Quotes by Conrad Hall - Page 1

I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Shooting
Stills
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Painting and writing are solitary arts.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Art
Painting
Solitary
Writing
Arts
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There is a kind of beauty in imperfection.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Beauty
Imperfection
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You have to understand the nature of light.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
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In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Aptitude
Aptitude Test
Tests
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Contrast is what makes photography interesting.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Contrast
Interesting
Photographer
Photography
Makes
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But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Cinematographers
Heart
Cinematographer
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Photography is a very important part of my life.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Important
Photography
Life My Life Important
Important Part
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I realize that every picture isn't a work of art.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Picture
Realize
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My first semester, I got a D in creative writing.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Creative Writing
Semester
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I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Firsts
Shooting
Thrill
Recall
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It's important to know that if you are dealing with shadows.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Important
Knows
Shadow
Dealing
Shadows
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I suppose I would still be a communicator, maybe a musician.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Communicators
Musician
Stills
Suppose
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Manipulating shadows and tonality is like writing music or a poem.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Shadow
Writing
Writing Music
Music Writing Like
Manipulating
Poem
Shadows
Tonality
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I want to tell a story and shape it all the way through to the end.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Shape
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Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Boyfriend
Smile
Dad
Father's Day
Father Son
Fathers Day
Forgotten
Gone
Will
Never
Wherever
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The sun is the most parallel light source because it is so far away.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Far Away
Light
Sun
Parallel
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Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Problem
Problem Solving
Way
Had
Cinematographer
Problems
Solving
Worked
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I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Dining
Sitting
Writing
Dining Room
Script
Table
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The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Beam
Light
Source
Broader
Closer
Subject
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You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Education
Inspirational
Moving
Moving Forward
Students
Always
Never
You
Student
Master
Forward
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That's why I like fast film. It gives you more freedom to light more naturally.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Film
Giving
Light
Naturally
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I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Directors
Filmmaker
Thinking
Writer
Director
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My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Differences
Mean
Peers
Winning
Me Winning More
Oscar
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I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Bigger
Sunrise
Tequila
Picture
Characters
Complex
Saw
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Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Music
Cinematography
Infinite
Language
Possibility
Much
Possibilities
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There are a lot of directors who are knowledgeable about images, and others who aren't.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Directors
Knowledgeable
Images
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Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
History
Billions
Industry
People
Seen
Short
Influenced
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It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Believe
Cinema
Colleagues
Impact
History Believe Me
Grasp
Took
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Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Audience
Expecting
One Thing
Shows
Something Else
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To me, the camera is like a musical instrument. You use it to control the flow, shape, size and colors of images.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Cameras
Color
Musical
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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.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Never Know Play
Never Know How
Exactly
Images
Projected
Reflect
Screen
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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.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Get Better
People
Thinking
Zenith
Afraid
Quit
Reasons
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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.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Jobs
Color
Infinite
Language
Lifetime
Light
Speak
Subtle
Job
Colors
Extraordinarily
Figuring
Shadows
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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.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Attempting
Cinema
Emotion
Evoke
Metaphor
Articulate
Describe
Emotions
Metaphors
Subtleties
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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 / Film Cinematographer
Done
Evolve
Grows
Develop
Human Being
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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.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Black And White
Feet
Gnarly
Light
Magic
Frame
Sign
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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.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Art
Abuse
Contrast
Diffusion
Exposure
Eye
Filters
Light
Scene
Sees
Subtleties
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The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to empathize with the characters, they have to visualize the process of concentration involved in making every move.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Audience
Character
Concentration
Film
Involved
Moving
Process
Empathize
Meaning
Visualize
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In Hollywood, maybe only ten percent will make it and the other ninety percent try. This elusive dream of making it and being on top is the same story as the moth being drawn to the flame. The flame and it's attractiveness is something you'll never eliminate. Some will learn how to live in that environment and others will burn in it.
Conrad Hall / Film Cinematographer
Dream
Flames
Trying
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