11 Greg MacGillivray Quotes for You to Enjoy

Greg MacGillivray

American Director

Born: 1945

Audience Change Digital Ocean Will You

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Not only have I made films about the subject, but I've largely funded them on my own, so I'm fully committed to doing whatever I can to change the audience's respect and appreciation for the ocean. In 100 years I want whales, dolphins and sharks to still be around, and the ocean to be a healthier place. Greg MacGillivray

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Flying through a hurricane is the most fearsome shaking you will ever get. Everything has to be tied down in the airplane. And the IMAX camera has to be rock-steady through all this. We had to design special mounts on the left and right sides of the cabin and in the cockpit to hold the cameras. Greg MacGillivray

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What's happening on the Colorado River is happening all over the world. The water is overused, overdammed, and it's polluted in some places. Greg MacGillivray

World Water Some Colorado River Over Overused Polluted Happening Places

My goal is that after seeing 'Grand Canyon,' every person in the audience will go home knowing they have to conserve water: even something as simple as installing a low-flow toilet or showerhead, or turning off the faucet while they're brushing their teeth. Greg MacGillivray

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Satisfying myself is the point in filmmaking, in my mind. Greg MacGillivray

Myself Mind Point Satisfying Filmmaking

'Hollywood Don't Surf!' is really about how Hollywood's superficial view of surfing culture has influenced popular culture and the story of what happened when real surfers tried to change that. Greg MacGillivray

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In a normal movie, the director controls what you look at. The shots don't last very long because you're getting the audience to look at specific things. An IMAX shot, on the other hand, can be twenty or thirty seconds long. Greg MacGillivray

Grain isn't structured like a screen door that you're looking through, but pixels are. Film-based grain is just all over the place, one frame totally different from the next. So your edges are coolly sharp and have a different feeling, an organic feeling rather than this mechanic feeling you get with digital. Greg MacGillivray

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Film has far more color shades. It's called 'bit depth' in digital terms. And most bit depth in digital is about twelve, but film bit depth can be twenty to thirty. And so you just have more shades of yellow and red and oranges and everything. Greg MacGillivray

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