I do know when you look at some ballplayer and all of a sudden he is the size of a truck something is wrong.
BARRY LEVINSONEven back in the ’90s, I shot certain things on something that wasn’t digital then, but it was on VHS with a smaller camera and we would up it to film.
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I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.
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I would give the cameras to the kids in the swimming pools and they would play with them, and then I would collect them and we would upload it. If you’re in the process, you’re there.
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No one really has the power, and everybody’s trying to get through the day, and everybody’s nervous and desperate.
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Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I’ve not found that to be the situation.
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As soon as digital editing came about, I immediately made the switch to digital.
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I think certain movies work and that is part of the magic of it all. We can’t truly define why something succeeds.
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A lot of time mistakes are very interesting – you look for the behaviour that’s not the one you expect.
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I think test screening works at its best when the audience knows what it’s getting.
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You do understand that you can’t force the situation, but in terms of how you edit, you can define that to take the audience along, whether it be a storyline or a character moment that we can play out. The more experience you’ve had, the more beneficial it is, period.
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I think we are seeing a radical shift in the business in general. The studios are making much more of the real big extravaganzas and there are other kinds of films that are coming out. I think you are going to begin to see more diversification that we’ve seen in the past.
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I think it’s a promising time which will show a lot of diversification that we’ve seen in the past.
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All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behaviour happens, small moments happen and that’s what ultimately works the best for me.
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I worked at a local television station and I got a chance to direct and do all those things – worked kiddie shows, Ranger House show with the hand puppets and things like that.
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I don’t know that you can do an absurdist film and just have everybody embrace it in terms of filling out cards. I just don’t think it happens. So you have to prepare an audience.
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They’re intimidating the networks and levying these fines, so the networks are not sure of what they can or can’t do.
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