Have you ever turned back to see the light from a projector
on a movie theatre?
We are in a dark room full of strangers ready to watch the
eternal struggle of light vs dark.
Movies are the Light that become knowledge and life.
We like some, we don’t others.
The audience is the dark.
We love being amazed and dazzled.
The single most important thing a movie gives us
is another world.
We forget where we are and become immerse
in the story.
The director gives us a mixture of elements
to tell a story:
(A place, a problem, a protagonist)
…All from a beam of light
“We’ll fix it in post." “It’s one of the worst
expressions to come into the industry,"
-Roger Deakins
Eight-time Oscar nominee Cinematographer
The way a movie can makes us forget everything
and just dive inside a director´s vision.
A perfect example of a collective-creative
force at work. You know why you shouldn´t talk
during movies. Because a movie is make belief
that you don’t question. You just watch.
You enjoy. You are pulled away from anything
happening in your life into a story. Some story,
horror or adventure, sad or hopeful.
Napoleon once said, “Use the weapons at hand,”
and this is what a film director has to do everyday.
-Francis Ford Coppola
A zoom, a blur, a fade in/out can change mood
or just a flash back. In order to make a movies
you must decide what & how to tell it.
A movie is not a car you can drive so easily.
If you are the audience we are held “hostage”.
But if you are the Director your vision is always
in question by others. You are always fearful of
what to say and what not,
what to cut or what´s just perfect.
“As a movie-goer, I don’t give a tin whistle
what a director thinks; I want to know what he sees.”
-Stephen King
The responsibility of the film is to draw
your attention to a place on the screen.
Left or right here there to give emphasis
with colors, sound, music, dialogue, acting
or reacting.
An exact Focus within the precision of frame.
The responsibility of the audience is to dive like
in cold water.
Fearless and silent.
Just get absorbed by this unknown
darkness and all this questions.
Let this tiny light
be your “yellow brick road”
your “monolith”
your “briefcase”
your “Rosebud”
your “Keyser Soze”
“Some of the most spectacular examples of film art are in the best TV commercials.”
— Stanley Kubrick, Rolling Stone, 1987
