Conrad Hall Quotes

• I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.

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• It is also difficult to articulate the subtleties in cinema, because there aren’t words or metaphors which describe many of the emotions you are attempting to evoke.

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• It’s important to know that if you are dealing with shadows.

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• My first semester, I got a D in creative writing.

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• Manipulating shadows and tonality is like writing music or a poem.

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• My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.

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• Painting and writing are solitary arts.

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• That’s why I like fast film. It gives you more freedom to light more naturally.

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• The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to empathize with the characters, they have to visualize the process of concentration involved in making every move.

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• Photography is a very important part of my life.

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• There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors… it’s an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job.

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• There are a lot of directors who are knowledgeable about images, and others who aren’t.

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• The sun is the most parallel light source because it is so far away.

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• The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are.

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• With today’s fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You can abuse the film and create subtleties in contrast with light and exposure, diffusion and filters. That’s what makes it an art.

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• You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.

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• You have to understand the nature of light.

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• Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.

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Conrad Hall (38)

Birth:	21st June, 1926
Death:	6th January, 2003
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Cinematographer

About

Conrad Lafcadio Hall was born in  Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. He was an American cinematographer. For his work he garnered a number of awards, including three Academy Awards and BAFTA Awards. In 2003, Hall was judged to be one of history's ten most influential cinematographers in a survey of the members of the International Cinematographers Guild. He worked on documentaries, in television and minor films, and as a studio camera operator before moving up to cinematographer in major studio films in the mid-1960s. The thirty-year gap between his first two Oscars is a record for this award.

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