Cinematography Quotes

“I love to use the camera as a narrator.”

“You see, for me, the camera is a character. It's an actor. I have to decide what the camera is going to do, where it's going to go. It's a very important part of the storytelling.”

“The most important thing I have learned is that the camera is a slave, and not a master.”

“For me, the camera is a character.”

“The landscape is a character in our movies.”

“Cinematography is about painting with light. It's about creating a mood and an atmosphere.”

“The cameraman is the author of the film, as far as the picture is concerned.”

“I try to create a mood, a feeling. I think of myself as a storyteller.”

“Naturalism is the best style. The best photography is the photography that is not noticed.”

“To me, the camera is a witness.”

“For me, the camera is a character. It's an observer.”

“For me, the camera is a character.”

“For me, landscape is a character.”

“It's not what you light, it's what you don't light.”

“For me, the camera is a storyteller.”

“Lighting is the painter's brush.”

“A film is written in the camera.”

“For me, the camera is a tool to observe people. I'm not interested in fancy shots.”

“For me, the key to the camera is that it has to be a character.”

“It is the close-up that reveals. The human face is a land one can never tire of exploring.”