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Conrad Hall
American
Artist
Born:
Jun 21
,
1926
Died:
Jan 4
,
2003
Light
More
Music
Still
Writing
You
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You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.
Conrad Hall
You
Moving Forward
Keep Moving Forward
Master
Keep Moving
Student
Never
Always
Moving
Forward
Keep
There is a kind of beauty in imperfection.
Conrad Hall
Beauty
Kind
Imperfection
Painting and writing are solitary arts.
Conrad Hall
Art
Writing
Painting
Solitary
Arts
Contrast is what makes photography interesting.
Conrad Hall
Photography
Makes
Contrast
Interesting
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.
Conrad Hall
Speak
Light
Language
Job
Extraordinarily
Out
Shadows
Colors
Lifetime
How
Infinite
Subtle
Figuring
It's important to know that if you are dealing with shadows.
Conrad Hall
You
Important
Shadows
Know
Dealing
The sun is the most parallel light source because it is so far away.
Conrad Hall
Light
Sun
Parallel
Most
Because
Source
Far
Far Away
Away
But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.
Conrad Hall
Heart
Cinematographer
More
Am
Than
I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters.
Conrad Hall
Life
Sunrise
Picture
Saw
Complex
Characters
Tequila
Than
Romantic
Bigger
Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry.
Conrad Hall
History
People
Seen
Industry
Been
Short
Influenced
Movies
Billions
My first semester, I got a D in creative writing.
Conrad Hall
Creative
Writing
First
Got
Semester
Creative Writing
Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.
Conrad Hall
Problems
Own
Every
Cinematographer
Way
Solving
Had
His
Worked
You have to understand the nature of light.
Conrad Hall
Nature
You
Light
Understand
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.
Conrad Hall
Every
Characters
Visualize
Empathize
Concentration
Involved
Understand
Audience
Making
Any
Going
Move
Process
Them
Meaning
Film
In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music.
Conrad Hall
Music
Aptitude
Highest
Tests
But you know you haven't done it all because you know everything keeps evolving and changing; and you know you can evolve with it if you grow and develop as a human being.
Conrad Hall
You
Human Being
Changing
Everything
Evolve
Evolving
Develop
Know
Because
Done
Human
Being
Grow
Keeps
My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.
Conrad Hall
Me
Made
Peers
Say
More
Winning
Than
Difference
Means
Oscar
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.
Conrad Hall
Today
Art
You
Light
Films
Diffusion
Filters
Way
Eye
Sees
Scene
Abuse
Makes
Contrast
Subtleties
Create
Your
Exposure
Film
Fast
The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are.
Conrad Hall
Light
Broader
Source
Subject
Closer
Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else.
Conrad Hall
You
Every
Else
Once
One Thing
See
Something
Something Else
Audience
Expecting
While
Them
Show
Thing
I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind.
Conrad Hall
People
Better
Think
Kind
Able
Some
Come
Because
Get
Quit
Afraid
Reasons
Zenith
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