The more tools we have directors and cinematographers will be able to express more and create different worlds and feelings. It's like having more instruments in an orchestra.
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Most people think of cinematographers as choosing subjects of an epic nature to show off what they do - big, sweeping images of war or pageantry.
We're able to push the envelope with what we're doing, both on a technical and artistic level, which is the most that any filmmaker can ask for.
Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.
You have to give directors and cinematographers a word blueprint for visuals, but I had to learn that from experience.
When the director has a vision for a piece that I've never heard before, and they can back that up with visuals, and they talk a good game, I get really interested in the world that they're trying to create.
I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.
I wish that every director was as interested in doing as much in camera and with physical objects as much as possible as J.J. Abrams is.
But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.
Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.
Today, everything has to be made by committee, and has to have special effects, but there's always room for good films.
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