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Conrad Hall
American
Artist
About the author
The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Light
The sun is the most parallel light source because it is so far away.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Light
#Sun
There is a kind of beauty in imperfection.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Beauty
#Imperfection
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,
American
Artist
#Light
#Language
#Infinite
#Job
#Colors
#Shadows
There are a lot of directors who are knowledgeable about images, and others who aren't.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
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,
American
Artist
#Film
#Meaning
That's why I like fast film. It gives you more freedom to light more naturally.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Film
#Freedom
#Light
Photography is a very important part of my life.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Life
#Photography
You have to understand the nature of light.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Light
#Nature
You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
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,
American
Artist
#Film
#Eye
#Art
#Today
#Light
#Abuse
#Contrast
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,
American
Artist
#People
#Zenith
I want to tell a story and shape it all the way through to the end.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Want
#End
I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Writing
In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Music
#Tests
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,
American
Artist
#Words
#Emotions
#Metaphors
#Cinema
It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#History
#Cinema
It's important to know that if you are dealing with shadows.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Shadows
I suppose I would still be a communicator, maybe a musician.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
Manipulating shadows and tonality is like writing music or a poem.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Writing
#Music
#Shadows
My first semester, I got a D in creative writing.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#First
#Writing
My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Winning
#Difference
Painting and writing are solitary arts.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Writing
#Painting
Contrast is what makes photography interesting.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Photography
#Contrast
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,
American
Artist
#Film
#Light
#Sense
#Feet
#Magic
#Car
#Mystery
#Driving
Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Possibilities
#Language
#Infinite
#Music
Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#People
#History
#Movies
But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Heart
Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Problems
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,
American
Artist
#Being
I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Life
#Romantic
Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Will
#Dad
Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Film
#First
I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Writer
I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Hope
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,
American
Artist
#Play
I realize that every picture isn't a work of art.
Conrad Hall,
American
Artist
#Work
#Art