There are a lot of cameramen but not so many photographers. And a lot of cameramen attack from a technical approach without much imagination. They look, but they don't see.
Gordon WillisZooms are lazy closeups. And too many people hang their hats on video assist; it's a way to avoid too much. Video assist helps people dissociate from the scene that they are directing. Pretty soon the director will be directing all the way from his apartment.
Gordon WillisA cinematographer is a visual psychiatrist, moving an audience... making them think the way you want them to think, painting pictures in the dark.
Gordon WillisA huge problem in movies or with people who work on movies is that two people can look at the same thing but they don't necessarily see the same thing.
Gordon Willis