Quotes about Film Camera

I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future. Votes: 4

The truth is, unlike TV and film cameras, the theater stage doesn't add 10 pounds. Votes: 4

I think that film is still an artform and it doesn't really matter if you're using a digital camera or a film camera. Votes: 4

When I got cast in 'Rocky IV,' I had never seen a film camera before. And here I was in this boxing movie. Votes: 4

Acting's all about the confidence you exude, especially on film. I mean, nervousness isn't attractive in anyone, but a film camera will seek it out and punish you. Votes: 4

The film camera's ability to physically move through space, not zoom through space - every time we have a video camera the movement is through zoom; every time we have a film camera it is a physical movement. Votes: 4

I started out with this dream of being a director and doing cinematography and bought my first film camera at 15. Votes: 3

I've always been intimidated by the technicalities of taking photos, especially with a film camera - not just a point and shoot. Votes: 3

Whenever there's a camera around, a video or film camera, it's a great deal harder for those in power to bury the story. Votes: 3

Where past generations had film cameras, scrapbooks, notebooks, and that part of the brain which stores memories, we now have a smartphone app for every conceivable recording need. Votes: 3

I grew up in the '60s, which was a creative time, so it wasn't that big of a stretch to go from a baseball bat to a guitar to a film camera. Votes: 3

I don't think there is any advantage to digital unless it's in a case like Slumdog Millionaire, where you have to get a shot and a big bulky film camera is out of the question. Votes: 3

I found my father's Super8mm film camera when I was around eight years old and started shooting with it. I had no idea what I was doing at the time, but that's really where my filmmaking began. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

I used a video camera, and shot on film cameras at school and stuff, but I had a lot more training as a writer. I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life. Votes: 3

Film was something that I didn't see as a step up from music videos, though obviously, music videos, the fact that you work with a crew and a film camera, are the closest to film I've ever been. That is the only schooling I've ever had. Votes: 3

I always have traveled with a camera throughout my life, but I always had my old 35mm film camera. When I was training to go into space, the only equipment there was a digital camera. I went through a fast-track class on Earth. It actually was fun, though I'm basically a dinosaur with computers. Votes: 3

If I'm traveling, I'll take a film camera and a digital camera because sometimes there are moments where, if you've lost it, or if coming back and it accidentally goes through the X-ray machine and it gets overexposed, you might have had a really important moment to you and you would be really upset that you didn't have a back-up. Votes: 3

Once you change the technology - from a film camera to a video camera, or from an 8-mm camera to 16 mm - you change completely the content. With 8 mm, a leaf on a tree will be made up of maybe four grains. So it's very impressionistic, almost like Seurat. If you switch to 16 mm, the technology gives you hundreds of grains on that leaf. Votes: 3

I was on the yearbook staff, so I would take out film cameras and Nikons and take photos around school and at sporting events and things like that. We had a darkroom as well. I just loved it. I also saved up for a video camera to video my friends and cut and paste the videos together and I gave them to all of my friends for graduation. Votes: 3

I like doing film, you know, single-camera. Votes: 2

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera. Votes: 2

When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera. Votes: 2

I come from Venezuela, from the independent film arena, and you work with one camera. Votes: 2

I like the smell of film. I just like knowing there's film going through the camera. Votes: 2

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet. Votes: 2

I knew from early on I would go to film school and try to work behind the camera. Votes: 2

I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer. Votes: 2

I'm really into acquiring film paraphernalia - that's my hobby. I love old movie posters, cameras and film reels. Votes: 2

It's the first film that I made where the director was not present under the camera, and it threw me. Votes: 2

I'd like to own a movie camera - a proper one, with film, not a digital thing. Celluloid has more character. Votes: 2

All my films are shot on hand-held cameras. These cameras took five years to build and had to be light enough to be carried. Votes: 2

I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little I gained more experience in filming. Votes: 2

The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting a film constitutes a wonderful and thrilling adventure. Votes: 2

I like the film camera better because the film is still one hundred times better than any digital image at the moment. So, there are certain movies that you can't really do digitally. Votes: 2

I think the camera was always my obsession, the camera movements. Because for me it's the most important thing in the move, the camera, because without the camera, film is just a stage or television - nothing. Votes: 2

The stigma that used to exist many years ago, that actors from film don't do television, seems to have disappeared. That camera doesn't know it's a TV camera... or even a streaming camera. It's just a camera. Votes: 2

Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film. Your bright eyes and easy smile is your museum. Votes: 1

Life without kids is like a camera without film. Votes: 0

Go home, pick up your video camera, and make a film. Votes: 0

The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don't have a movie, Votes: 0

I'm not getting involved in sports anymore, except on film. I'm not agile unless a camera's going. Votes: 0

Photography is a very forgiving medium. Anybody that can afford film and a camera can make pictures. Votes: 0

If you want to do a film, steal a camera, steal raw stock, sneak into a lab and do it! Votes: 0

Film has always been hard for me, I'm basically a stage actress. I never felt comfortable in front of the camera. Votes: 0

Film is like a personal diary, a notebook or a monologue by someone who tries to justify himself before a camera. Votes: 0

I really learned how to act on camera through 'Power Rangers' because I hadn't done a lot of film and TV. Votes: 0

A digital camera does have many advantages and I was a believer that digital video would be a big influence on film-making. Votes: 0

I am against great themes and great subjects... You can't film an idea. The camera is an instrument for recording physical impact. Votes: 0

I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place. Votes: 0

The dynamic range of a digital camera is not that much greater than film, particularly if you push the ASA a little bit. Votes: 0

I don't want to direct music videos at all. Any work I do with a camera I'd like to be for a film. Votes: 0

My acting stopped being about disguise and became about truth which suits the camera, so my film career took off when I came out. Votes: 0

Theatre is liberating because it only works if it's truthful - that's what it requires. That's not true of film: the camera does lie. Votes: 0

With film acting, and often when the camera comes very close, you just have to think about something and the camera will pick it up. Votes: 0

The camera is not your eye, and it's not the eye of the audience. I don't think it's my eye, either. It belongs to the film. Votes: 0

I almost became a music major, but somehow I was so enthralled with the camera and becoming a director that I stuck with film school and theatrics. Votes: 0

At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small film. But then the hunger comes back. Votes: 0

I carry a disposable camera. It takes me back to my childhood, when you had to develop your film and wait to see what pictures you got. Votes: 0

During prom season, I travel around the country with a 20-by-24 camera - which is logistically complicated - and photograph proms. My husband made a film of it. Votes: 0

It's an incredible privilege for an actor to look into the camera. It's like looking right into the heart of the film, and you can't take that lightly. Votes: 0

I'm in a great place because I trust people behind the camera as I go off, and I still go back to my day job and do film. Votes: 0

Life came in and put me in front of the camera before I could really make a decision, but I think I probably would have gravitated to film. Votes: 0

I'm a film rat. I love being in front of a camera. I love being behind a camera. I love talking to the director. I love talking film. Votes: 0

Now everybody's got a video camera, so go make videos with your friends or see if you can get a part in a film school thing that's being done. Votes: 0

I used to hate doing color. I hated transparency film. The way I did color was by not wanting to know what kind of film was in my camera. Votes: 0

Obviously, my stuff has been more in the comedy realm, and I really believe that if I'm laughing behind the camera, then I think the film will be funnier. Votes: 0

Because I trained in theater, I always leave a film shoot feeling like I haven't done anything, like I just sat in front of the camera and whispered, essentially. Votes: 0