I watch a lot of movies, and I tend to be influenced by scenes that intrigue me, that make me want to use the same effects or technique.
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I focus on the elements of a movie that are meant to invisibly affect me as a viewer. The edges. As an author, I'm aware of how the subconscious things can pluck at a reader's emotions, and I love it when filmmakers do the same.
I have a lot of influences. I like to sit down with the cinematographer a month before, and we'll watch pieces of 20 or 30 movies. You're basically the sum of all the experiences you've ever had, and they're sort of shaken up in you and reproduced in the things you create, and that includes seeing movies.
Film has the potential of allowing me to explore my own ideas, which I find very attractive.
A big part of my filmmaking is that I can go somewhere new and, visually, be excited by it.
I like movies a lot, and I feel really excited when I see a movie that moves me the right way.
I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way.
When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right.
I'm extremely particular how my look should be in a film.
I tend not to go look at movies before I make a movie. I'd rather not be specifically influenced.
I haven't done many films. But with every movie, I try to showcase a different side of me through a character.