visual effects quotes

I’ve rarely seen video screens used well in a music concert.

A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.

The secret to film is that it’s an illusion.

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.

In 3-D filmmaking, I can take images and manipulate them infinitely, as opposed to taking still photographs and laying them one after the other. I move things in all directions. It’s such a liberating experience.