There are some sequences in films that I think work filmicly, that stand out to me, but thats much more to do with the staging and the cutting and the mood of the thing as a sequence, the way everything comes together.
Roger DeakinsEvery shot I have ever made has been a compromise in some way. No image has ever been as good as the one I envisioned in my mind's eye.
Roger DeakinsAll Iโve ever wanted to do is take stills of people, or take documentaries about people, and try to express to an audience how somebody lives next door. You know what I mean? Just how similar we all are as individuals.
Roger DeakinsThere's nothing worse than an ostentatious shot or some lighting that draws attention to itself, and you might go, 'Oh, wow, that's spectacular.' Or that spectacular shot, a big crane move, or something. But it's not necessarily right for the film โ you jump out, you think about the surface, and you don't stay in there with the characters and the story.
Roger Deakins