a mind is operating in relation to the material. Not all minds are the same. Every aspect of filmmaking requires choice. The selection of the subject, the shooting, editing and length are all aspects of choice. ↗

— Frederick Wiseman

#aspects #assumes #choice #edit #editing

The big studio era is from the coming of sound until 1950, until I came in... I came in at a crux in film, which was the end of the studio era and the rise of filmmaking. ↗

— Charlton Heston

#came #coming #crux #end #era

Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes. ↗

— Robert Altman

#filmmaking #lifetimes #live #many

If you think about it, episodic filmmaking has not been something that people have really done. ↗

— Tony Gilroy

#been #done #episodic #filmmaking #people

Filmmaking is always sort of building a mosaic of this arc of what the character is going through. ↗

— Matthew Fox

#arc #building #character #filmmaking #going

I think that directing is the ultimate martyred task of filmmaking, that it has nobility to it. It takes three years to make a film, for the most part. I think it requires the attentiveness of a mother hen. ↗

— Diane Lane

#film #filmmaking #hen #i #i think

There's such good people out there where there filmmaking world is alive. ↗

— Josh Lucas

#filmmaking #good #good people #out #people

If I can have the opportunity to go into an editing room, it's like the golden ticket for me. All I want is to learn about everything else in the filmmaking process. I just directed a music video which just came out and that'd sort of be the area of the field that I'm going to move into, I hope. ↗

— Nikki Reed

#area #came #directed #editing #else