I think from an early age I was aware of how a camera can tell a story, how a movie camera can affect how the narrative is told.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People are fascinated, for whatever reason, by human drama, and the idea that cameras are capturing ambient stories.
Film is our literature, so we should tell stories that are apropos of our culture, in that we can learn something about ourselves.
I try to tell my story as simply as possible, with the camera at eye level.
I don't actually see that much difference between telling stories in journalism and telling them on film. The tools are very different, but the basic idea is the same.
I think film, to me, as a director, is about telling a story.
I love telling stories with images. But I think there's more to just saying a movie is great visually.
I don't use film cameras. I don't do visual effects the same way. We don't use miniature models; it's all CG now, creating worlds in CG. It's a completely different toolset. But the rules of storytelling are the same.
As filmmakers, we're constantly always looking for something to bring the audience deeper into the reality of the story we're telling.
I approach film no differently than I approach a role. I want to make sure the movie is right, the characters are right, I can really bring something to it as a visionary, a storyteller. It's great to point a camera, but can you tell a story?
Videos are more like photography. It's not as much about trying to tell a story as it is creating images.