I don't really believe in the mystery of cinematography - what happens in the camera is what the cinematographers create and all that nonsense.

I do miss the idea of the crew getting together to watch dailies after work. I will usually get selected dailies printed on film especially for the early part of a shoot as HD dailies really don't tell me much photographically.

I think of filmmaking as a form of communication. Maybe it's also an art, but that's for somebody else to decide.

I want a script to affect me in some way. I am usually drawn to character studies, scripts about real people and the world we live in not some fantasy.

The balance of the frame - the way an actor is relating to the space in the frame - is the most important factor in helping the audience feel what the character is thinking.

When I first started, I saw myself shooting documentaries or making documentaries, which is what I did, mostly, for a number of years. So it was quite a surprise how I found myself shooting features. It was like my wildest dreams as a kid collided.

I am concerned that the subtlety is being lost and every film tends to look very contrasty and saturated.