I'm a great believer in relativity when making movies. Relativity, in my mind, meaning "Light to dark, big to small, good to bad." You visually embrace these things to enhance transitions and instantly paint environments and moods.
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 WillisIf you take a sophisticated idea, reduce it to the simplest possible terms so that itโs accessible to everybody, and donโt get simple mixed up with simplistic, itโs how you mount and present something that makes it engaging.
Gordon WillisI wasn't trying to be different; I just did what I liked. Don't misunderstand when I say I really had no particular DP I was aspiring to be. I really fell in love with the movies as I was growing up, and I must say, I was emulating things that I saw others doing, thatโs how you learn, but you soon have to push past that, and do things that you feel are rightโฆ or better.
Gordon Willis