#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

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Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It's about the big picture. ↗

— Ed Wood

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A government institution called the Finnish Film Foundation funds filmmaking there, and I wrote several screenplays but never got any money. They were sent back to me, and they said that they were too commercial for them. ↗

— Renny Harlin

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To me the recognition of the audience is part of the filmmaking process. When you make a movie, it's for them. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#filmmaking #filmmaking process #make #me #movie

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

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

— Tony Gilroy

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Meanwhile, back at reality..."- G.Lucas ↗

— Robert Lynn Asprin

#humor #humor

'Jaws' was the definitive filmmaking turning point for me. It came out in the summer of '75 and I saw it an obsessive 55 times. They even ran a very embarrassing article about me in the local paper, about the weird kid who's seen 'Jaws' 55 times. ↗

— Victor Salva

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As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless - and absolutely essential. ↗

— William Goldman

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When I got to filmmaking, the most democratic of environments where anybody could say anything, those were the best environments, but what you don't want to assume is that you know what the audience is thinking. ↗

— Rick Moranis

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